Belfast news

• Could rebel knight Roger Casement be exhumed for a second time?

  22-10-2026 22:37 via BBC News
  
  In 1965, his remains were exhumed and brought to Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. But a commemoration society in his name, who have lodged the application, has said it wants to "fulfil his wish" to be buried in County Antrim.
  
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• ‘The Special Recognition award is a tremendous honour for me’

  03-11-2026 10:30 via Belfast Telegraph
  Special Recognition award
  Winner: Jackie Henry MBE
  
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• Should you turn to AI for mental health advice? Here are the risks to consider

  03-11-2026 08:55 via Belfast Telegraph
  Here are some factors to take on board when it comes to using AI chatbots for mental health advice and emotional support
  
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• Stay Well: I’m a woman in my 60s and was told I need a pacemaker — what is it and should I be worried?

  03-11-2026 08:45 via Belfast Telegraph
  The small electronic device that continuously monitors heart rhythm is inserted during a short surgery and is one of the most common and successful cardiac interventions
  
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• Here’s what happened when... I tried out the hypochlorous acid skincare trend

  03-11-2026 08:45 via Belfast Telegraph
  It might sound severe, but hypochlorous acid has been used in products for a very long time and is naturally produced in the body. So what does it do?
  
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• Bigamy infamy to war hero status: Family history that led Belfast singer to adopt Canada as his own

  03-11-2026 07:55 via Belfast Telegraph
  Luke Mathers, founder and singer of Belfast indie band Unquiet Nights, on his family tale of double marriages, Prime Ministers and why becoming Canadian felt the right thing to do
  
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• Building a better future: The NI entrepreneur taking on construction’s £21bn problem

  03-11-2026 07:50 via Belfast Telegraph
  Duane McCreadie on his new digital platform QualiT, which puts tried-and-tested knowledge into the hands of construction professionals when they need it
  
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• Stormont departments flagged financial ‘risks’ over UU’s choice of most ambitious medical school expansion option in Derry

  03-11-2026 07:40 via Belfast Telegraph
  Vice Chancellor previously said ‘maximum’ option was the best for NI
  
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• New TUV council election candidate was activist for far-right BNP, according to 2008 WikiLeaks disclosure

  03-11-2026 07:30 via Belfast Telegraph
  Portrush hopeful Jonny Armstrong set to contest council poll in May
  
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• ‘Ciara’s light will always shine with all of us here in Portaferry’: Funeral to take place of Olympian Mageean

  03-11-2026 07:30 via Belfast Telegraph
  Outpouring of admiration and respect for‘extraordinary athlete and role model’
  
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• ‘Belfast is ready to play its part’: Fabrication hall at Harland & Wolff will support over 900 shipbuilding jobs

  03-11-2026 07:20 via Belfast Telegraph
  Investment part of Government’s mission to ensure UK is war-ready for 2030
  
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• ‘It feels like all this movie magic has fallen upon the city’: Rocky star Geraldine Hughes hails Belfast’s film boom

  03-11-2026 07:10 via Belfast Telegraph
  Actress returned home for Lost City premiere
  
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• With DUP losing its sole female — and most popular — MP, three quarters of its MPs are now men in their 70s

  03-11-2026 07:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Carla Lockhart’s resignation isn’t just about Drumcree, but about years of the party hierarchy taking for granted its greatest vote-winner
  
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• Donegal set for return to Killarney as Kerry rematch fixed for Fitzgerald Stadium

  02-11-2026 22:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  New Galway boss Éamonn Fitzmaurice set to face familiar opponents for league opener in Salthill on January 23
  
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• Mary McAleese says baptism has become a ‘lazy doctrine of obligation’ that breaches babies’ human rights

  02-11-2026 21:08 via Belfast Telegraph
  Former Irish president challenges Church’s teachings on sacrament in new book
  
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• Carla Lockhart quits DUP after party turmoil over Drumcree standoff: ‘I want to be a politician whose word means something’

  02-11-2026 18:20 via Belfast Telegraph
  DUP say they ‘regret’ the decision and that the ‘only winner out of further divisions within unionism is Sinn Fein’
  
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• Pub review: A suitably classy bar on the upmarket North Down coast where CS Lewis once bent his elbow

  02-11-2026 14:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  The Crawfordsburn Inn can trace roots back to 1600s
  
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• Ask Allison: My friend only ever calls me to complain about her problems – I feel for her, but the friendship has become so one-sided

  02-11-2026 11:45 via Belfast Telegraph
  Psychologist Allison Keating answers your queries about life and relationships
  
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• Cocaine dealer linked to UVF is nominated for Volunteer Of The Year award

  02-11-2026 11:19 via Belfast Telegraph
  The 53-year-old, who is a superfan of alleged terror boss Stephen Matthews, runs a community hub in the Pitt Park area of the lower Newtownards Road
  
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• UVF thugs demand £15k from teen after battering and dumping him at notorious murder scene

  02-11-2026 11:10 via Belfast Telegraph
  Victim was discovered at the disused Ballyduff Quarry, reviving memories of the murder of Raymond McCord Jr there
  
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• ‘I thought my problem was that I needed to earn more’: How to escape the debt cycle with a budgeting plan

  02-11-2026 08:34 via Belfast Telegraph
  Natalie Gil looks at how you can cut down on what you owe
  
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• Health Minister announces near £2m investment for endometriosis services

  02-11-2026 08:25 via Belfast Telegraph
  It’s estimated one in 10 women here live with the condition
  
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• ‘I teach primitive skills and outdoor survival... I’m one of the only full-time bushcraft instructors on the island’

  02-11-2026 07:45 via Belfast Telegraph
  In This Working Life, Paul Moore speaks to Abdullah Sabri about his unique profession and his lifelong fascination with the outdoors
  
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• Musicians’ ‘infectious, foot-stomping’ trad song aims to raise awareness about ‘Celtic curse’

  02-11-2026 07:30 via Belfast Telegraph
  The more people who hear it, the more people might recognise the condition, get checked and treated before serious damage occurs, says the group
  
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• Concerns raised over pilot scheme which will see youth workers based in custody suites to support young adults after arrest

  02-11-2026 07:30 via Belfast Telegraph
  Initiative is being funded through Stormont’s Executive Programme on Paramilitarism and Organised Crime
  
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• DUP may not exist after Assembly election, former minister warns as Lockhart crisis intensifies division

  02-11-2026 07:20 via Belfast Telegraph
  Jim Wells says leader Gavin Robinson is placing himself in an ‘almost impossible’ situation
  
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• ‘The reason they fell in love is why everything fell apart’: Anthony Boyle and Julia Garner on love, lies and the billion dollar downfall at the heart of The Altruists

  02-11-2026 07:10 via Belfast Telegraph
  From Belfast streets to the extraordinary collapse of a cryptocurrency empire, the screen stars tell the Belfast Telegraph about finding humanity in two of the most controversial figures in recent financial history. 
  
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• A fresh focus on dry eye disease

  02-11-2026 07:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  For people living with dry eyes, help might be closer than they think. 
  
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• Richard Moore: Forgiving the British Army officer who took his sight

  02-11-2026 02:01 via Belfast Telegraph
  When Richard Moore was 10 years old a British Army captain shot him in the face with a rubber bullet. The Derry School boy lost his sight completely in an instant but twenty years ago Richard met Charles, the soldier who shot him, and forgave him. They have been friends ever since. Richard grew up to establish the charity Children in Crossfire in 1996 with the goal of supporting vulnerable children growing up in the crossfire of poverty and injustice. His work has brought him close the Tibeta
  
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• Arrests over Holylands Halloween attacks as footage appears to show person in fancy dress headbutting police vehicle

  01-11-2026 20:27 via Belfast Telegraph
  One officer was injured during incident
  
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