Belfast news

• Dublin see off Donegal after extra-time thriller

  21-06-2026 16:59 via bbc.com
  
  Dublin advance into the last eight of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship with a 2-26 to 2-22 win over Donegal after extra-time at Croke Park.
  
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• Sir Keir Starmer's 'lasting love' for Northern Ireland

  22-06-2026 10:52 via bbc.com
  
  Sir Keir Starmer has announced his resignation, we take a look at his relationship with Northern Ireland during his time as prime minister.
  
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• Tyrone to meet Kerry and Monaghan will face Louth

  22-06-2026 09:56 via bbc.com
  
  Tyrone will meet defending All-Ireland champions Kerry and Monaghan will take on Louth in the All-Ireland Football quarter-finals.
  
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• Three people escape injury in petrol bomb attack

  22-06-2026 09:55 via bbc.com
  
  Some damage was caused to the house, including scorch marks to the front of the property and the front door.
  
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• Three people escape injury after petrol bomb thrown at house

  22-06-2026 09:55 via bbc.com
  
  Some damage was caused to the house, including scorch marks to the front of the property and the front door.
  
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• Is Northern Ireland set for a heatwave?

  22-06-2026 09:06 via bbc.com
  
  Temperatures must reach at least 25C on three consecutive days for Northern Ireland to meet official heatwave status.
  
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• From Belfast to the World Cup - McDermott's American odyssey

  22-06-2026 08:53 via bbc.com
  
  Mick McDermott tells BBC Sport NI of his pride at being involved with Ghana at the World Cup, his relationship with Carlos Quieroz and their hopes of shocking England on Tuesday.
  
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• ‘We believe hundreds of deaths were covered up’: NI woman who lost daughter opens up ahead of review on maternity health scandal

  22-06-2026 08:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Findings of an inquiry into shortcomings at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust will be published this week
  
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• ‘That’s the day I died too’: A life support machine, a family torn apart and the moment that sparked one man’s recovery from alcoholism

  22-06-2026 08:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Jimbo McCallion shares his story of tearing his family apart and living on the streets for 17 years in powerful recovery memoir
  
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• I once caused a ‘tumbleweed’ moment at a BBC NI strategy meeting... but now it’s time chiefs saw reality over future

  22-06-2026 08:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Savings aren’t the answer, it’s the funding model that needs to change
  
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• Belfast baseball team celebrate 30 years of hitting home runs: ‘We have Catholics and Protestants as well as people from all nationalities’

  22-06-2026 08:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Hydebank Playing Fields home to Ulster Baseball and Softball Club for ten years
  
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• Assembly Speaker Poots in vast U-turn over contentious Stormont decision - but still refuses to explain his actions

  22-06-2026 07:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Speaker continues to insist he doesn’t need to tell the public — or MLAs — why he took an unprecedented decision which only the DUP supported
  
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• BBC cuts won’t be its saving and Director General must grasp reality; it’s the licence that needs to be chopped

  22-06-2026 07:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Cut the licence fee in half to a level to fund news and sport digital output and make channels viewable only by subscription
  
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• We host strangers for dinner every month - now we have 60 new friends

  22-06-2026 07:44 via bbc.com
  
  After 2 years in Belfast, Nidhi Pal and Vik Parashar found a creative way to make new friends - a monthly dinner party with strangers.
  
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• ‘There’s real heart in Belfast. The people are so kind’: Neighbours star excited to return to city for gig

  22-06-2026 07:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Actor-musician set to bring ‘the finest in Down Under Americana and folk’ to Oh Yeah Music Centre
  
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• Budget chaos ‘could reduce NI public spending by £1bn’

  22-06-2026 07:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Executive’s failings may result in fewer nurses, teachers and police, SDLP warns
  
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• Jury in Donaldson sex abuse trial to continue deliberations

  22-06-2026 07:22 via bbc.com
  
  Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, the former DUP leader, is on trial for 18 sex abuse charges, including one count of rape, all of which he denies.
  
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• Out-of-sorts Rory McIlroy limps home with disappointing final round at Shinnecock Hills

  21-06-2026 23:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Closing 73 leaves the Masters champion back in the pack at US Open
  
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• Shinnecock Hills 'won the battle over me' - McIlroy

  21-06-2026 23:15 via bbc.com
  
  World number two Rory McIlroy says the Shinnecock Hills course "won the battle over me" after finishing six over par at the US Open.
  
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• Tributes paid to 'popular' teenager killed in Donegal rally crash

  21-06-2026 22:26 via bbc.com
  
  Tadhg Callaghan Carter, 15, was watching the Donegal International Rally when he was struck by a vehicle.
  
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• Boy dies after being hit by a car in County Mayo

  21-06-2026 22:08 via bbc.com
  
  The incident happened on the N59 at Eskeragh, near Ballina, County Mayo, on Sunday morning.
  
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• Anger over ‘disgraceful’ premature lighting of Cregagh bonfire

  21-06-2026 21:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Fire crews called to scene twiceto try and extinguish blaze
  
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• UDA chief who organised race-hate riots ordered arson attack on car of migrant healthcare worker

  21-06-2026 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Loyalist thug ‘won’t rest until every foreign national leaves Rathcoole’
  
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• Monaghan beat Westmeath to reach All-Ireland quarters

  21-06-2026 18:51 via bbc.com
  
  Monaghan blitz Westmeath in the second half to book their place in the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals with a 1-28 to 2-19 win at St Tiernach's Park.
  
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• Police officer draws gun during pursuit of 'dangerous vehicle'

  21-06-2026 17:14 via bbc.com
  
  A stinger device was used in pursuit of the car, which police say "is believed to have been involved in several collisions" in recent months.
  
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• Gangster ‘Dublin Jimmy’ named as IRA Manchester Bombing suspect

  21-06-2026 16:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Police suspected Fermanagh businessman Cyril McGuinness of having a “hands on” role in the bomb plot
  
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• Man charged after attempt to stab police officer

  21-06-2026 14:50 via bbc.com
  
  The 53-year-old man has been charged with attempted grievous bodily harm with intent, assault on police and possession of an offensive weapon.
  
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• Two people in hospital after car fire in Co Fermanagh garage

  21-06-2026 13:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The incident happened on Saturday afternoon
  
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• NIFRS appliance temporarily withdrawn after being attacked by youths

  21-06-2026 12:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The incident happened as firefighters responded to a call out
  
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• Funeral details confirmed for west Belfast man Carl Holland, as man charged with manslaughter

  21-06-2026 12:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Mr Holland died on June 20 following an serious head injury on June 12
  
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