Belfast news

• Far-right terror groups plan new wave of race hate attacks as paramilitary links probed

  11-11-2026 08:36 via Belfast Telegraph
  The location of the successful police raid has inevitably led to suspicions that loyalist paramilitary groups are at play
  
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• ‘It’s lovely to see Michelle here supporting another Tyrone girl’: First Minister attends opening night of Ireland’s first country musical

  13-11-2026 18:53 via Belfast Telegraph
  O’Neill talks investment in arts at debut of Country Girl: The Musical, running at the Market Place Theatre in Armagh
  
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• Belfast watchmaker wins £125,000 gold prize from EasyJet founder

  13-11-2026 18:27 via Belfast Telegraph
  Nomadic is a Gold winner at awards set up to encourage cross-border enterprise
  
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• Politicians ‘not doing their jobs’ on climate crisis, NI students warn

  13-11-2026 18:17 via Belfast Telegraph
  British Council NI hosts mock climate summit for over 100 school pupils
  
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• ‘My ex-husband did something unthinkable to me when we were married – now I want my family to know the truth’

  13-11-2026 17:50 via Belfast Telegraph
  A reader who was sexually assaulted by her husband writes, asking for guidance on dealing with the trauma years later
  
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• Eleanor Donaldson on sex offenders' register and must undergo treatment

  13-11-2026 17:04 via Belfast Telegraph
  Eleanor Donaldson has been put on the sex offenders register for five years.The wife of convicted paedophile Jeffrey Donaldson, formerly titled Lady Eleanor, is also to serve a supervised treatment order for three years.Donaldson had a trial of the facts after being found unfit for a conventional trial on mental health grounds.It found she aided and abetted her paedophile husband and therefore did the acts she was accused of, but it meant she could not be convicted nor sent to prison. Allison M
  
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• ‘I want to win this tournament’: Rory McIlroy keeps Race to Dubai quest on track

  13-11-2026 16:55 via Belfast Telegraph
  Holywood star tied for the halfway lead in Dubai to keep Eugenio Chacarra at bay
  
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• ‘I want to win this tournament’ — Rory McIlroy keeps Race to Dubai quest on track

  13-11-2026 16:55 via Belfast Telegraph
  Holywood star tied for the halfway lead in Dubai to keep Eugenio Chacarra at bay
  
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• ‘I believe that some members of An Garda Síochána colluded with dissident republicans’ former top cop tells Omagh inquiry

  13-11-2026 16:30 via Belfast Telegraph
  Gardaí and MI5 handled informer who drove Omagh bomb car
  
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• Ex-top cop tells Omagh inquiry: ‘I believe that some members of An Garda Síochána colluded with dissident republicans’

  13-11-2026 16:30 via Belfast Telegraph
  Gardaí and MI5 handled informer who drove Omagh bomb car
  
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• Stormont probe finds Education Minister did not breach Ministerial Code over Israel visit

  13-11-2026 15:48 via Belfast Telegraph
  Seven complaints were received in total over the trip
  
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• Cuts to BBC Gaeilge ‘go against the grain’ of language revival, says children’s author

  13-11-2026 13:54 via Belfast Telegraph
  Máire Zepf has written countless books for children in Irish
  
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• Police at scene after shots fired in Limavady

  13-11-2026 13:40 via Belfast Telegraph
  Officers are carrying out follow-up searches in the area
  
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• Firearm removed from man found ‘shooting vermin’

  13-11-2026 13:40 via Belfast Telegraph
  Police were previously at the scene conducting searches
  
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• Deputy First Minister says social media commentary early in her career ‘made me want to go home and cry’ as she urges more young girls to enter politics

  13-11-2026 13:30 via Belfast Telegraph
  Emma Little-Pengelly was speaking at Glenlola Collegiate in Bangor
  
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• NI gamers on hopes for new Grand Theft Auto VI... and whether they’re taking off work with ‘GTA flu’

  13-11-2026 13:10 via Belfast Telegraph
  NI gamers on the highly-anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI’s release which is expected to trigger workplace absences
  
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• Meet the pals putting age gaps to the side: ‘I don’t notice the difference... we just clicked’

  13-11-2026 13:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Separated by up to a quarter of a century, these pals explain why the years have never mattered — and what keeps them so close
  
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• Belfast-based singer on his ideal weekend: ‘I’d love to have a drink with Bob Mortimer.’

  13-11-2026 12:50 via Belfast Telegraph
  Belfast-based singer-songwriter McGrath on the sense of peace that nature offers him and why he’s fascinated by the world of football tactics
  
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• Restaurant review: Remote NI cottage producing top tier BBQ flavours with WWII military hardware

  13-11-2026 12:30 via Belfast Telegraph
  On the Hoof, 57A Annareagh Road, Richhill, Armagh
  
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• ‘People are ready for a change’: Former Sinn Féin councillor who quit party over abortion policy aims to become first Aontú MLA

  13-11-2026 12:23 via Belfast Telegraph
  Infrastructure-critical Roisin Mulgrew has sights on Stormont
  
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• ‘We’ve got to make sure we don’t waste one of those eight opportunities’ — World Cup at forefront of Andy Farrell’s mind

  13-11-2026 11:16 via Belfast Telegraph
  Strength of Ireland selection for Fiji clash reflects desire to test squad resilience ahead of next year’s trip to Australia
  
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• ‘It was very interesting to get a different perspective on the country I’ve always lived in’

  13-11-2026 08:13 via Belfast Telegraph
  Renate Reinsve and Sebastian Stan speak to Lynn Rusk about their new film, Fjord, in which they portray a conservative Romanian-Norwegian couple
  
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• Martin McDonagh: ‘I want to make another film with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. None of us are getting any younger’

  13-11-2026 07:47 via Belfast Telegraph
  The filmmaker on how he wanted his new movie ‘Wild Horse Nine’ to be the opposite of his record-breaking ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, and how he's relishing heading back on the awards circuit
  
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• Allstate sponsors Best Public Sector or Third Sector IT Project

  13-11-2026 07:39 via Belfast Telegraph
  Best Public Sector or Third Sector IT Project of the Year
  
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• ‘An easy target’: How maintenance worker became fourth Belfast Telegraph employee murdered in 1976

  13-11-2026 07:11 via Belfast Telegraph
  This day 50 years ago, John Patch was abducted and killed by loyalists in north Belfast
  
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• UTV cuts: Award-winning series among shows set to go while four jobs at risk

  13-11-2026 07:08 via Belfast Telegraph
  Parent company ITV instigates UK-wide cuts ahead of sell-off
  
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• Award-winning current affairs series Up Close among shows set to go as UTV wields axe

  13-11-2026 07:08 via Belfast Telegraph
  Four jobs also at risk as parent company ITV instigates UK-wide cuts ahead of sell-off
  
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• Irish unity: Have Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael been forced to take it seriously?

  13-11-2026 01:15 via Belfast Telegraph
  More people in Northern Ireland want the union and the United Kingdom than want a united Ireland.But the gap is closing, more younger people favour Irish unity than not, and there is no outright majority for the union. Meanwhile in Dublin, both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have begun to engage with the subject, or at least are being seen to.What have they been doing – and how seriously should we be taking it?Ciarán Dunbar is joined by the Belfast Telegraph’s Northern Ireland editor Sam McBrid
  
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• Police officers sacked for 'despicable' on-duty filming of vulnerable people

  13-11-2026 01:05 via BBC News
  
  The behaviour of the two male officers is branded "utterly despicable" by the police ombudsman.
  
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• Success for BBC at Royal Television Society NI awards

  12-11-2026 23:39 via BBC News
  
  The BBC has won ten awards at the Royal Television Society NI Awards in Belfast on Thursday night.
  
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