Belfast news

• Foreign holiday hotspots ‘will be graded using traffic light system’

  01-04-2021 23:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Foreign getaway destinations will be ranked under a traffic light system, with fewer restrictions tied to the places boasting the lowest coronavirus rates and high vaccination take-up, it has been reported.
  
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• The Divorce Diaries: ‘My whole body started shaking when I found evidence he was cheating’

  06-08-2026 20:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  In our Divorce Diaries series, we speak to people about their experience of marriage and divorce. This week, a woman in her early 50s with four children tells her story of separation
  
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• Drag queen Lady P says bigots who targeted him helped bankroll new health hub

  06-08-2026 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Bigots who raged against library story time event bankroll new Embrace centre for help and therapy
  
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• Belfast woman horrified by ‘disgraceful’ standard of home care provided to stroke survivor sister: ‘I haven’t slept in weeks’

  06-08-2026 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Mum-of-three tells of host of problems with service arranged by health trust
  
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• Blood was on Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra’s body, claims lawyer for family in $50m lawsuit over yacht club death

  06-08-2026 19:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Civil lawsuit accuses boat owner of ‘gross negligence’ and ‘reckless and wanton conduct’ in death of Irish woman in New York
  
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• Meet the couple behind NI’s first zero gin: ‘It was a struggle to get everything right, a lot of people said don’t go there’

  06-08-2026 18:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Strangford Botanical Spirit is now available from 30 outlets across Northern Ireland after some innovation from a Co Down couple
  
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• Mela launches 20th anniversary celebration: ‘It represents growth and inclusion, that’s what Belfast is all about’

  06-08-2026 17:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Cultural festival launches programme for 20th year of celebrating diversity
  
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• ‘If I hadn’t woken, she wouldn’t have survived’: Co Antrim pensioner takes on charity challenge after wife’s cardiac arrest

  06-08-2026 17:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  With cardiovascular conditions affecting his entire family, Robert Mearns (78) has ‘vested interest in heart research’
  
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• Health Minister lauds St John Ambulance as charity undertakes biggest ever operation here for Fleadh

  06-08-2026 16:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  300 volunteers, including 60 from England, helping take pressure off health service during massive cultural festival in Belfast
  
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• Stormont Speaker to write to Chief Constable after pro-IRA song ‘mistakenly’ played to food van customers at Fleadh

  06-08-2026 15:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Business said song was played by accident but Edwin Poots says it undermines inclusivity message
  
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• Relief of Derry parade to bring thousands to city this weekend

  06-08-2026 14:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  PSNI has warned about delays and traffic restrictions
  
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• Family conned by DJ Carey put hurler’s first All-Ireland medal up for sale to support victims of fraudster

  06-08-2026 13:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Former athlete gifted medal to its current owner in thanks for financial help for purported cancer treatment
  
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• Donegal climber on ‘trying to punish the demons inside’ and how tragedy prompted healing

  06-08-2026 12:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The elite mountaineer is the only Irishman alive to have made it to the top of K2 and back down again. Here, he talks about how bullying led him to push his body to the limit, the Creeslough tragedy, and the power of talking
  
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• Greta Thunberg spotted in west Belfast ahead of Kneecap homecoming charity gig

  06-08-2026 12:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The Swedish climate change and pro-Palestine activist was spotted in west Belfast
  
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• Should restaurants and bars call time on the use of ‘AI slop’?

  06-08-2026 12:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  AI has many positive uses, but this isn’t necessarily one of them, writes John Mulgrew
  
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• Global network of white supremacist groups ‘involved in organising’ Belfast race hate riots

  06-08-2026 10:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Proud Boys chief Enrique Tarrio brands NI as the ‘frontline in cultural reckoning’ in riot film
  
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• Green Party candidate hits out at Alliance as he says ‘surge’ has been ‘squandered’

  06-08-2026 09:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Belfast councillor Anthony Flynn claims frustrated voters now ready to embrace his party after being consistently let down at Stormont
  
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• Construction begins on Game of Thrones Studio Tour car park

  06-08-2026 08:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Co Down tourist attraction currently only accessible to many visitors via a shuttle service
  
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• Dad raises £10k after losing baby daughter just after birth: ‘She spent her entire existence on this planet in our arms, knowing nothing but love’

  06-08-2026 08:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Bereaved Glengormley father went the distance daily in July for Children’s Hospice fundraiser honouring Arwen
  
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• Green Party candidate ‘very confident’ of North Down win as he says ‘Alliance surge’ has been ‘squandered’

  06-08-2026 08:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Belfast councillor Anthony Flynn claims frustrated voters now ready to embrace his party after being consistently let down at Stormont
  
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• ‘It’s undermining our work’: Law Society members slam decision to retain David Lavery as chief after reference for paedophile cousin

  06-08-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  President says society will develop ‘new protocol on senior officers providing personal or professional references’
  
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• Residents fear toxic NI superdump could be linked to rise in deadly cancers

  06-08-2026 07:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Communities call for health impact study amid serious concerns illegal site may be shortening lives
  
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• Armagh Olympian: ‘We are a nation of horse lovers... I am always amazed how knowledgeable people are’

  06-08-2026 07:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  James Kernan, from Co Armagh, reflects on Condy, his part in Ireland’s three-year Aga Khan Trophy streak, and why the trophy’s centenary at Dublin feels so special
  
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• Fears for patients and public as 95pc of ambulance staff at Fermanagh site feel forced to operate beyond safe levels

  06-08-2026 07:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Union chiefs have called for ‘urgent action’ at Enniskillen facility
  
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• Man accused of stabbing murder bid ‘could kill behind bars’ jail staff fear

  06-08-2026 07:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Plea to move defendant to secure mental health unit as prison officers struggle to cope with his behaviour
  
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• DUP MP urges farmers to join Stormont protest over Co Tyrone cattle cull: ‘I see it as barbaric’

  06-08-2026 07:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  People are outraged and need answers, says Upper Bann politician
  
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• DUP MP urges farmers and animal welfare campaigners to join Stormont protest over Co Tyrone cattle cull

  06-08-2026 07:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  People are outraged and need answers, says Upper Bann politician
  
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• 'When your child is dying you shouldn't have to beg for help'

  06-08-2026 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The parents of a severely disabled two-year-old child, who died in May, said they spent their daughter's entire life fighting for support for her complex condition.
  
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• Irish police seize more than 160 e-scooters

  05-08-2026 22:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gardaí have been conducting a "high-impact day of action" under Operation Meacán in the Dublin Metropolitan Region.
  
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• Derry Girls star reveals ‘intense’ course of therapy that cut her off from family

  05-08-2026 21:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Actress also talks of moving to Barcelona and her new movie with Rebel Wilson
  
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