Belfast news

• Investigation launched after car torched in suspected hate attack in Derry

  12-06-2026 16:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Police are appealing for information
  
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• Calls for calm ahead of rival City Hall rallies after west-Belfast demonstration told: ‘This is the Belfast I recognise’

  12-06-2026 23:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Live updates below as police confirm number of arrests made over period of disorder
  
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• King’s Birthday Honours: Full list of 86 NI recipients as TV presenting duo recognised

  12-06-2026 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Stephen Watson and Rose Neill among those named in King’s Birthday Honours - list in full below
  
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• Rampant Derry earn first League win in eight games to ease some pressure on Tiernan Lynch

  12-06-2026 23:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Derry City 4 Bohemians 1
  
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• ‘This is the Belfast I recognise’: Anti-racism rally takes place while fire engine attacked by masked youths

  12-06-2026 22:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Live updates below as police confirm number of arrests made over period of disorder
  
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• ‘This is the Belfast I recognise’: Anti-racism rally takes place as PSNI issues warning to rioters

  12-06-2026 21:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Live updates below as police confirm number of arrests made over period of disorder
  
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• Woman targeted by racists planning to leave NI for good: ‘The situation is only getting worse’

  12-06-2026 20:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  This week’s anti-migrant disorder final straw for Natalie Raszkova as she launches GoFundMe page to pay for move
  
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• ‘You see hesitation, confusion and panic; you’d never capture that in a classroom’: The firm using VR to teach workers health and safety

  12-06-2026 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Former firefighter on why immersive experiences are much better for learning and engagement than sitting through slides
  
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• Scepticism as UDA terror gang vows to quit drug dealing and drop organised crime image

  12-06-2026 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  There is some scepticism about the move considering how deeply the South East Antrim UDA have been involved in the drug trade.
  
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• Modern Morals: My wife is a terrible sleeper and I don’t want to share a bed or room with her anymore

  12-06-2026 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  She has sleep apnoea, but if I move into the spare room, how do we explain it to the kids without them thinking we’re having marriage trouble?
  
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• Michelin chefs on new places they love... including two NI restaurants: ‘They’re at the top of their game’

  12-06-2026 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  In this series, Alex Meehan asks chefs across the island of Ireland who hold one or more Michelin stars to spill their greatest culinary secret: where do they go to eat when they’re not on duty?
  
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• Donaldson Trial: Prosecution accuses Jeffrey Donaldson of ‘sinful and deceitful lies’

  12-06-2026 19:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has now been cross-examined by the prosecution in Newry Crown Court where he is on trial over 18 alleged offences. He has plead not guilty to charges including rape and allegations of indecent assault and gross indecency. Both complainants alleged they were abused as children. His wife, Lady Eleanor Donaldson, from Dublinhill Road in Dromore, denies several charges of aiding and abetting her husband’s alleged offending. She is facing a trial of the facts on
  
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• PSNI update on number of arrests as it vows ‘zero tolerance’ approach ahead of planned protests: ‘Let this be a warning’

  12-06-2026 19:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Live updates below as police confirm number of arrests made over period of disorder
  
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• ‘Sometimes police can’t have all the answers’, officer tells Noah Donohoe inquest

  12-06-2026 18:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Another PSNI witness who examined mobile data said tragic teen’sphonecall to himself day before disappearance ‘an anomaly’
  
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• Building supplies firm accuses union of ‘intimidation’ on Newry picket line

  12-06-2026 18:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Unite ‘totally refutes’ allegations by Haldane Fisher as pay dispute rumbles on
  
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• Reavey brothers collusion case halted amid ‘professional difficulties’ for PSNI and MoD lawyers

  12-06-2026 18:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Shock adjournment could result in changes to defendants’ legal team in lawsuit brought over 1976 Glenanne gang atrocity
  
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• Noah Donohoe: Mental health experts agree Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules For Life had ‘influence’ on teen

  12-06-2026 17:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The inquest into the death of 14-year-old Noah Donohoe has now heard its 19th week of evidence. The jury has now heard from mental health experts - one said it ‘feels like there is so much we don’t know about this case’. But the experts do agree that Noah is “unlikely to have died by suicide”. They also agreed that Jordan Peterson’s book ‘12 Rules For Life’ would have had an “influence” on Noah. The teenager’s body was f
  
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• PSNI appeals for calm ahead of planned protests: ‘Zero tolerance approach to any violence’

  12-06-2026 17:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Live updates below as police confirm number of arrests made over period of disorder
  
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• ‘I’ll never apologise for championing inclusivity and diversity’. New Lord Mayor condemns violence at west Belfast anti-racism rally

  12-06-2026 17:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Community vows to stand with the victims of this week’s anti-migrant thuggery
  
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• Noah Donohoe’s phone call to himself on night before disappearance ‘an anomaly’, inquest hears

  12-06-2026 14:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Former PSNI officer who examined tragic teen’s mobile data gives further evidence in court
  
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• Man killed in road crash suspected to be international hitman linked to two murders in Europe

  12-06-2026 14:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Person who died in three-vehicle crash at Newcastle West, on Monday is suspected to be a South American gun for hire
  
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• Man who kicked and dragged dog across car park avoids jail

  12-06-2026 14:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Judge says 26-year-old ‘failed the basic litmus test for humanity’
  
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• Police bulldozer arrives in Belfast as Translink announces services to return to normal

  12-06-2026 13:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Live updates below as police confirm number of arrests made over period of disorder
  
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• ‘I don’t anticipate he’ll be involved in the early part’ - Jack Crowley a major doubt for Ireland’s Nations Championship tour

  12-06-2026 13:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Munster out-half diagnosed with a blood vessel issue but Tadhg Beirne back running
  
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• ‘We’re serving modern NI food’: Top chef’s vision for dining at Belfast’s newest luxury hotel

  12-06-2026 13:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Noel McMeel, who cooked for world leaders at the G8 and catered Paul McCartney’s wedding, is now taking the helm of The Nineteen Hundred at the newly-opened Bedford Hotel
  
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• Review: This Belfast supper club is serving up exciting food... and so much more

  12-06-2026 13:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Joris Minne writes about the unstoppable rise of the supper club and the events hosted by Belfast cook Ruchira
  
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• ‘We’re wired to be out in real life, connecting with each other’: How artist Gemma Gallagher turned a crisis into her dream life

  12-06-2026 12:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Artist Gemma Gallagher shares her life lessons with Weekend
  
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• ‘Wholesome energy’ and Irish absurdity: Funboys creators promise ‘more fun this time round’ in new series

  12-06-2026 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Co-creators of award-winning Funboys speak to Aine Toner about the show’s second outing
  
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• ‘I share a skin colour and little else with the man suspected of attacking Stephen Ogilvie’

  12-06-2026 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Dr Imani Strong, vice-chair of the North West Migrants Forum, reflects on being racially abused this week after an incident at her daughter’s school gates
  
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• Irish football star’s Kinahan-linked brother missing feared dead in Spain

  12-06-2026 11:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The Dublin man has been living in Spain for a number of years and has previously been a target for gardai investigating organised crime.
  
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