Belfast news

• Man (19) charged in connection with early morning Belfast assault

  11-11-2018 11:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 19-year-old man has been charged in connection with an incident in which a man was hospitalised.
  
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• Familiar foe denies Derry City victory at Shamrock Rovers

  22-06-2026 23:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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• Depraved Donaldson claimed to be on a mission from God, with ‘an unusual spiritual sixth sense’, while assaulting tiny children

  22-06-2026 20:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Beneath the silver tongue, trusted by the UUP and then the DUP to explain their policies, was a brazen neck
  
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• Racist thug linked to Ku Klux Klan outfit stunt marched out of Belfast rally

  22-06-2026 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  National Front chief linked to Ku Klux Klan mosque stunt still dodges charges
  
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• Ask Allison: It’s always me who initiates contact with my siblings. Does this mean the relationships are one-sided and I should stop?

  22-06-2026 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Psychologist Allison Keating answers your queries about life and relationships
  
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• 'He was a fraud': Allison Morris, Sam McBride and Suzanne Breen react as Jeffrey Donaldson found guilty of sex offences

  22-06-2026 19:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Jeffrey Donaldson has been found guilty of 18 historical sex offences, including one count of rape, 13 of indecent assault and four of gross indecency. The offences were against two women when they were children. His wife Eleanor Donaldson has been found to have committed the acts relating to offences of aiding and abetting following a trial of the facts. The leaders of the UUP and TUV immediately called for the Donaldsons to be stripped of their titles.  Jeffrey Donaldson has bee
  
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• Man appears in court for murder of enforcer Robbie Lawlor

  22-06-2026 19:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Young (41), with a previous address at Geldof Drive, Cranmore, Co Sligo, was brought before a sitting of the High Court in Dublin today
  
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• Jeffrey Donaldson being processed at Maghaberry Prison

  22-06-2026 19:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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• Families flee homes after 20 masked men descend on ‘mixed’ Craigavon estate to erect flags

  22-06-2026 18:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Union and Israel flags removed last week from Drumnagoon have now been replaced
  
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• Jeffrey Donaldson expelled from Orange Order following guilty verdicts in sex offence trial

  22-06-2026 18:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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• ‘The wheels came off’ — US Open wake-up call for Rory McIlroy as The Open looms

  22-06-2026 18:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Links practice on the menu for world No 2 after disappointing weekend at Shinnecock Hills
  
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• Popular theatre to remain shut until 2027 after repair works are extended for third time

  22-06-2026 17:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Alley theatre in Strabane closed in September 2025 following the discovery of a substantial water leak
  
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• DUP leader says evidence against Jeffrey Donaldson ‘filthy and vile’ after guilty verdicts

  22-06-2026 17:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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• GUILTY: Jeffrey Donaldson is now a convicted child rapist

  22-06-2026 16:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Jeffrey Donaldson has been found guilty of all charges – the judge said prison is “inevitable”.  A jury of seven men and five women had considered its verdicts for more than nine hours over two days, and reached a verdict just after lunch on Monday.  The 63-year-old former MP had pleaded not guilty to 18 offences including one count of rape. His wife Eleanor Donaldson found guilty of all charges including five of aiding and abetting – she was facing a trial of t
  
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• Email used to memorialise Noah Donohoe’s Instagram account was used for same process three days earlier

  22-06-2026 16:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  An agreed position read into evidence indicated that the address had previously been used to memorialise another account
  
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• DUP insiders on Jeffrey Donaldson’s double life: ‘Some people have skeletons in the cupboard but, good grief, this is on a different level’

  22-06-2026 15:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Party sources say their disgraced former leader rarely spoke about home life and they ‘never knew’ the real Jeffrey
  
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• Jeffrey Donaldson trial: Six key points of evidence

  22-06-2026 15:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Jeffrey Donaldson found guilty of all 18 historical sex offences
  
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• Youths appear in court over disorder at Co Down beach as judge grants more time to review CCTV

  22-06-2026 15:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Five people have been charged with a series of attacks, but only three appeared before judge
  
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• Extra: Starmer out - 'de facto' PM Andy Burnham in

  22-06-2026 14:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  \u0009Another British Prime Minister is heading for the exit. Just days after insisting he would stay and fight, Keir Starmer has announced his resignation, bringing a sorry end to a premiership that lasted just two years. With his only serious rival out of the running, Andy Burnham now appears to have a clear path to Downing Street. Enda Brady joins Fionnan Sheahan to discuss how Burnham could approach the Irish relationship, handling Trump and defeating Nigel Farrage’s reform? 
  
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• Orange Order rapist had child sex dolls and spied on school with telescope

  22-06-2026 13:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Parents kept in dark about dangerous paedophile after PSNI ignore school warning
  
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• Councillors pass motion promoting political literacy for young people ahead of 2027 elections

  22-06-2026 12:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  It comes after a report revealed that young people in NI are the least politically aware in the UK
  
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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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