Belfast news

• Mother sentenced for killing son and attempting to murder daughter

  15-09-2026 13:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The woman was convicted and jailed in 2023 but in 2025 senior judges ruled those convictions were unsafe.
  
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• The Belfast Telegraph Bomb: The day the IRA attacked the newsroom

  16-09-2026 05:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  On September the 15th, 1976, the Belfast Telegraph offices in Belfast centre was bombed by the Provisional IRA. Journalists were clattering at their typewriters when the second evacuation warning of the day went out on the Tannoy. Following the evacuation, a bomb in a van exploded in a loading bay, before many employees had the chance to get out.One of them – 64-year-old production worker Joe Paton - who’d been in a locker room above the bay - died from his injuries four days la
  
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• Irish acts amongst those quitting Ed Sheeran tour in support of Macklemore

  16-09-2026 03:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The star said he was not responsible for Macklemore being dropped from the line-up after he made pro-Palestinian statements on stage.
  
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• B*Witched: ‘C’est la Vie has given us so much... it gets so much rotation’

  16-09-2026 02:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Sinéad O’Carroll and her bandmates are set to create the perfect ending to Spirit of Northern Ireland Awards this Friday
  
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• ‘Decky’s done what Decky has to do’: McAree’s red rage as controversial Dunne dismissal punished by Crusaders’ late charge

  16-09-2026 01:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Crusaders 3 Dungannon Swifts 0
  
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• 'My sex offender ex is fighting for access to our child'

  16-09-2026 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The woman, who is "sick" at the thought of her sex offender ex having access to their child, is calling for laws to change.
  
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• Assembly will return to debate conversion practice ban bill, as sitting suspended

  16-09-2026 00:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The bill contains provisions that could see a two-year jail sentence imposed on people who conduct conversion practices.
  
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• 'My son was failed' - Noah Donohoe inquest finds tunnel errors possibly contributed to death

  15-09-2026 23:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The nine jury members, who had 10 questions to answer, returned their verdict on Tuesday at the end of an inquest which began in January.
  
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• League leaders Coleraine stun managerless Glentoran with stoppage time winner

  15-09-2026 23:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Glentoran 1 Coleraine 2
  
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• Portadown’s losing rut comes to an end after holding Linfield to Shamrock Park stalemate

  15-09-2026 23:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Portadown 1 Linfield 1
  
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• Jamie McGonigle nets first-half hat-trick as Limavady United turn on style to brush aside Bangor

  15-09-2026 23:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Limavady United 3 Bangor 1
  
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• Robbie Weir leads Crusaders’ late charge as they punish 10-man Dungannon Swifts

  15-09-2026 23:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Crusaders 3 Dungannon Swifts 0
  
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• Matty Lusty’s first-half double the difference as champions Larne cruise past Cliftonville

  15-09-2026 23:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Larne 2 Cliftonville 0
  
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• NI squad only picked on merit - O'Neill

  15-09-2026 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill says he would never take Fifa eligibility rules into consideration when selecting his squad.
  
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• Ten-man Carrick Rangers dig deep for battling draw at Ballymena United after Kym Nelson red card

  15-09-2026 22:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Ballymena United 1 Carrick Rangers 1
  
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• Online theories fell away during Noah Donohoe inquest... and jury came to only conclusion the evidence could support

  15-09-2026 22:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Ultimately, the family with an outcome, but not the answers they have longed for over the last six years
  
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• Founder of Co Down charity steps down from role: ‘It has always been about people’

  15-09-2026 22:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Gail Redmond set up Dromore-based charity Via Wings in 2009
  
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• Waterfront Hall signs new partnership deal with BBC to champion new Northern Irish music

  15-09-2026 21:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  BBC Introducing has already hosted sold out concerts in Belfast
  
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• The search for answers: The story of eight months and 100 witnesses in the Noah Donohoe inquest

  15-09-2026 20:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The lengthy journey to uncover what happened to schoolboy
  
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• Restaurant review: This rural bistro serves city-style comfort food at country prices

  15-09-2026 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The Copper Kitchen, 175 Ballygawley Rd, Dungannon. Tel: 028 8776 7529
  
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• Fiona Donohoe says PSNI and DfI "sought to blame Noah", as jury finds police didn’t contribute to teen’s death

  15-09-2026 18:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The jury in the inquest into the death of Noah Donohoe has found that the teenager died on the night of his disappearance, meaning that the PSNI’s response to his disappearance did not contribute to his death.  However, the jury did find that police failings impacted on their ability to come to a conclusion in the inquest and found that the Department of Infrastructure “erred” in its management of the culvert in which the teenager died. But it also found that it was not pr
  
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• ‘Noah was failed’: Mum Fiona Donohoe’s statement after jury finds Department ‘erred’ in management of culvert

  15-09-2026 18:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The Infrastructure Minister said her department ‘unreservedly accepts’ the findings
  
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• Burglary gang targets village in overnight raid

  15-09-2026 18:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Tools were taken and property damaged
  
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• ‘Noah was failed’: Mum Fiona Donohoe’s statement in full after jury finds Department ‘erred’ in management of culvert

  15-09-2026 18:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The 14-year-old died in June 2020
  
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• Prison Service opposed release of murderer who absconded

  15-09-2026 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gary Anderson, 29, is one of two brothers jailed for life for the murder of Karol Kelly in Londonderry in 2018.
  
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• How the Noah Donohoe inquest came about after six years of delays

  15-09-2026 16:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Disputes, technicalities and obstacles held the inquest process up while the hearings themselves lasted for almost half a year.
  
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• The search for answers: The story of nine months and 100 witnesses in the Noah Donohoe inquest

  15-09-2026 16:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The lengthy journey to uncover what happened to schoolboy
  
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• An inquest verdict at last - but many mysteries remain about Noah Donohoe's death

  15-09-2026 16:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After years of delay, the jury has reached a verdict but some questions remain unanswered over what happened to the 14-year-old.
  
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• Finucane inquiry to consider 'extent killers were assisted by state'

  15-09-2026 16:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 39-year-old solicitor was shot dead at his home in north Belfast by loyalist paramilitaries in front of his wife and children in February 1989.
  
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• ‘Ok the cave?’: Noah Donohoe’s final messages to his friends before his disappearance are revealed

  15-09-2026 16:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The reply to teenager’s text tragically went unread
  
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