Belfast news

• Police warning as thousands descend on Belfast for Ed Sheeran and Irish League tie

  09-05-2018 17:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Strict parking restrictions are to be in place for two major events in Belfast on Wednesday night.
  
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• Community groups ‘filling gap’ after young pupils in west Belfast left without counselling

  13-09-2026 22:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Youth project helping deliver boxer Stephen Ward’s wellbeing programme as funding cuts bite
  
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• Relentless Shane Lowry banishes demons to romp home to record Irish Open victory

  13-09-2026 20:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Offaly man ends four-year individual victory drought in style with closing seven-under 63
  
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• ‘I've seen enough good stuff’ — Rory McIlroy takes positives to Wentworth despite Irish Open struggles

  13-09-2026 19:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Masters champion recalls ‘good memories’ of potential future venue County Sligo
  
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• UVF serial killer renames himself ‘Gerald’ to flog republican 1916 art: ‘You couldn’t make it up’

  13-09-2026 18:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Victim’s daughter blasts Glenanne Gang assassin’s art scam
  
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• Is that cup of hot tea or coffee really going to increase your risk of cancer?

  13-09-2026 16:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Scientists suggest letting beverages cool before consumption to avoid damage to oesophagus
  
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• Woman (85) dies and man taken to hospital following two-car crash

  13-09-2026 16:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  It is understood one car ended up in a ditch
  
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• New play goes inside Good Friday Agreement summit hosted by Nelson Mandela in South Africa

  13-09-2026 16:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The Great Indaba opening at London’s National Theatre next year
  
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• Dan Neil leads by example with double for Rangers in Ibrox cup win over Martin O’Neill’s Celtic

  13-09-2026 15:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Rangers 3 Celtic 0
  
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• Hated pimp spotted ‘sneaking around’ with young women after returning to old Belfast stomping ground

  13-09-2026 15:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Sex trafficker back in Belfast following release from Scottish prison
  
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• 85-year-old woman dies and man taken to hospital following two-car crash

  13-09-2026 12:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  It is understood one car ended up in a ditch
  
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• PSNI issue TikTok warning after suspected drunk driver flips car

  13-09-2026 12:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  “No matter what you see on TikTok, only fools drink and drive.”
  
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• Woman dies and man taken to hospital following two-car crash

  13-09-2026 11:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  It is understood one car ended up in a ditch
  
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• Chinooks, Air Force One and Secret Service agents turn quiet west Clare day into a surreal security spectacle

  13-09-2026 10:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Mayo won the All-Ireland and Katie Taylor headlined a sold-out Croke Park, but this is clearly the maddest sporting event of the year
  
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• Hero policeman pictured carrying priest’s body after 9/11 attacks says decision saved his life: ‘That’s why I’m here’

  13-09-2026 10:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Retired lieutenant recalls memories of shocking day for Malachi Cush’s Radio Ulster show Healing Sounds
  
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• Mystery over Presbyterian Church’s decision to suspend Bangor minister

  13-09-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing, and his suspension is not believed to be connected to a safeguarding issue
  
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• Judge gives second chance to former hospital worker who destroyed her only living relative’s garden

  13-09-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Woman avoids jail after court hears of struggle with alcohol and isolation
  
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• Hero policemen pictured carrying priest’s body after 9/11 attacks says decision saved his life: ‘That’s why I’m here’

  13-09-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Retired lieutenant recalls memories of shocking day for Malachi Cush’s Radio Ulster show Healing Sounds
  
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• Former soldier sentenced to jail for repeatedly smacking shop worker’s bottom but freed for appeal

  13-09-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Ex-Irish Guard sexually assaulted victim after she bent over to tend to her dog
  
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• Former Miss NI on caring for her late mum... and how her advice kick-started success in new venture: ‘She always encouraged me’

  13-09-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Former teacher on love of painting, staying with her mother in her final months, and how winning beauty pageant changed her outlook
  
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• Ex-New IRA leader confronted about Lyra McKee murder riot and why he ditched phone after killing

  13-09-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Thomas Ashe Mellon refuses to answer Sunday Life questions outside court in Belfast
  
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• Cocaine kings of north coast: Drug lords who ran multimillion-pound empire taken down by phone hack

  13-09-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Former grammar school boy and gym owner latest criminals jailed as a result of Encrochat phone network hack
  
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• ‘Belfast’s dumbest criminal’: How death driver’s hit-and-run lies were KO’d by boxing gloves found in boot of burned out car

  13-09-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Martin Olali Jnr opens coffee and wellness shop despite impending prison sentence for mowing down pedestrian and dog
  
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• ‘If we keep playing like that, we won’t win a thing’: Glentoran assistant blasts ‘unacceptable’ performance as pressure cranks up

  12-09-2026 23:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Glentoran 1 Bangor 1
  
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• ‘There was a lot of noise over the first game’: Kyle McClean hails Linfield’s revival after fifth straight win

  12-09-2026 23:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Dungannon Swifts 0 Linfield 1
  
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• Shane Lowry comes up clutch with the putter to lead Irish Open by four as Rory McIlroy struggles

  12-09-2026 21:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Offaly man makes nine single putts in a row on the back nine to give himself some breathing room heading into final round
  
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• ‘They were in our box twice and scored two goals’: Carrick Rangers chief laments luck in defeat to Cliftonville

  12-09-2026 20:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Carrick Rangers 1 Cliftonville 3
  
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• ‘Trying to fly a plane while we’re building it’: Paul Owens hails Limavady United’s breakthrough victory

  12-09-2026 20:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Crusaders 1 Limavady United 2
  
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• Ian Paisley Jnr defends Trump’s support for united Ireland after president doubles down: ‘Even when it’s wrong’

  12-09-2026 19:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  DUP and SDLP aimed jokes at US president after he said unification would be ‘a very cool thing’ and ‘may as well happen now’
  
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• Raging thug turned up at ex-girlfriend’s house with hammer after online spat

  12-09-2026 19:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Judge gives 38-year-old second chance despite suspended sentences
  
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