Belfast news

• Rangers roar against Lyon despite Ryan Kent seeing red

  16-07-2020 21:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rangers refused to relent after Ryan Kent’s first-half dismissal as they claimed an impressive 2-0 win over Lyon in their Veolia Trophy opener.
  
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• Guns owner disgusted after chef who tried to steal his legally held weapons avoids prison for second time

  25-07-2026 20:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Coleraine crook’s shop till raid caught on CCTV
  
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• New NI Secretary accused Belfast Pride of ‘viciously attacking ’ homosexuality

  25-07-2026 19:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Sir Chris Bryant claimed charity ‘pretends’ to support gay community
  
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• Police involved in high speed chase with several motorcycles across two counties

  25-07-2026 19:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Appeal for witnesses after pursuit through Banbridge, Lurgan and Portadown in early hours of Saturday morning
  
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• Half-time show was bad, but Beeb’s promo was the real own goal

  25-07-2026 18:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Romesh Ranganathan guides us through the corporation’s (very highly paid) cream of the crop... but scandals and accusations of bias have tarnished public trust in broadcaster
  
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• Pictured: The ‘barrister bomber’ at centre of alleged New IRA plot to kill police officer

  25-07-2026 16:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Solicitor for law student says she was ‘manipulated’ into driving bomb from Dublin to Monaghan
  
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• Maguiresbridge community holds dawn vigil for murdered mum and her children one year after horrific family massacre

  25-07-2026 16:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Vanessa Whyte (45) and her kids James (14) and Sara (13) remembered one year on
  
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• Lidl plan to open new Derry store ‘in 2027’ after planning saga

  25-07-2026 13:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Supermarket giant confirms 2027 opening date
  
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• Police warn of city centre traffic disruption in city centre as Pride gets underway

  25-07-2026 12:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Day of events planned throughout Saturday in Belfast
  
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• Exposed: Face of ‘wicked’ farmer who secretly filmed pals having sex in Airbnb

  25-07-2026 11:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Judge brands Jack Galway’s video ‘malicious and wicked’ and says woman victim was ‘profoundly impacted’
  
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• ‘Free spirit’ Sorcha McCartan loving life on Leeside after move from Down

  25-07-2026 11:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  St Finbarr’s club couldn’t have been more welcoming for forward who is a chip off the old block
  
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• The top 50 Irish rugby players of 2026 — the final countdown from 10 to 1

  25-07-2026 11:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  In the third edition of a three-part series, Rúaidhrí O’Connor finishes ranking the best players across the four provinces
  
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• Immaculate Co Antrim five-bed with double garage converted to cinema room for sale

  25-07-2026 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Detached Templepatrick home situated in sought-after Carnbank development
  
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• Canadian version of The Traitors gives show a certain Gallic flair

  25-07-2026 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Soupçons of French and très chic roundtable fashion takes the deception and detection up a notch
  
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• ‘A reconnection with a childhood book sparked an interest in picture book art; I went on to study a master’s course...’

  25-07-2026 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Author and illustrator Colleen Larmour shares her favoured reads
  
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• Author David Fennell: ‘This is my first book where I’ve not had a character from NI who is either a secondary character or somebody pretty important’

  25-07-2026 08:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Author David Fennell’s latest novel brings murder, mischief and mayhem to the high seas
  
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• ‘Exhibitions like this allow people to engage with NI’s complex history in a way that’s personal, accessible, human’

  25-07-2026 08:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  A major public exhibition built around the oral histories of those who left the island of Ireland for Britain is coming to NI for the first time
  
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• Long-term Holylands residents ‘tortured’ by rising tide of drugs and antisocial behaviour

  25-07-2026 08:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Locals fearful of walking streets at night due to number of addicts in area ‘out of their skulls’
  
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• ‘We’re all about growing, not closing’: How a retired doctor turned minister is fighting to save her church

  25-07-2026 08:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  After Ardkeen Church of Ireland was deemed ‘structurally unsafe’, focus has turned to an ambitious fundraising campaign to allow for repairs
  
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• Cost of maintaining unused Covid oxygen generators rises to more than £630,000

  25-07-2026 08:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Sum comes after we revealed that one of the units is gathering moss at the corner of an overspill car park at a Belfast hospital
  
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• The DUP’s real election battle isn’t with Sinn Féin — it’s with Jeffrey Donaldson

  25-07-2026 08:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Party needs disgraced former leader out of headlines for Assembly poll next year
  
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• SF minister fails in bid to hide documents which reveal chaos within her department and ferocious critique by regulator

  25-07-2026 08:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Department for the Economy claimed that if £23m was spent compensating electricity blackouts, it could lead to £1.6bn bill — despite utility body being baffled about process behind that figure
  
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• Abuse survivors’ group calls for Stormont-wide safeguarding review after Jim Gamble meeting

  25-07-2026 08:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Council says probe into DUP is not centred on victims’ testimony
  
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• Four in 10 DUP voters don’t believe party is being fully honest about Jeffrey Donaldson’s double life

  25-07-2026 08:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  LucidTalk poll reveals trust crisis for party
  
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• Two-thirds of NI voters have little hope of Andy Burnham’s premiership changing much

  25-07-2026 08:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  New Prime Minister took Downing Street reins on Monday
  
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• ‘Belfast has always felt like a second home to me’, says award-winning chef Jean-Christophe Novelli

  25-07-2026 02:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The restaurateur, television personality and Culinary Director of Novelli at City Quays, AC Hotel by Marriott Belfast shares his life lessons
  
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• Will colourful Sir Chris Bryant shake up Stormont as NI secretary?

  25-07-2026 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How will Sir Chris Bryant fare in the job and what will he bring to it?
  
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• Law student is charged over intercepted bomb in car

  24-07-2026 23:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Isobella Perrie Sullivan's lawyer says she did not know that a bag in the car she was driving contained a bomb.
  
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• New IRA’s access to high explosives is cause for serious concern... incident raises many questions

  24-07-2026 23:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Car carrying bomb was stopped near Irish border
  
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• Women's organisation in legal challenge to Féile event cancellation

  24-07-2026 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Members of WRN NI met representatives of Féile an Phobail to discuss the cancellation of the event.
  
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