Belfast news

• Things to do in Down this Halloween

  21-10-2026 06:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Top 5 events across the county
  
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• How the disappearance of a 13-year-old boy in 1986 challenged the belief that children were safe in familiar surroundings

  22-10-2026 16:27 via Belfast Telegraph
  40 years after Philip Cairns went missing, we still cling to the memory of the boy who never came home
  
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• Woman charged with stealing over £40k from shop where she worked to face trial

  22-10-2026 15:25 via Belfast Telegraph
  Jacqueline Mattox (39) from Holywood has been charged with two offences
  
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• Events at Drumcree have seriously undermined unionist confidence in policing, says loyalist focus group

  22-10-2026 14:54 via Belfast Telegraph
  Collective sets out concerns in letter to PSNI chief constable
  
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• The Divorce Diaries: ‘My ex rang my family behind my back to try to convince them I was insane’

  22-10-2026 14:17 via Belfast Telegraph
  In our Divorce Diaries series, we speak to people in Ireland about their experience of marriage and divorce. This week, a woman in her 40s with two children talks about separation from her perspective
  
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• Former NI sports chief pleads not guilty to sexual offences against underage girls

  22-10-2026 13:32 via Belfast Telegraph
  Gerry Carson (84) admits two counts of stalking
  
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• ‘Opportunistic Trojan horse’: Foyle MLA hits out at Ebrington Square parking charges plan

  22-10-2026 13:08 via Belfast Telegraph
  Tariffs are to be introduced later this year
  
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• Co Tyrone manufacturing firm Terex experiences ‘notable’ fall in profits

  22-10-2026 12:57 via Belfast Telegraph
  Firm employs close to 1,900 staff in Northern Ireland
  
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• Met Office issue NI weather alert ahead of Storm Boelo’s arrival, with gusts of up to 75mph forecast

  22-10-2026 12:07 via Belfast Telegraph
  Potential for power cuts and transport disruption this weekend
  
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• ‘This isn’t going to end well for you’: Threatening third party call made to alleged NI assault victim, court hears

  22-10-2026 11:56 via Belfast Telegraph
  Defendant denies knowledge of call made from Australia
  
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• Police appeal for information after car torched in Shankill area overnight

  22-10-2026 11:27 via Belfast Telegraph
  PSNI believe latest incident may be linked to attack earlier this week
  
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• ‘Why we cling to the memory of the boy who never came home 40 years ago’

  22-10-2026 09:32 via Belfast Telegraph
  The mysterious disappearance of 13-year-old Philip Cairns in a Dublin suburb on October 23, 1986 challenged something many had taken for granted: the belief that children were safe in familiar surroundings
  
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• Saoirse-Monica Jackson on married life, ‘exciting’ career and getting recognised in America: ‘When I crack Hollywood, I’ll let you know!’

  22-10-2026 08:41 via Belfast Telegraph
  Since her breakthrough role in Derry Girls, Saoirse-Monica Jackson has broadened her acting repertoire on both sides of the Atlantic. Here, she talks about staying grounded, married life and what makes Irish fashion so unique
  
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• How US families opened their homes to give more than 23,000 Northern Ireland children a summer escape from the Troubles

  22-10-2026 08:37 via Belfast Telegraph
  New book charts the legacy of Project Children, founded in 1975
  
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• More talks due in bid to break budget deadlock

  22-10-2026 08:24 via BBC News
  
  The Stormont executive maintains it cannot balance the books without more support from London.
  
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• ‘Get it checked’: Co Down man with stage four prostate cancer campaigning for more men to get tested

  22-10-2026 07:41 via Belfast Telegraph
  David Johnson (59) wants to save lives by turning his illness into something positive
  
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• ‘Horrendously nasty’ weedkiller attack on south Belfast community garden causes £8k damage

  22-10-2026 07:35 via Belfast Telegraph
  Group supports struggling students and low-income families by providing fresh food
  
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• Individuals who wrote court character references for jailed cocaine king in fight to keep identities secret

  22-10-2026 07:14 via Belfast Telegraph
  Kinahan-linked drug baron Joe Kearney was jailed earlier this month
  
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• Finucane calls Conservative MP's 'IRA lawyers' comments 'contemptible'

  22-10-2026 07:14 via BBC News
  
  During a debate on the government's Troubles bill, Davis referred to "the activities of IRA lawyers in the courts".
  
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• City 'on song' for international choir festival

  22-10-2026 07:12 via BBC News
  
  The festival brings together hundreds of local singers and community groups alongside international choirs.
  
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• NI risks missing 2030 energy goals, says Stormont committee

  22-10-2026 07:09 via BBC News
  
  A committee hears that Northern Ireland could lose out on economic opportunities if action is not accelerated.
  
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• ‘I was 13 when Dad was murdered’: Troubles investigators reopen murder case of part-time RUC officer John Eagleson

  22-10-2026 06:51 via Belfast Telegraph
  The father-of-three was shot dead in an early morning attack while riding his motorbike to work
  
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• ‘I was 13 when Dad was murdered’: Troubles investigators reopen murder case of part-time RUC officer

  22-10-2026 06:51 via Belfast Telegraph
  The father-of-three was shot dead in an early morning attack while riding his motorbike to work
  
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• Fashion brand founder Jennifer Okenyi on life lessons: ‘Sometimes consistency is the progress’

  22-10-2026 02:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  The designer has established JNwany Designs, an independent womenswear brand founded in 2017
  
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• Daughter of woman killed by partner 'refuses to be another victim'

  22-10-2026 01:00 via BBC News
  
  Keeley McKee's mother Leanne was killed by her partner in 2003, weeks before the couple were due to marry.
  
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• Crusaders suffer a major shock in the BetMcLean Cup as Warrenpoint Town book spot in next round

  21-10-2026 23:31 via Belfast Telegraph
  Warrenpoint Town 5 Crusaders 2 (after extra-time)
  
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• Pressure builds on Michael Carrick after Manchester United suffer humiliating loss at Como

  21-10-2026 22:11 via Belfast Telegraph
  Como 4 Manchester United 1
  
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• Hiker died in 100ft fall while on Wales' highest mountain

  21-10-2026 21:58 via BBC News
  
  Adrian McAnarney had travelled to north Wales with a group to climb Yr Wyddfa and go sightseeing.
  
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• Champion boxers provide character references for ‘gentleman’ death driver

  21-10-2026 21:09 via Belfast Telegraph
  Martin Olali was jailed last week for causing the death of Richard Boyle in a hit-and-run incident in west Belfast five years ago
  
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• World champion boxers provide character references for ‘gentleman’ death driver

  21-10-2026 21:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Martin Olali was jailed last week for causing the death of Richard Boyle in a hit-and-run incident in west Belfast five years ago
  
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