Belfast news

• Ulster's stirring second half comeback not enough as Munster hold on for draw to maintain home side's winless run

  10-10-2026 20:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Ulster 26 Munster 26
  
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• ‘The DP World Tour are well within their rights’ — Rory McIlroy defends LIV 2.0 ultimatum

  14-10-2026 14:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Holywood man gearing up for start of Race to Dubai home stretch in India and reveals his plans for a new fitness and recovery trailer in bid to extend his career
  
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• Homes of Waterford criminals raided as part of murder investigation into arson attack on innocent family

  14-10-2026 13:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Family killed in Waterford petrol bomb attack were ‘living in fear’ and had ‘asked to be moved’
  
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• NI Secretary slams ‘irresponsible’ Stormont ministers over budget

  14-10-2026 12:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Sir Chris Bryant also said he hadn’t “given in to violence” over the Drumcree dispute
  
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• Money talks loudly in Mayo v Kerry’s London adventure

  14-10-2026 12:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Player welfare issue ignored for All-Ireland final re-run
  
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• ‘I still can’t decide whether I liked Margaret Thatcher. I probably didn’t, actually’: Veteran BBC correspondent John Simpson on his 60-year career

  14-10-2026 11:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  He didn’t like most of the leaders he interviewed, including ‘bossy’ Maggie Thatcher
  
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• Doubts remain over paramilitary disbandment with most active dissident group not engaging

  14-10-2026 09:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  UVF want to keep their name for remembrance events
  
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• ‘I could hear the screams like a horror film, it will never leave my mind’: Neighbours shocked in wake of petrol bomb attack that left four dead

  14-10-2026 09:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Community devastated at the loss of two children and their parents in horrific circumstances
  
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• Belfast family searching for answers after mum with dementia allegedly assaulted inside care home: ‘She relived the trauma every night’

  14-10-2026 09:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Doctor stated the incident acted as a ‘significant contributing factor’ to her declining health before death four months later
  
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• Belfast family searching for answers after mum with dementia allegedly assaulted inside care home: ‘She relived the trauma ever night’

  14-10-2026 08:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Doctor stated the incident acted as a ‘significant contributing factor’ to her declining health before death four months later
  
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• Family killed in petrol bomb attack were ‘living in fear’ and had ‘asked to be moved’

  14-10-2026 08:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  It was the second time in less than a month that the home had been targeted as part of drug-debt intimidation
  
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• Grieving mum says daughter who died in tragic crash ‘would be proud of what I’m doing’

  14-10-2026 07:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Marie O’Brien’s daughter Caoimhè was just 23 when she died, but her legacy lives on thanks to her mother’s work
  
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• Doubts remain over whether paramilitary disbandment can ever be delivered

  14-10-2026 07:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The most active dissident group did not engage and UVF want to keep their name for remembrance events
  
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• ‘It was a big decision for our family to put mum into a care home. And just over a year later, we’re burying her’: Belfast family searching for answers after mother with dementia allegedly assaulted inside care home

  14-10-2026 07:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Doctor stated the incident acted as a ‘significant contributing factor’ to her declining health before death four months later
  
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• Man who defrauded murdered Belfast reporter’s family exposed as champagne-swilling serial fraudster

  14-10-2026 07:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Scammer Michael Kingsberry used fake cancer and army tales to fleece veterans
  
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• Belfast family searching for answers after mother with dementia allegedly assaulted inside care home

  14-10-2026 06:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Doctor stated the incident acted as a ‘significant contributing factor’ to her declining health before death four months later
  
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• Looking at the connection between parental wellbeing and children’s digital habits

  14-10-2026 02:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Screen time may say less about children’s behaviour and more about parental wellbeing, according to new research
  
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• Baby loss: ‘I say it again and again: It is OK to talk about babies who have died… I believe it is essential to our wellbeing’

  14-10-2026 02:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  During Baby Loss Awareness Week, two academics from Queen’s University share their personal stories regarding baby and pregnancy loss
  
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• Missing for 34 years: Patsy O’Sullivan and the secret family no one knew about

  14-10-2026 01:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  It was in April 1992 when Patrick ‘Patsy’ O’Sullivan called into his brother Jerry’s home like it was any other day, but it’s a day that will forever remain etched in Jerry’s memory.  Patrick went missing from his home in Co Kerry that year, and despite extensive searches and emotional appeals, efforts to find him proved fruitless. It would take the O’Sullivan family 34 years to find out the truth.Tessa Fleming is joined by Kerryman journalist
  
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• Nursing union opens ballot on strike action over ‘despicable’ failure to deliver pay award

  14-10-2026 01:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  NI Director Rita Devlin said the action was ‘always a last resort’
  
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• Dundela cause seismic shock by knocking Larne out of the Shield with penalty shoot-out success: ‘We showed elite-level concentration’

  14-10-2026 00:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Dundela 1 Larne 1 (Dundela win 5-3 on penalties)
  
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• ‘I’m delighted for him’: Oran Kearney hails teenage star as Ballymena United knock Crusaders out of Shield

  14-10-2026 00:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Crusaders 0 Ballymena United 1
  
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• ‘We showed a united front’: Ben Quinn’s goal ends Cliftonville’s losing streak as Glentoran bow out of County Antrim Shield

  13-10-2026 23:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Cliftonville 1 Glentoran 0
  
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• Bangor savour north Down derby bragging rights as they overcome Ards: ‘We got the job done’

  13-10-2026 23:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Ards 1 Bangor 3
  
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• Israel has ‘ceded moral ground’ over Middle East conflict says Barack Obama during Belfast appearance

  13-10-2026 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The former US President has received an honorary doctorate from Queen’s
  
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• Dundela cause seismic shock by knocking Larne out of the Shield with penalty shoot-out success

  13-10-2026 23:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Dundela 1 Larne 1 (Dundela win 5-3 on penalties)
  
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• Israel’s approach to Middle East conflict ‘a disaster for everyone’ says Barack Obama during Belfast appearance

  13-10-2026 23:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The former US President has received an honorary doctorate from Queen’s
  
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• Ben Quinn’s goal ends Cliftonville’s losing streak as Glentoran bow out of County Antrim Shield

  13-10-2026 23:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Cliftonville 1 Glentoran 0
  
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• Strike from Conor Burns enough to clinch Ballymena United’s place in County Antrim Shield Semi-Final at Crusaders’ expense

  13-10-2026 22:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Crusaders 0 Ballymena United 1
  
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• Bangor savour north Down derby bragging rights as they overcome Ards to book last-four slot

  13-10-2026 22:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Ards 1 Bangor 3
  
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