Northern Ireland news

• Blue Lights series four release date announced

  16-09-2026 20:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The BAFTA and RTS award-winning drama will return to screens at the end of September
  
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• Adam O’Reilly gives Derry the perfect boost ahead of quest to reach FAI Cup Final

  18-09-2026 23:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Derry City 1 Galway United 0
  
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• Thousands take to streets of Belfast for Culture Night as arts festival returns for second year since hiatus

  18-09-2026 22:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  More than 90 free cultural performances taking place across the city
  
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• Second phase for Newry Train Station Park and Ride given green light following months of congestion chaos

  18-09-2026 21:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The announcement was made along with the ringfencing of funding for three other projects
  
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• Parades Commission refuses to say if it knew mediators had worked with Orange Order in the past

  18-09-2026 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Appointment has been welcomed by a DUP MP and rejected by Garvaghy Road residents
  
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• East Belfast man (41) jailed for drug offences after being identified on encrypted phone network used by criminals

  18-09-2026 19:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Wayne Jones was part of a gang dubbed the ‘Encrochat Eight’
  
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• Man’s death after hospital discharge could have been prevented, coroner finds as inquest hears doctor lied and falsified records

  18-09-2026 19:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Medic claimed to have discussed case of Kian Slaven (22) with specialists at RVH before sending him home
  
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• Belfast bus driver left shaken after vehicle set on fire by passenger during service

  18-09-2026 19:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The passenger alighted and no arrests have been made
  
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• East Belfast man (41) charged with drugs offences after being identified on encrypted phone network used by criminals

  18-09-2026 19:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Wayne Jones was part of a gang dubbed the ‘Encrochat Eight’
  
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• Police make fresh appeal for help catching on-the-run murderer Gary Anderson

  18-09-2026 17:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Anderson (29) failed to return to prison after attending his father’s funeral
  
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• ‘Anybody who has disappearing messages on — that’s a red flag’: How today’s love cheats are being caught out by tech

  18-09-2026 13:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  From self-deleting texts to hidden apps and locked photo albums, technology is changing how people cheat — and making it easier to get caught in the act
  
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• Restaurant Review: Belfast’s trendiest bistro has the food to match the looks

  18-09-2026 13:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Drip on the 332 Ormeau Road
  
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• Award-winning author of book that became hit C4 show is back with devastating new novel: ‘I felt that I had unfinished business’

  18-09-2026 13:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The author of Trespasses has returned with a heartwarming, devastating novel about the power of friendship
  
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• Charities in dispute over relocation of Belfast ‘addiction’ centre

  18-09-2026 12:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Foodstock says Extern’s plans to open in King Street is raising safeguarding issues for their users
  
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• Drumcree mediator named as Garvaghy Road residents say past Orange Order work makes them unsuitable

  18-09-2026 12:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  MLA ‘concerned’ at lack of visible engagement from Irish Government
  
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• Garvaghy Road residents reject Drumcree mediator amid concerns over past Orange Order work

  18-09-2026 09:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  MLA ‘concerned’ at lack of visible engagement from Irish Government
  
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• UVF thug to sweat another week on coke and blackmail charges after death of witness

  18-09-2026 09:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  UVF enforcer James Reid ‘threatened to take the head off’ drug dealer’s son, court is told
  
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• Denise Watson on the films that make her cry, laugh... and hide behind the sofa

  18-09-2026 07:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The broadcaster is fronting Movie House’s new Book to Movie Club, launching at its Coleraine branch with The Housemaid on September 24
  
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• Meet the NI playwright who turned her recovery from alcoholism into a Lisa McGee-approved comedy

  18-09-2026 07:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Caoimhe Farren talks about her debut work Hello Charlie, how the Derry Girls creator loved it, and the creative difficulties she faced to get to this point
  
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• Ex-UUP councillor launches DUP bid to win back North Antrim Stormont seat

  18-09-2026 07:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Darryl Wilson to join MLA Paul Frew on party ticket in key constituency
  
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• UDA leaders begged Government for protection ahead of Johnny Adair’s release from prison

  18-09-2026 07:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  A document revealed in a new book recorded details of the request
  
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• ‘Art is for everyone, not just a select few’: Belfast painter out to break down barriers with gallery open day

  18-09-2026 07:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Keith Drury, who specialises in capturing city’s buildings, keen to meet public to hear their views on his work
  
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• David Lavery sues Law Society over alleged breach of privacy as gagging order is dismissed

  18-09-2026 07:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Rare super-injunction discharged after Belfast Telegraph challenge to report on CEO’s case
  
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• Tip-off from within UDA almost led to IRA digger bomb attack on Adair at shebeen

  18-09-2026 07:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Ex-Provo said the terror group had several plans to take out ‘Mad Dog’
  
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• ‘Beast of Kincora’ William McGrath manifesto cassette emerges after 55 years

  18-09-2026 02:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  William McGrath, was an influential loyalist, founder of the paramilitary group Tara, and a hardline evangelical Protestant.He was also a notorious predatory paedophile who rape dozens of young boys. Widely known as the ‘Beast of Kincora’ McGrath was convicted of abuse at the notorious east Belfast boys’ home and jailed in 1981. Now an audio tape of McGrath has emerged after more than half a century. In it he espouses an extreme ideology, inter-mixed with mythology, and fu
  
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• Ormeau Road’s Drip proves Belfast’s trendiest bistro has the food to match the looks

  18-09-2026 02:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Drip, 332 Ormeau Road, Belfast. www.dripbelfast.com
  
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• Ferencvaros pile more misery on Celtic with Europa League victory

  17-09-2026 23:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Celtic 1 Ferencvaros 3
  
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• First Minister slams £2,000 pay hike for MLAs as ‘grotesque’

  17-09-2026 21:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  MLAs will receive a 3pc rise at the start of the next mandate in May 2027
  
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• Irish football club cancels event hosted by manosphere influencer exposed in Louis Theroux doc

  17-09-2026 21:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Both the Red Cow Inn and Bluebell United have said the event promoted by HSTikkyTokky is not being held at their respective venues.
  
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• Parades Commission appoints mediator for Garvaghy Road march row as Taoiseach invited to meet residents

  17-09-2026 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  MLA ‘concerned’ at lack of visible engagement from Irish Government
  
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