Northern Ireland news

• Orangemen’s legal challenge over Drumcree parade is widened to include Chief Constable

  11-10-2026 22:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  DUP leader won’t bring down Executive over dispute but Jim Allister hits out at ‘limp response’
  
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• Motion to dismiss Michelle O’Neill as First Minister defeated after tetchy debate as deputy speaker issues ‘stop swearing’ plea

  12-10-2026 21:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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• MLAs vote on motion of no confidence in Michelle O’Neill after tetchy debate as deputy speaker issues ‘stop swearing’ plea

  12-10-2026 21:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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• Independent MLA says public would be ‘disgusted’ by Stormont debate ahead of Michelle O’Neill vote while Speaker issues ‘stop swearing’ plea

  12-10-2026 20:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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• Murderer caught after fleeing to Donegal wants to return to NI to serve his sentence

  12-10-2026 20:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Gary Anderson fled while on compassionate leave for his father’s funeral in his native Derry in September.
  
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• Independent MLA says public would be ‘quite disgusted’ by Stormont debate ahead of Michelle O’Neill vote while Speaker issues ‘stop swearing’ plea

  12-10-2026 20:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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• DUP leader says ‘nothing is off the table’ after Drumcree parade ban

  12-10-2026 20:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Gavin Robinson accuses chief constable of having ‘acquiesced in the face of threats’
  
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• Jamie-Lee O’Donnell: ‘Why wouldn’t I want a lot of money? Of course I do. Because in my childhood, I saw the problems’

  12-10-2026 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The original Derry Girl talks therapy, learning to love herself, having to go ‘no contact’ with family, and moving to Barcelona
  
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• Michelle O’Neill says unionist parties ‘have never accepted republican FM’ while UUP leader highlights ‘moral difference’ as Stormont debate under way

  12-10-2026 19:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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• Michelle O’Neill says unionist parties ‘have never accepted Irish republican as First Minister’ as Stormont debate under way ahead of vote of no confidence

  12-10-2026 18:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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• Michelle O’Neill says unionist parties ‘have never accepted Irish republican as First Minister’ as Stormont debate underway ahead of vote of no confidence

  12-10-2026 18:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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• Stormont debate underway ahead of vote of no confidence in First Minister Michelle O’Neill

  12-10-2026 18:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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• How prisoner sentenced to three years became NI’s longest-serving criminal and is still locked up 23 years later

  12-10-2026 18:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Controversial ‘two strikes’ law keeps Eddie Coll locked up for decades - and now he has spoken from prison
  
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• Drumcree: Garvaghy Residents’ challenge dismissed, dispute rumbles on despite parade ban

  12-10-2026 18:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The parading crisis in Portadown seems over on the ground, but it is very much alive in the courts, on the airwaves, and in politics.  The Northern Ireland Secretary of State Chris Bryant stepped in on Friday to ban the Portadown Orange lodge from marching down the Garvaghy Road, now the Orange Order is challenging that decision in the courts. On Monday afternoon, the Court of Appeal dismissed a challenge from Garvaghy residents to the Parades Commission’s decision to allow the p
  
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• How prisoner sentenced to three years in jail became NI’s longest-serving criminal and is still locked up 23 years later

  12-10-2026 18:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Shocking ‘two strikes’ law keeps Eddie Coll locked up for decades to become Ulster’s longest serving prisoner - and he speaks to us exclusively from prison
  
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• Garvaghy Road residents’ court appeal dismissed while Orange Order’s legal challenge adjourned

  12-10-2026 15:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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• Sex therapist reveals the one thing she would never do, and one thing all couples should try

  12-10-2026 15:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Psychosexual and relationship therapist Aoife Drury shares her advice about the biggest chages that could make a difference to your life
  
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• Ask Allison: I’m having a baby with a man who already has older kids, and I want him to reduce the money he sends to his ex-wife

  12-10-2026 13:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Psychologist Allison Keating answers your queries about life and relationships
  
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• Paedophile former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson facing more than 12 years behind bars

  12-10-2026 11:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Maghaberry braced as former DUP leader could be moved off hospital wing into Vulnerable Prisoner Unit after sentencing this week
  
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• Irish woman told she ‘looked too good’ to be disabled after assistance dog denied entry to building

  12-10-2026 11:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Rachel is determined to tackle discrimination
  
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• My Money: ‘My actor parents taught me to save, and so I started a pension in my 20s’

  12-10-2026 09:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Aonghus McAnally
  
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• Nine bad money habits to avoid in the lead-up to Christmas

  12-10-2026 08:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  A finance expert shares tips on not busting your budget when the festive season kicks in
  
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• Beauty ‘superdupes’: The cut-price products using same formulas as designer brands and where to buy them

  12-10-2026 08:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Dupe culture is shaking up the beauty industry, but do these affordable alternatives deliver the same results?
  
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• Beattie urges Deputy First Minister to resign in bid to force Michelle O’Neill from office

  12-10-2026 08:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Divisions within unionism over how to tackle Drumcree crisis, whether in courts or at Stormont
  
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• ‘He was robbed of his golden years’: TUV councillor on 14 years caring for father who has dementia

  12-10-2026 07:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  David Clarke, who will host a charity dinner later this month, on how his dad’s illness upended his student years, the days spent waiting with him for a hospital bed, and why even the slightest positive communication is ‘a blessing’
  
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• ‘I have a history degree and a master’s in public policy... now I’m a gardener’

  12-10-2026 07:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  In This Working Life, Michael Reid (25), from Castlereagh, talks to Kyle Frazer about how he was introduced to the profession after doing a favour for a family friend
  
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• Andrew Muir might not permit a public register of toxic land... despite agreeing that should happen

  12-10-2026 07:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Asbestos, arsenic and lead are in soil across Northern Ireland, but Stormont doesn’t want you to know where
  
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• DUP could be the biggest losers from Drumcree as a new political crisis emerges

  12-10-2026 07:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Another big day looms as Garvaghy parading row heads back to court
  
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• ‘I got embarrassed because I liked country music. That’s not the case now’: Co Tyrone singer excited for first solo concert

  12-10-2026 07:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Downtown presenter Lauren McCrory to showcase varied set at Armagh event
  
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• Orange Order in Belfast tells members to cease all engagement with PSNI

  12-10-2026 07:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Letter from County Grand Master says Drumcree ban has ‘raised serious concerns’ about police integrity
  
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