Northern Ireland news

• Strong friendships can help to shield GAA players from mental burnout and depression, study shows

  08-09-2026 13:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  While holding amateur status, athletes ‘train at a professional intensity’ yet also must balance work or education
  
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• Delivery driver targeted in ‘frightening’ armed robbery in west Belfast

  16-09-2026 20:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  No arrests have been made as police urge public to assist with enquiries
  
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• 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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• Policing ‘has changed fundamentally since 1997’: PSNI statement after Robert Hamill inquiry findings released

  16-09-2026 19:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Mr Hamill was killed in April 1997 when he was beaten by loyalists in Portadown, Co Armagh
  
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• ‘Devastating for many schools’: Stormont warning over move to scrap thousands of minor works applications

  16-09-2026 19:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Committee chair brands decision to ditch minor works list ‘a really, really significant intervention’
  
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• Sectarian Belfast killer wins legal battle over religious pamphlet linked to racial hatred claim

  16-09-2026 17:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Convicted sectarian killer Glen Kane walks free from court
  
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• Minister urges ‘dangerous’ murderer to hand himself in as manhunt continues

  16-09-2026 17:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Gary Anderson went on run after getting compassionate leave for father’s funeral
  
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• Belfast man wins legal battle over religious pamphlet linked to racial hatred claim

  16-09-2026 17:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Convicted sectarian killer Glen Kane walks free from court
  
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• Belfast man who tried to groom ‘teen’ online jailed

  16-09-2026 16:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Man attempted to groom and meet who he believed was a 14-year-old boy
  
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• ‘I'm completely self-made’: Belfast mum’s vintage designs go from kitchen table to luxury fashion loved by celebrities

  16-09-2026 14:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Single parent making waves after finding herself starting from scratch again following return to Northern Ireland in 2007
  
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• ‘Campaign of hate’: Almost 150 attacks on Orange halls and Apprentice Boys’ halls in a decade, figures show

  16-09-2026 13:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Numbers represent a ‘campaign of hate fuelled by republican propaganda’, says DUP MLA
  
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• Fresh police appeal after woman dies in Limavady crash

  16-09-2026 13:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Detectives have re-issued an appeal for witnesses and dash-cam footage following the fatal collision last month
  
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• UVF members defy orders from leadership as hate-filled flags stay flying

  16-09-2026 12:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  One of the offensive flags carried the slogan “f**k your Irish language” with a Belfast City Council crest in the middle.
  
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• ‘That feeling of seeing your ice cream in supermarkets across Ireland... you can’t lick it’: Co Down firm bringing brand to Lidl

  16-09-2026 08:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Nugent family of Newcastle have been makers of the treat for almost 100 years, now Lidl is bringing their famous Nugelato brand to wider audience
  
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• ‘There’s no excuse’: NI content creators ‘take step back’ from being affiliated with Bellamianta after beauty boss’s ableist hotel rant

  16-09-2026 07:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Beauty influencers criticise brand boss and vow not to promote its products
  
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• NI singing star on his big change since Britain’s Got Talent final: ‘Now I want to be me’

  16-09-2026 07:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Music star, who plays Belfast’s Black Box on September 17 and Derry’s Nerve Centre on October 3, reflects on struggle with fame
  
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• ‘That feeling of seeing your ice cream in supermarkets across Ireland... you can’t lick it’

  16-09-2026 07:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Nugent family of Newcastle have been makers of thetreat for almost 100 years, now Lidl is bringing their famous Nugelato brand to wider audience
  
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• Blitz spirit at Belfast Telegraph as staff defied IRA bomb to publish the Penny Marvel

  16-09-2026 07:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  In the second part of a series of reports on the Belfast Telegraph bombing 50 years ago, Ivan Little speaks to the journalists caught up in the terror
  
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• Bully battered partner and threatened to break her neck in weeks-long campaign of domestic abuse

  16-09-2026 07:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Woman beater sentenced to prison but released for appeal
  
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• Education department moves to scrap thousands of minor works bids after nine-year wait for school repairs

  16-09-2026 07:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The top 10pc of projects from 2017 have not yet been progressed
  
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• The Belfast Telegraph Bomb: The day the IRA attacked the newsroom

  16-09-2026 05:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  On September the 15th, 1976, the Belfast Telegraph offices in Belfast centre was bombed by the Provisional IRA. Journalists were clattering at their typewriters when the second evacuation warning of the day went out on the Tannoy. Following the evacuation, a bomb in a van exploded in a loading bay, before many employees had the chance to get out.One of them – 64-year-old production worker Joe Paton - who’d been in a locker room above the bay - died from his injuries four days la
  
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• B*Witched: ‘C’est la Vie has given us so much... it gets so much rotation’

  16-09-2026 02:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Sinéad O’Carroll and her bandmates are set to create the perfect ending to Spirit of Northern Ireland Awards this Friday
  
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• ‘Decky’s done what Decky has to do’: McAree’s red rage as controversial Dunne dismissal punished by Crusaders’ late charge

  16-09-2026 01:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Crusaders 3 Dungannon Swifts 0
  
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• League leaders Coleraine stun managerless Glentoran with stoppage time winner

  15-09-2026 23:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Glentoran 1 Coleraine 2
  
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• Jamie McGonigle nets first-half hat-trick as Limavady United turn on style to brush aside Bangor

  15-09-2026 23:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Limavady United 3 Bangor 1
  
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• Robbie Weir leads Crusaders’ late charge as they punish 10-man Dungannon Swifts

  15-09-2026 23:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Crusaders 3 Dungannon Swifts 0
  
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• Matty Lusty’s first-half double the difference as champions Larne cruise past Cliftonville

  15-09-2026 23:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Larne 2 Cliftonville 0
  
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• Portadown’s losing rut comes to an end after holding Linfield to Shamrock Park stalemate

  15-09-2026 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Portadown 1 Linfield 1
  
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• Ten-man Carrick Rangers dig deep for battling draw at Ballymena United after Kym Nelson red card

  15-09-2026 22:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Ballymena United 1 Carrick Rangers 1
  
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• Online theories fell away during Noah Donohoe inquest... and jury came to only conclusion the evidence could support

  15-09-2026 22:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Ultimately, the family with an outcome, but not the answers they have longed for over the last six years
  
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