The girl was taken to hospital after feeling unwell at the festival. A teenager has died after becoming unwell at major UK music festival. The girl was attending Emerge Festival in Boucher Playing Fields, Belfast on Sunday night. Police received a report that she felt unwell and was taken to hospital, where she later died. […]

7 months ago

Social media posts have shown that the portrait has been removed. The office of the DUP lord mayor of Belfast has removed a portrait of Michael D Higgins. The Lord Mayor of Belfast, Tracy Kelly, was unable to explain why the portrait was removed when she was quizzed about the matter. For more than a […]

9 months ago

As part of a £1.6bn deal, 5,000 missiles will be sent to Ukraine. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that 5,000 Ukrainian missiles will be manufactured in Belfast. The deal worth £1.6 billion was announced at a summit of European leaders in London on Sunday. It comes after Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, engaged in […]

1 year ago

The Galway native had surgery on his brain a week ago. Irish boxer John Cooney has died a week after his Celtic super-featherweight title fight at the Ulster Hall in Belfast. Cooney was stopped in the ninth round of his fight against Welshman Nathan Howells on February 1 and was taken to hospital, where he […]

1 year ago

She is due to appear in court today. A 38-year-old woman has been charged with child abduction following reports of an alleged kidnapping at a Belfast shopping centre. The incident, which happened on Monday, May 20, involved someone reportedly seen lifting a baby from a pram and attempting to run towards the exit of The […]

2 years ago

Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has called the plans a ‘key priority’. Rail services between Belfast and Dublin are set to benefit from a new €165 million investment which is set to shorten the train journey between the two cities to under two hours. The funding comes from the PEACEPLUS Programme, a funding partnership between the […]

2 years ago