Belfast

The late Dónal Lunny pictured in Newbridge on September 18 with sisters Roisín Dempsey, Grainne Coffey and his niece Aoise Dempsey

Breaking President leads tributes to music legend Dónal Lunny

The Four Courts, Dublin

Irish state at fault for not preventing Omagh bomb, says lawyer seeking inquiry

Conor Wynne on his later father Brian's shoulders

Guitarist to run Dublin marathon in memory of his Kildare dad

Michael Gallagher outside

Omagh bomb victim’s father says inquiry stress contributed to stroke

Brian Kennedy

Singer Brian Kennedy bringing concert to Kildare

A view of a road sign on the A5

Appeal Court quashes ruling that A5 project cannot proceed

Daniel Kinahan

Alleged crime gang leader Daniel Kinahan appears before court in Dublin

Forcing march down Garvaghy Road could be catastrophic, warns Boutcher

Bertie Ahern

Drumcree decision ‘choreographed far too tight, far too dangerous’ – Ahern

Glastonbury Festival 2025

Sir Rod Stewart announces UK and Ireland tour which will ‘definitely be my last’

Paul Greaney KC

Families will be ‘disappointed’ Garda officers will not give evidence in person

Micheal Martin speaks

Border poll conditions ‘have to be discussed’, Taoiseach says

Ireland's foreign affairs minister Helen McEntee

Irish minister says there ‘will be a border poll’ on united Ireland in future

Andy Burnham visit to Northern Ireland

Burnham Irish unity remarks were not a mistake, Sir Chris Bryant says

Andy Burnham

Irish border poll ‘off the table’, says Andy Burnham

Cormac Keegan of CCÉ Craobh Bheartla Uí Fhlatharta, Cill Dara, 1 st place All Ireland Winner of the Hugh Smith Memorial Cup for the Uilleann Pipes (over 18 years) at the 2026 Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil in Belfast.

Kildare has a host of winners at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026

Performers at Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann 2026, in Belfast

Fleadh should be the inspiration for future events – Ulster Scots Commissioner
Lee Reynolds said there were questions for Northern Ireland cultural bodies on why the Fleadh organisers built better relations than they had.
Rebecca Black, Press Association

Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann 2026 – Belfast

First Fleadh in Belfast hailed as ‘unforgettable week’ for the city

Davy Taylor, one of the 1,300 volunteers at the Fleadh in Belfast

Belfast’s first Fleadh ‘so joyful’ in a city that was once ‘so dark’

Fleadh crowds in Belfast

Fleadh 2027 ‘will be even bigger’, says Bryant on final day of event in Belfast

A musician performs in Belfast's Cathedral Quarter

Success of Belfast Fleadh ‘a dream come true’ for organisers

Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann 2026

Fleadh visitor numbers to Belfast expected pass one million by Friday

Taoiseach Micheál Martin (second from right) and others give a thumbs-up at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026 in Belfast

Irish premier hails cross-community participation at Belfast Fleadh

Micheál Martin in front of microphone

Taoiseach defends new government jet amid reports navigational tool was omitted

US President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting with Taoiseach Micheal Martin in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington DC, as part of his visit to the US for St Patrick’s Day in March

‘Nothing confirmed’ on Donald Trump visit to Ireland – Irish premier

Young people on stage at the Fleadh

Ed Sheeran-backed cross-border music project takes centre stage at Fleadh

Performers for 2026 Fleadh in Belfast

Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026 kicks off with musical celebration in Belfast

Cross-border projects

Irish border poll ‘not top of my list of priorities’, says Bryant
Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant said he will not be starting a poll this week, this month or this year.
Rebecca Black, Press Association

Dancers at the launch of the 2026 Fleadh in Belfast

Fleadh in Belfast will be ‘truly historic and unique’, organisers predict

Helen McEntee

McEntee announces 10 million euro for Northern Irish peacebuilding projects

Stormont Economy Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald chats to the President of Ireland Catherine Connolly at a special reception for Comhaltas to mark the countdown to Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026, which will take place in Belfast next month

Presidential reception marks countdown to Fleadh in Belfast

Stephen Vincent from Manchester and Kylee Vincent with their son

Dancing With The Stars pros open Belfast studio to revive ballroom

Police tape in the foreground and a police van in the background on a residential street

Driver in crash which killed pedestrian was in mental health crisis, court told

Woman dead and man arrested after Belfast hit-and-run

Police Stock

Police officer convicted of careless driving in Belfast

PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher during a meeting of the Policing Board at the Gasworks in Belfast

‘Picture inconsistent’ on paramilitary involvement in Belfast stabbing riots

Mary Lou McDonald

Brave care worker who protected children should be recognised – McDonald

John Cooney

Search for hydration expert under way ahead of inquest into boxer’s death

Sinn Fein party president Mary Lou McDonald (right), and vice president Michelle O’Neill

Union under pressure from ‘rising pro-independence tide’ – Mary-Lou McDonald

An Enterprise train at a platford

Dublin rail line reopens after repairs cause ‘major disruption’

Cross-border projects

‘Major disruption’ on rail services hoped to be resolved by lunchtime

A burned-out Glider bus on Newtownards Road in east Belfast after anti-immigration violence

Minister denies going missing during Belfast anti-immigration violence

A police cordon at the scene of the stabbing outside apartments in the Kinnaird Avenue area of north Belfast

Belfast stabbing victim out of induced coma but may lose sight in right eye

Mary McAleese

‘Stand doubly strong’ – former president slams use of Irish flag to intimidate

Micheál Martin head and shoulders

Irish border is ‘wrong issue’ to focus on after Belfast stabbing – Taoiseach

Simon Harris (left)

No one political party owns conversation on Irish unity – Harris

People during an anti-racism rally outside Belfast City Hall

Thousands attend anti-racism rally in Belfast after week of disorder

Sir Keir Starmer, left, and Micheál Martin

Starmer and Martin discuss functioning of Common Travel Area

Police vehicles on the Newtownards Road in east Belfast

Police warn of ‘zero-tolerance’ approach if disorder flares again in NI

Police block a road to protesters

‘Much calmer’ night in Northern Ireland as disorder reduces after knife attack

A police cordon at the scene of the stabbing outside apartments in the Kinnaird Avenue area of north Belfast

Belfast stabbing victim’s condition ‘improving’ and he may soon come out of coma

Protesters set fire to a barricade as police block Antrim Road, at the Sandyknowes roundabout in Newtownabbey

Two charged after second night of disorder following Belfast knife attack

A member of the public walks through Dublin Airport’s Terminal 2

Governments to work together to ‘prevent abuse’ of CTA after Belfast stabbing

UK Border sign

Belfast suspect granted asylum under fast-track scheme

Water cannons being fired in a street amid numerous police vehicles and officers in riot gear

Twelve police officers injured in second night of unrest in Northern Ireland

Newtownabbey

Northern Ireland suffers second night of unrest as rioters attack police

North Belfast stabbing

Police deploy water cannon on rioters in latest disorder after Belfast stabbing

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