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Dublin: 11 °C Thursday 20 June, 2013

Belfast

# belfast - Tuesday 9 April, 2013

£100,000 worth of cannabis plants seized in Belfast

Police have urged the public and landlords in particular to be vigilant and have issued guidelines on spotting cannabis factories.

# belfast - Monday 8 April, 2013

PSNI make £400k drugs seizure in Belfast and Banbridge

Four men have been arrested in relation to the drugs find and are assisting police with their enquiries.

# belfast - Sunday 7 April, 2013

Two face court over Belfast hijacking and assaults on police

A police officer was injured after stopping a hijacked car in Belfast in the early hours of Saturday morning.

# belfast - Saturday 6 April, 2013

New mum and elderly woman mugged in separate incidents

Police in Northern Ireland are investigating the robberies.

# belfast - Thursday 4 April, 2013

Man arrested in connection with Kieran McManus killing is released

McManus was shot dead on Saturday night as he was placing a pizza delivery in the back of his car.

# belfast - Wednesday 3 April, 2013

Update: Missing woman Diane Blaney located ‘safe and well’

Diane Blaney was last seen by relatives when she left home this morning to walk her two dogs.

# belfast - Monday 1 April, 2013

Belfast suspicious device under investigation

The device was found in a busy area of North Belfast.

# belfast - Sunday 31 March, 2013

Victim of pizza delivery shooting named as 26-year-old Kieran McManus

The father-of-one was shot dead in west Belfast last night.

Murder investigation launched after Belfast shooting

The crime is not thought to have been sectarian related.

Belfast security alert declared an ‘elaborate hoax’

Police in Belfast have declared a security alert at Shore Road in Newtownabbey a hoax.

# belfast - Friday 22 March, 2013

Police in Belfast appeal for information about alleged assault on teenage girl

Police are seeking to identify a taxi driver and two women who met the victim early this morning.

Man sentenced to six years for firearms and terrorist-related offences in Belfast

In September 2010, detectives incovered large quantity of firearms and ammunition from a workshop at the rear of the man’s home.

Road closed in Belfast security alert

The army bomb squad have been tasked to the scene.

# belfast - Wednesday 20 March, 2013

Two found liable in Omagh bomb civil retrial

The retrial found Seamus Daly and Colm Murphy liable on the grounds of trespass to the person.

# belfast - Monday 18 March, 2013

Two men injured overnight in Belfast assaults

One man sustained serious head injuries and the other received facial injuries.

# belfast - Sunday 17 March, 2013

Security alert in Belfast declared an ‘elaborate hoax’

A number of homes had to be evacuated before the device was declared to be a fake.

# belfast - Friday 15 March, 2013

Those who placed bomb were intent on murder, say police in Belfast Northern Ireland This post contains images

Those who placed bomb were intent on murder, say police in Belfast

Two schools were closed in west Belfast today as army technical officers examined a mortar-type device.

# belfast - Monday 11 March, 2013

Updated: Roads closed and trains disrupted in two Belfast security alerts

The alert at Finaghy Road North has been declared as an “elaborate hoax”, the other at Ligoniel Road is ongoing.

Belfast bomb was an ‘attempted murder’ attack on PSNI officers’ lives

Nobody was injured in the attack but the police officers involved were left “badly shaken”.

# belfast - Saturday 9 March, 2013

Police in Belfast investigating attempted bus hijacking

No one was injured in the incident as police arrived on the scene quickly and the crowd dispersed.

# belfast - Wednesday 6 March, 2013

Remains of missing man Harry Warwick identified

The 78-year-old had been missing since December 2012.

Horse smuggler talks about drugging animals before illegal slaughter

The BBC Northern Ireland’s Spotlight programme interviewed the insider.

PSNI appealing for witnesses to ‘distraction burglary’

A man with a “Southern Irish accent” called to the house of an elderly woman in Belfast last Monday and attempted to gain entry.

# belfast - Tuesday 5 March, 2013

Killarney most expensive as hotel prices at highest since 2008

The Hotels.com Hotel Price Index has shown that the average price of a room is now €90 per night.

# belfast - Sunday 3 March, 2013

Explosive device found outside Catholic church in Belfast

Police said the device was small and crude but was still viable.

# belfast - Saturday 2 March, 2013

Police in Belfast issue appeal after assault with baseball bats during burglary

Shortly before midnight it was reported that three masked males carrying baseball bats forced their way into a house and assaulted the two occupants.

PSNI encouraged by latest union flag protest in Belfast

Protestors today did not try to “parade unlawfully into the city centre” – a move welcomed by police authorities.

# belfast - Friday 1 March, 2013

200 take part in Belfast union flag protest

The protest took place at Belfast City Hall, with some protesters then travelling to Stormont for a peaceful protest.

Union flag protester Willie Frazer in court

The 52-year-old is charged with offences related to the ongoing flag protests in Belfast.

# belfast - Thursday 28 February, 2013

Man charged in connection with Belfast flag protests

A 52-year-old man has been charged with various offences relating to the Union flag protests in Belfast.

Pipe bomb explodes outside Belfast house

Nobody was injured in the blast.

# belfast - Wednesday 27 February, 2013

Man arrested in connection with Robert McCartney murder

Father-of-two Robert McCartney was stabbed to death in Belfast in January 2005.

# belfast - Tuesday 26 February, 2013

Suspect explosive device found at Belfast house

The incident has led to the evacuation of homes in the area.

Parades Commission says Northern Ireland can ‘choose’ a peaceful summer

Chairman Peter Osborne issued a lengthy statement last night about the ongoing Union flag demonstrations and the next marching season.

# belfast - Monday 25 February, 2013

Three arrested over Belfast cash-in-transit robbery

A vehicle was robbed by a man reported to have been armed with a machete earlier today.

# belfast - Sunday 24 February, 2013

Woman left ‘badly shaken’ after car hijacked

The driver was forced out of her car but was not injured during the incident, police said.

# belfast - Thursday 21 February, 2013

Dispensing psychotropic drugs to the elderly doubles when they enter care

The results showed that psychotropic drug use was almost 20 times higher in care homes than in the community in Northern Ireland.

# belfast - Monday 18 February, 2013

22-year-old stabbed by masked man in Belfast

The man was stabbed as he walked along a residential road at around 6am on Sunday morning.

# belfast - Sunday 17 February, 2013

Three people charged following loyalist flag protest

All three are accused of disorderly behaviour and assault on police, with one also charged with ‘doing a provocative act’.

Man (24) arrested after Belfast shooting

The shooting incident took place in Belfast on Friday night.