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Northern Ireland

Last year
2025
Lough Neagh
Environmental crisis at Lough Neagh ‘has become a political problem’
24 Aug 2025
9.5k
PSNI
Man (40) extradited from Netherlands to Northern Ireland in relation to child sexual offences
22 Aug 2025
4.4k
carrickfergus
Young girl in critical condition after a collision in Co Antrim
22 Aug 2025
4.4k
Northern Ireland
Accused shouted 'trick or treat' before throwing petrol bomb inside Armagh pub, court hears
20 Aug 2025
8.3k
Downpatrick
Stephen Brannigan remembered as ‘kind and thoughtful’ person at funeral
A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Mr Brannigan and attempted murder of Fr John Murray.
16 Aug 2025
7.6k
Arrested
Man charged with burglary and attempted arson over Ballymena riots
16 Aug 2025
4.0k
Derry
Nationalist bonfire builders urged to remove hateful messages from pyres
15 Aug 2025
15.9k
Northern Ireland
Victim of prolific NI catfish warns of men online preying on girls' vulnerability
15 Aug 2025
17.1k
westminster
Ex-SDLP leader Colum Eastwood says he rejected a knighthood ... using 'strong language'
13 Aug 2025
11.8k
47
Downpatrick
Priest seriously injured after attack with a glass bottle in church named as Fr John Murray
Detective Chief Inspector David McBurney described the attack as ‘completely shocking and brutal’.
Updated 10 Aug 2025
70.6k
Courts
Judge keen to ensure trial of Jeffrey Donaldson and his wife not delayed again
1 Aug 2025
13.7k
Maguiresbridge
Suspect in shooting of mother and children in Co Fermanagh dies in hospital
The PSNI has named the deceased as Ian Rutledge, who was 43 years old.
28 Jul 2025
89.5k
the twelfth
Taoiseach calls migrant boat effigy 'unchristian' as Eleventh Night bonfires to be lit across north
The Irish tricolour was also placed on the bonfire.
Updated 11 Jul 2025
12.1k
Eleventh Night
PSNI investigating 'hate incident' as bonfire with refugee effigy and Irish tricolour set alight
11 Jul 2025
20.8k
23
peace of mind
Dancing for Ulster: Instead of 'othering', dancing like no one is watching brings us together
Dylan Quinn
10 Jul 2025
4.2k
7
Hit-and-Run
Young boy who was riding a scooter dies after hit-and-run by car driver in Co Down
9 Jul 2025
10.7k
Eleventh Night
Migrant small boat display on loyalist bonfire called 'disgusting' and 'racist'
The PSNI is investigating the display, which is on top of a bonfire in Moygashel, Co Tyrone.
9 Jul 2025
19.1k
Eleventh Night
Concerns that Eleventh Night bonfire may be putting power supply to Belfast hospitals at risk
8 Jul 2025
7.9k
compensation
Gerry Adams slams 'vindictive' UK government plans to block compensation for illegal internment
2 Jul 2025
26.6k
34
Vigil
Hundreds attend vigil in memory of murdered Co Down woman Sarah Montgomery
2 Jul 2025
7.2k
Arrest
Second man (20) arrested over slurry-spreading incident before Pride parade in Ballymena
29 Jun 2025
8.9k
Northern Ireland
Man (40) extradited from Germany to Northern Ireland for human trafficking offences
25 Jun 2025
4.9k
Northern Ireland
Sinn Féin claim RTÉ repeatedly 'erase' the Six Counties as party introduces new proposed law
24 Jun 2025
35.6k
88
road upgrade
Quashing of A5 road upgrade on climate grounds slammed as 'devastating' and 'disappointing'
23 Jun 2025
12.5k
20
ministerial council
Leaders on both sides of the border urge completion of Casement Park
Updated 20 Jun 2025
7.2k
17
Assisted Dying
Historic vote sees MPs back legalising assisted dying in England and Wales
20 Jun 2025
4.9k
Irish Unity
Leo Varadkar says he would sacrifice economic growth for a united Ireland
19 Jun 2025
15.9k
128
United Kingdom
UK politicians vote to decriminalise abortion for women in England and Wales
19 Jun 2025
6.8k
Northern Ireland
'Blatant sectarian violence': PSNI urge rioters to 'see sense' as 11 arrested in Derry overnight
18 Jun 2025
5.3k
Northern Ireland
NI riots: 13-year-old boy arrested and three officers injured during violence in Derry
Updated 17 Jun 2025
7.6k
RELATED
NI police welcome reduction in disorder after 'sporadic disturbances' last night
15 Jun 2025
'Remove the rats': How online rumours and threats sparked a week of anti-immigrant riots in NI
14 Jun 2025
Ballymena Riots
DUP minister says he has nothing to apologise for after 'reckless' post about Larne Leisure Centre
16 Jun 2025
8.6k
Racist riots
Five more people arrested over public disorder in Northern Ireland, including 13-year-old girl
16 Jun 2025
5.1k
Larne
NI police welcome reduction in disorder after 'sporadic disturbances' last night
Updated 15 Jun 2025
12.1k
Portadown
PSNI say more officers hurt after fifth night of violence in Northern Ireland
Updated 14 Jun 2025
6.5k
RELATED
'Emergency rally' against racism held outside Belfast City Hall after days of unrest
14 Jun 2025
'Remove the rats': How online rumours and threats sparked a week of anti-immigrant riots in NI
14 Jun 2025
Ballymena Riots
'Emergency rally' against racism held outside Belfast City Hall after days of unrest
Updated 14 Jun 2025
14.8k
19
In Pictures
'Bricks instead of beer': Stark images from NI photographer tell story of the Ballymena riots
Tyler Collins.
14 Jun 2025
26.5k
The Morning Lead
'Remove the rats': How online rumours and threats sparked a week of anti-immigrant riots in NI
Unrest fuelled by inflammatory rhetoric and misinformation visited several towns in the North this week.
A sexual assault in Ballymena enabled a wider narrative to take hold that women are unsafe because of immigration.
An online 'paper' trail shows how a wave of speculation fed what some have called a "pogrom".
Stephen McDermott
14 Jun 2025
17.8k
Donna and Neil Sands
Identity of Tattle Life publisher revealed as Irish couple wins £300k damages in legal battle
Neil and Donna Sands have been locked in a fascinating and forensic legal battle for the past two years to try to uncover who runs Tattle Life.
A judge in Northern Ireland ordered the real names of the man and the companies behind the gossip site to be issued on court proceedings.
Reporting restrictions have now been lifted and Aoife Moore reports details of the landmark case.
Aoife Moore
13 Jun 2025
123k
unrest
‘We will come after you’: PSNI Chief condemns 'racist' violence in Ballymena
12 Jun 2025
4.9k
Ballymena Riots
PSNI condemn 'shameful arson attack' on leisure centre in Larne after third night of violence
Nine officers were injured and six people were arrested last night.
A DUP minister is to be referred to the standards commissioner after he posted on social media that the leisure centre was being used as emergency shelter.
Three teenagers have been charged and are due to appear in court.
12 Jun 2025
14.6k
RELATED
O'Neill says DUP minister should resign for 'reckless' post about Larne Leisure Centre
12 Jun 2025
PSNI seeks reinforcements from Britain as Starmer condemns ‘mindless’ Ballymena violence
11 Jun 2025
I went to talk to people in Ballymena, and was told to make myself 'scarce' or there'd be trouble
11 Jun 2025
PSNI use water cannon on protesters on second night of unrest in Ballymena
10 Jun 2025
‘Racist thuggery’: How a peaceful vigil in Ballymena turned into anti-immigration violence
10 Jun 2025
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