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# belfast - Thursday 13 August, 2020
Michelle O'Neill vows to 'leave no stone unturned' after meeting with Noah Donohoe's mother
The missing teeanger’s body was found in Belfast in June.
# belfast - Wednesday 12 August, 2020
Police in Belfast release images after 29 officers injured during bonfire removal
The PSNI has said officer came under sustained attack with petrol bombs and other missiles thrown at them.
# belfast - Saturday 8 August, 2020
26 PSNI officers injured after petrol bombs and masonry thrown by 'large group of youths' in Belfast
The officers were there with contractors tasked with removing bonfire material from land on Distillery Street.
# belfast - Friday 7 August, 2020
Man (54) arrested over security alerts as police ask East Belfast GAA players to check cars
The arrest was made following a search of a residential property in the Braniel area of east Belfast last night.
# belfast - Wednesday 5 August, 2020
Opinion: John Hume gave us the gift of peace, it's our responsibility to protect it
Rights campaigner Emma DeSouza pays tribute to John Hume, the peacemaker, who will be laid to rest today.
# belfast - Saturday 1 August, 2020
Belfast's Tennyson lands British lightweight title in Eddie Hearn's garden
A massive win after an explosive fight.
# belfast - Thursday 30 July, 2020
RUC officers will not face prosecution over case of first child killed in the Troubles
Patrick Rooney was the first child to be killed in the Troubles.
# belfast - Tuesday 28 July, 2020
'Suspect device' left outside Sinn Féin office in Belfast
West Belfast MP Paul Maskey criticised those responsible.
# belfast - Tuesday 21 July, 2020
FactCheck: Did a Belfast bank post a notice describing balaclavas as 'unsuitable' face coverings?
A tweet sharing a photo of a notice at a NatWest branch suggests that the notice was displayed in Belfast.
# belfast - Monday 20 July, 2020
Stormont health committee member cancels holiday in Italy following criticism
Paula Bradshaw is going to a resort in Italy with her family next week.
# belfast - Wednesday 15 July, 2020
Cannabis worth over €2.2m seized during searches at properties in Belfast
Two men were arrested during the operation.
Man denies IRA membership charge relating to bomb placed under PSNI officer's car
The charge relates to the discovery of an explosive device under the officer’s car at Shandon Park Golf Club in east Belfast.
# belfast - Thursday 9 July, 2020
PSNI chief constable requests external police officer to investigate Bobby Storey funeral attendance
The PSNI has previously said that it would review footage taken at the funeral.
# belfast - Monday 6 July, 2020
Belfast council apologises to families refused entry to crematorium on same day as republican's funeral
It has emerged that eight families were told not to attend the cremation of their loved ones.
Man (20s) hospitalised after hammer attack in north Belfast
The incident happened in the Forthriver Crescent area last night.
# belfast - Saturday 4 July, 2020
'Radio Boyne' and an Ulster Fry: How the Orange Order is celebrating a socially distanced 12 July
The Orange Order has cancelled parades this year because of Covid-19.
# belfast - Thursday 2 July, 2020
Mary Lou McDonald says Michelle O’Neill does not need to stand aside over attendance at Bobby Storey funeral
Police are investigating potential breaches of lockdown rules at the funeral.
# belfast - Wednesday 1 July, 2020
Noah Donohoe gave mother a lifetime of love in his 14 years, funeral hears
The teenager’s body was found on Saturday, six days after he went missing in north Belfast.
# belfast - Tuesday 30 June, 2020
PSNI to review footage amid criticism of high number of attendees at funeral of senior republican
Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald, Michelle O’Neill and Gerry Adams attended the funeral of Bobby Storey today.
Mary Lou McDonald and Gerry Adams join crowds at funeral of senior republican Bobby Storey
Politicians in Northern Ireland criticised the large crowds who gathered for the funeral, despite pandemic restrictions.
# belfast - Monday 29 June, 2020
'I always told him he would change the world': Family lead tributes to 14-year-old Noah Donohoe
On Saturday, police said that a body found in north Belfast is believed to be his.
# belfast - Sunday 28 June, 2020
Police in Northern Ireland name 28-year-old murder victim as Warren Crossan
He was chased by two masked gunmen through streets packed with people and motorists before he was shot dead.
# belfast - Saturday 27 June, 2020
Police in Belfast recover body in search for missing 14-year-old Noah Donohoe
PSNI officers said they believe the body is that of the missing teenager.
# belfast - Thursday 25 June, 2020
'Completely out of character': Search continues for missing 14-year-old Noah Donohoe
The teenager may have sustained a head injury when he fell off his bike.
# belfast - Wednesday 24 June, 2020
Missing Noah Donohoe: PSNI ask people to search gardens, outbuildings and sheds
Noah Donohoe was last seen cycling his bicycle in the Northwood Road area of the city at approximately 6pm on Sunday.
# belfast - Thursday 11 June, 2020
Bombardier reveals plans for 400 job losses at Belfast plant
The Canadian plane maker says Covid-19 has forced it to resize its business.
# belfast - Monday 18 May, 2020
'A brutal killing': Man shot dead in west Belfast named as Kieran Wylie
Anyone with information about the incident is being urged to contact the PSNI.
# belfast - Wednesday 13 May, 2020
UK Supreme Court quashes Gerry Adams' 1970s convictions for attempted Maze Prison escapes
Adams attempted to escape from the Maze on Christmas Eve 1973 and again in July 1974.
# belfast - Tuesday 12 May, 2020
Northern Ireland's five-point plan for exiting Covid-19 lockdown published with no firm dates set out
Large outdoor-based retailers such as garden centres will be permitted to reopen in the first step.
# belfast - Monday 11 May, 2020
Debunked: No, a Nazi flag was not flown in Belfast on VE day
The picture shared in a Facebook post is real, but it is from July 2015.
# belfast - Friday 8 May, 2020
Loyalist terrorist group issues threats against two journalists in Belfast
A number of reporters working for the Sunday Life and Sunday World were visited by police officers this morning.
# belfast - Tuesday 5 May, 2020
Northern Ireland health minister 'shocked' by images of packed Aer Lingus flight
Photos seemed to show little evidence of social distancing on a flight from Belfast to London.
# belfast - Saturday 2 May, 2020
Socially-distanced queues at west Belfast church as priest hears confessions
“There is nothing to stop you hearing confessions from people provided you observe all the precautions,” Father Paddy McCafferty said.
# belfast - Sunday 26 April, 2020
Cemeteries reopen in NI following pressure from public and church leaders
Stormont ministers authorised the change last week.
# belfast - Thursday 23 April, 2020
'I'm one of the lucky ones': Belfast solicitor speaks of Covid-19 recovery after 16-day coma
Niall Murphy spent 16 days in an induced coma, and another man Mark Burke was told he had 24 hours to live.
Man charged with murder after woman (39) dies in Belfast flat
A 21-year-old male has been arrested and charged with the murder of Emma Jane McParland.
# belfast - Wednesday 22 April, 2020
Man (21) arrested after woman's body discovered at flat in Belfast
PSNI officers were called to the property on Haywood Avenue at around 1:45am.
# belfast - Wednesday 15 April, 2020
Police investigating murder of Robbie Lawlor issue appeal for information about hooded man
The 36-year-old was shot dead outside a house in Belfast at around 11.50am on Saturday 4 April.
# belfast - Saturday 11 April, 2020
Gardaí work to untangle complex web to find who was involved in the killing of gangland suspect Robbie Lawlor
Lawlor was the chief suspect in the murder and mutilation of 17-year-old Keane Mulready-Woods.
# belfast - Friday 10 April, 2020
PSNI make fresh appeal for information over Robbie Lawlor murder
The Dubliner was shot dead outside a house in Belfast on Saturday.
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Poll: Would you go to a socially-distanced concert?
CONCERTS AND MANY other events have, of course, been cancelled during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Images of a socially-distanced concert in England were widely shared during the week.
Fans at the Sam Fender concert at the Virgin Money Unity Arena, a pop-up venue in Gosforth Park, Newcastle, watched the outdoor concert in groups of up to five people from 500 separate raised metal platforms.
Promoters described the event as the world’s first socially-distanced gig. Some people thought the layout looked great, while others were not so sure.
We want to know: Would you go to a socially-distanced concert?
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Dr Anthony O'Connor: 'The rhetoric of “all being in it together” is dead'
By Dr Anthony O'Connor - @Antcon7062
Open Letter from Ireland's psychologists: 'Direct Provision is causing untold psychological harm'
By Psychologists for Social Change Ireland
“As a country we must do better,” according to about 150 signatories.
What we can learn from the world's 'Blue Zones' - where people regularly live into their 90s and 100s
By Professor Ciaran O’Boyle
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