Belfast is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Northern Ireland. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdom and the second-largest on the island of Ireland. It had a population of 333,871 as of 2015. Belfast suffered greatly in the Troubles: in the 1970s and 1980s it was reported to be one of the world's most dangerous cities, with a homicide rate around 31 per 100,000.
Northern Ireland's main political parties sat down together in Belfast on Saturday to form a power-sharing government and end a three-year standoff that threatened a key part of the province's 1998.. Reuters - Published
The Prime Minister refuses to answer a question about the royal family when asked during his visit to Stormont Castle in Belfast. Senior royals had a crisis meeting following the news that the Duke and..
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Northern Ireland can enjoy a bright future with goodwill and compromise, Boris Johnson has said. He said healthcare would be a priority for "huge commitments" in investment coming from central..
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar meet in Belfast after the resumption of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Report by Woodsli. Like us on Facebook at..
Boris Johnson has met Stormont’s newly-appointed leaders for talks set to focus on how much the Government will stump up to support the return of devolution. The Prime Minister was greeted by DUP..
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A young boy in east Belfast is guaranteed to be on Santa’s good list this week after he saved up his pocket money to buy Christmas gifts for pensioners. Eight-year-old Lewis McCartney receives £5..
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Tánaiste Simon Coveney and Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith have met the five main Stormont parties in a roundtable meeting in Belfast.
The talks come as members of the Royal College of..
British Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith said it was time to restore power-sharing at Stormont, the Northern Irish Assembly. DUP leader Arlene Foster, Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald also..
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The Democratic Unionist Party conceded that its deputy leader, Nigel Dodds, had lost his seat in the British parliament on Friday as counting in his Belfast constituency came to a close. Reuters - Published
Judd Trump successfully defends his Northern Ireland Open title with a 9-7 win over Ronnie O'Sullivan in a thrilling final in Belfast. BBC News - Published
Northern Ireland's slim hopes of qualifying automatically for the Euro 2020 finals are over as they draw 0-0 with the Netherlands in Belfast. BBC News - Published
British business minister Nadhim Zahawi on Thursday welcomed Spirit AeroSystems' purchase of Bombardier's plant in Belfast as great news for workers and a welcome investment in the United Kingdom. Reuters - Published
Canada's Bombardier is in advanced talks to sell three facilities, including its Belfast wing-making plant, to Spirit AeroSystems for more than $1 billion in cash and assumed liabilities, two sources.. Reuters - Published
A declining British mainland and a resurgent Belfast will serve as a permanent reminder of just how colossal an error Brexit was Independent - Published
The small Northern Irish party supporting the British government would emphatically oppose any scheme to give the devolved assembly in Belfast a way out of a Brexit backstop after a number of years, a.. Reuters - Published
Northern Ireland's strict abortion ban which even bans the procedure in cases of rape or incest breaches the UK's human rights commitments, the High Court in Belfast has ruled. Independent - Published
A Northern Irish rights campaigner whose case against Britain leaving the European Union without a deal was dismissed by Belfast's High Court last week succeeded on Monday in joining two other.. Reuters - Published
Belfast's High Court dismissed on Thursday a case arguing that a British exit from the European Union without a withdrawal agreement would contravene Northern Ireland's 1998 peace accord, saying the.. Reuters - Published
A Northern Irish rights campaigner will appeal the dismissal by Belfast's High Court on Thursday of his case arguing that a British exit from the European Union without a withdrawal agreement would.. Reuters - Published
Belfast's High Court is to rule on Thursday on the legality of a British exit from the European Union without a withdrawal agreement after an activist argued such a move would not be compatible with.. Reuters - Published
Northern Ireland drop their first points in Euro 2020 qualifying as goals by Marcel Halstenberg and Serge Gnabry give Germany a 2-0 win in Belfast. BBC News - Published
Wolves progress to the Europa League third qualifying round after a comfortable 4-1 victory over Crusaders secures a 6-1 aggregate win. BBC News - Published
Britain's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson held talks in Northern Ireland on Wednesday in a bid to untangle an impasse over the Irish border "backstop" that has scuppered all efforts to secure an.. Reuters - Published
Police in Northern Ireland discovered a bomb under a police officer's car in Belfast on Saturday that they said was probably planted by militant nationalists intent on killing one of their officers had.. Reuters - Published
'Our belief is that this attempted murder was carried out by violent dissident republicans,' says Police Service of Northern Ireland Independent - Published
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