Violence erupted in Belfast on Tuesday night after anti-immigrant protests turned into widespread unrest following a “brutal” knife attack in which a Sudanese man has been charged with attempted murder. According to authorities, hundreds of protesters gathered across multiple locations in Northern Ireland, with many wearing masks and attacking police, setting vehicles on fire and […]
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Northern Ireland Revive World Cup Hopes with 2–0 Win Over Slovakia
BELFAST – Northern Ireland breathed new life into their World Cup qualification campaign with a well-earned 2–0 victory over Slovakia at Windsor Park on Friday night, moving into second place in Group A. Slovakia came into the game brimming with confidence after a stunning 2–0 win over Germany and a 1–0 victory in Luxembourg, but […]
Doug Beattie denounces prospect of Brexit violence
Dublin: The leader of Northern Ireland’s pro-UK Ulster Unionist Party on Thursday rejected the prospect of renewed violence, as tempers fray over special post-Brexit trading rules. Doug Beattie said, “violence is never the answer” after a UK parliamentary committee was told on Wednesday that further trouble could not be ruled out in the province. […]
Why a visit to Belfast is a must for fans of ‘Game of Thrones’
We are only an hour or so into our trip to Northern Ireland and we have just discovered a DeLorean straight out of the Back to the Future films. Having departed the ferry at Larne, we headed straight for the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum in, ironically enough, Holywood, just north of Belfast. It’s there […]