End of an era as Belfast baker inspired by shopkeeper father’s entrepreneurial spirit calls it a day
The owner of a popular north Belfast bakery said it was an ‘emotional day’ after almost 30 years of serving the local ...
Hamas hands over US-Israeli hostage to Red Cross
Hamas has handed over the American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel to the Red Cross – the third hostage to be released on ...
Hostages return to Israel after handover in southern Gaza
Yarden Bibas, 35, and French-Israeli Ofer Kalderon have been released, with a third scheduled to be handed over later on ...
Brónagh Diamond: Dreaming of riches in the land where cash is king
Isn’t it sad that things which should be achievable for everyone in the world’s third-largest economy have become ‘If I won ...
“If I’m wanted that’s all you ever need as a player, and Tiernan [Lynch] made me feel that most at Derry City.” - Liam Boyce
FOR Liam Boyce, his career at Hearts “felt like a week”. It doesn’t seem like five years ago the Belfast man was scoring the ...
Remembering Linda McGrath Farrelly: ‘She was never too busy to listen, to offer advice’
Sadly Linda took unwell over the Christmas period in 2023 and, after spending several weeks being cared for at the Royal ...
Radio review: A career of conducting firsts
Marin Alsop is regarded as one of the greatest conductors in the world. As a woman, she was first so many times – the first ...
Review: Disney’s Paradise is a political murder mystery that adds unnecessary complexity
Xavier’s determination to find out what happened on his own means that he becomes a suspect in the murder. That sets up as a decent whodunit murder mystery but Paradise, from the producers of ‘This Is ...
“Miasma of Horror” - On This Day in 1975
We in this corner of this island have encountered that “miasma of horror” right here in the heart of the city of Belfast when each year for the past three years or so we have gazed upon those tragic ...