PSNI treating Belfast 'Irish lives matter' graffiti as 'hate incident'
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ITV ^
| 29 Nov 2023 | UTV
Police are treating 'Irish lives matter' graffiti which has appeared in west Belfast as a 'hate incident' The graffiti appeared after signage saying the community "will no longer accept the re-housing of illegal immigrants" was erected in the Suffolk area on Tuesday. The West Belfast MLA Gerry Carroll said there was no
place for this "racist poison". While Sinn Féin MP Paul Maskey described it as an "attempt to create fear and intimidate people". Inspector Andrew Matson said: “We are treating the matter as a hate incident. “Our local Neighbourhood Policing Team have been undertaking enquiries in the area and...
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Security fears mount after top-secret Biden Belfast visit plan found in street
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Nypost ^
| 04/12/2023 | Isabel Keane
A security scare shadowed President Biden’s trip to Northern Island on Wednesday after a top-secret document containing the itinerary for his visit to Belfast and information about his protective detail was found in the street. A
passerby discovered the police paper, which detailed where the president was staying in Northern Ireland as well as the phone numbers of the Police Service of Northern Ireland officers in his security detail, BBC Radio Ulster reported.
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Joe to the Rescue? Biden Touches Down in Belfast, Promising to ‘Preserve the Peace’ in Northern Ireland
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Breitbart ^
| 04/11/2023 | Kurt Zindulka
American President Joe Biden, accompanied by his son Hunter and his sister Valerie, touched down at a military base outside Belfast on Tuesday evening as he prepares for a four-day tour of Nothern Ireland and the neighbouring Republic of Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Peace agreement. Mr
Biden was met on the tarmac by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after arriving in the country at around 9 pm local time at the Royal Air Force base in Aldergrove in County Antrim near Belfast.
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Heartbroken Dad Pays Tribute to Young(19) Wexford GAA Star Conall McGuinness After He Dies Suddenly in Belfast
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The Sun (Ireland) ^
| 9 Feb 2022
THE heartbroken dad of a young GAA player who died suddenly over the weekend has paid an emotional tribute to his son, saying: "It was a pleasure to have him for the nineteen and a half years we did." Conall
McGuinness, 19, from Barnstown Co Wexford ,was studying Psychology at Queens University when he sadly passed away on February 6. The talented youngster was a member of the Wexford Minor Football panel and won a Junior B title recently playing with his local GAA club Glynn Barnstown. Speaking with the Wexford People, his father Gerry said the Conall was a...
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Oscar: Power of the Dog, Dune, Belfast, West Side Story Lead Nominations-- Can Freepers Do Better Than the Academy?
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Screen Daily ^
| February 8, 2022 | Michael Rosser
Netflix-backed The Power Of The Dog secured 12 nods including best picture, directing and cinematography as well as four acting nominations for lead actor Benedict Cumberbatch, supporting actors Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smith-McPhee, and actress Kirsten Dunst....Sci-fi blockbuster Dune received 10 nominations including best picture and across the technical categories for sound,
visual effects, cinematography and costume design among others.Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast and Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story both secured seven nominations, including best picture and directing, while King Richard received six, including best picture and for leading actor for Will Smith, who plays the father of tennis stars Venus...
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Bishop Treanor Urges Politicians to Avoid ‘Damaging Politicisation’ as Unrest Engulfs Belfast
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The Irish Catholic ^
| 4/9/21 | Ruadhán Jones
The bishop of Down and Connor has urged politicians to be more careful about their language as Belfast has been engulfed in nightly violence for over a week. Bishop
Noel Treanor also appealed to young people “to stop engaging in disturbance and violent activity now” after 74 members of the police service were injured. The city has witnessed some of the worst rioting in recent years and last night (April 8) the police used water cannon to disperse young Protestants angry at the decision for the first time in six years. Petrol bombs, fireworks and stones were used to attack...
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Belfast [Maine] Church Closes Amid Fears ‘Liberal’ Churches Could be Targeted Before Inauguration
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Bangor Daily News ^
| 1/17/21 | Christopher Burns
A Belfast church is closing its doors through Wednesday amid fears that “liberal” churches could be targets before Joe Biden’s inauguration. That
message from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Belfast comes at a time of heightened tension in the United States as Donald Trump is set to leave the presidency this week. “There is a collective anxiety in our country following the events at the capital on January 6th and I know our giant UU hearts feel every bit of it. Let’s be sure we take the time we need to remain connected to one another and to take care...
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Hillary Clinton appointed chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast
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The Irish Times ^
| January 2, 2020 | Gerry Moriarty
Hillary Clinton has been appointed as the new chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast, the college announced on Thursday. The former US first lady, secretary of state and senator, who has been a regular visitor to Northern Ireland going back to the first visit of President Bill Clinton in 1995, becomes the university’s
first female chancellor. Ms Clinton, who failed in her bid to be elected US president, holds an honorary doctorate from Queen’s. She will serve as chancellor for a five-year term.
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Hillary Clinton Named Chancellor of Belfast University
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brietbart.com ^
| 1/2/2020 | Breitbart news
Former US secretary of state and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was appointed Thursday as the new chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast. Clinton will serve for five years in the largely ceremonial role, the Northern Irish institution announced. “It
is a great privilege to become the chancellor of Queen’s University, a place I have great fondness for and have grown a strong relationship with over the years,” Clinton said in a statement.
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Hillary Clinton appointed chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast
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BBC News ^
| 1/2/2020 | Robbie Meredith
Hillary Clinton is to be the new chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast (QUB). She is the university's 11th chancellor and first woman to take up the post. In
a statement, Mrs Clinton said it was a "great privilege" to become the chancellor of QUB. She takes up her role immediately and will serve for a period of five years. Mrs Clinton succeeds Dr Tom Moran - who died last year. While the role of chancellor is mainly a ceremonial one, securing Mrs Clinton will be seen as a coup for Queen's. The chancellor often presides at graduation ceremonies and is...
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Belfast High Court dismisses no-deal Brexit challenge
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ITV ^
| 12 Sep 2019 | ITV
Legal challenges to a no-deal Brexit centre on political matters which must be kept outside judicial examination, the High Court in Belfast has ruled. A
senior judge has rejected all grounds of challenge to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's strategy for taking the UK out of the EU, including claims that it would threaten the Northern Ireland peace process. Lord Justice Bernard McCloskey delivered his ruling on Thursday morning. Dismissing cases brought by victims campaigner Raymond McCord and two other applicants, Lord Justice McCloskey held that they were non justiciable. According to his determination the actions indisputably focused on political...
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Belfast bakery 'gay cake' dispute referred to European Court of Human Rights [Northern Ireland]
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RTÉ News ^
| Thursday, 15 Aug 2019 17:21
A case involving a Belfast bakery, that refused to make a cake with a pro-same-sex marriage slogan for a customer, has been referred to the European Court of Human Rights. Ashers Baking was found guilty of discrimination in 2015 for refusing to make a cake for Gareth Lee. Mr. Lee requested a
cake with the words “Support Gay Marriage” iced on top, but the owners of the bakery refused due to their Christian beliefs. The bakery has said its objection was to the message on the cake, not the customer. Mr. Lee’s legal bid in Europe’s highest court will argue...
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Sinking of the Titanic shipyard: Harland & Wolff in Belfast has closed its doors [tr]
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UK Daily Mail ^
| August 5, 2019 | Robert Hardman
For more than 150 years, it has played a key part in the maritime, economic and cultural story of these islands. As
of 5.15pm yesterday, however, Harland & Wolff ceased to exist as a company. Once the greatest shipyard in the world — producing some of the most famous ships in British history — the Belfast institution had seen its workforce dwindle from 35,000 to just 125 employees. They have now received redundancy notices and, this morning, the firm of accountants appointed as administrators, BDO, will file for insolvency.
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Belfast bakery did not discriminate in gay cake case, UK's top court rules [Northern Ireland]
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Reuters ^
| October 10, 2018 6:08 AM | Padraic Halpin in Dublin, Amanda Ferguson in Belfast and Sarah Young in London
Britain’s highest court on Wednesday said a Northern Irish bakery’s refusal to make a cake bearing a pro-gay slogan was not discriminatory in a ruling condemned by the customer, a gay rights activist, but hailed by the province’s main conservative party. Ashers
Baking in Belfast was found guilty of discrimination in 2015 for refusing to make a cake for a customer iced with the words “Support Gay Marriage” because of the owners’ Christian beliefs. It failed in an appeal to the local courts in 2016; but the Supreme Court, the UK’s highest judicial body, overturned that decision on Wednesday, saying...
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Bill Clinton ‘most worried’ about Brexit’s impact on Belfast Agreement
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Irish Times ^
| 09/10/2018 | Vivienne Clarke
Former US president Bill Clinton says he is concerned about the impact Brexit will have on the Belfast Agreement. Speaking on the Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk, he said he was “most worried about the Good Friday Agreement, because I care so much about Ireland.” As president, Mr. Clinton played a key
role in negotiating the peace process in 1998 which helped to end 30 years of violence in the North. […] “Even though Northern Ireland’s kept the peace, and there’s still cranes in Belfast where work is going in and the Irish economy is back to where it was...
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Pope Francis Should Cancel Irish Visit, Says Belfast Priest
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The Irish Times ^
| 8/17/18 | Gerry Moriarty
Fr Patrick McCafferty says pope should ‘stay away’ because of issue of clerical sex abuseA Belfast priest has said Pope Francis should cancel his visit to Ireland because of the issue of clerical sex abuse. Fr
Patrick McCafferty told his west Belfast congregation that “the pope should not come to Ireland”. “I am going to say something now that will shock you,” said Fr McCafferty at the masses in the Corpus Christi Church where he is the parish priest. “With two weeks to go to the pope’s brief visit to Ireland, for the World Meeting of Families, I think the...
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Belfast power-sharing shaken as top Sinn Fein figure resigns
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Associated Press ^
| January 10, 2017 | SHAWN POGATCHNIK
DUBLIN — Northern Ireland's power-sharing government was plunged into crisis Monday as its senior Catholic leader quit in a showdown with his Protestant colleague that could trigger a snap election and shatter the bedrock of the region's peace deal.
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Belfast rectory that inspired Narnia author CS Lewis may be set for listed status
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Belfast Telegraph ^
| 19 April 2016 | Rebecca Black
CS Lewis was baptised at St Mark's Church off the Holywood Road in east Belfast and attended it as a child. The
old rectory beside it would also have been familiar territory to the author as it was once home to his grandfather, the Rev Thomas Hamilton, who was the first rector at St Mark's. A distinctive lion's head-shaped door knob on the rectory is even believed to have inspired the key character of Aslan ...
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IRA suspect charged with Belfast bomb attack on prison guard
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Associated Press ^
| Mar 12, 2016 7:26 AM EST | Shawn Pogatchnik
A suspected member of an Irish Republican Army splinter group was charged Saturday with trying to kill a Northern Ireland prison officer by placing a booby-trap bomb under his vehicle as police warned of rising security risks as Easter approaches. Dozens
of armed riot police were deployed inside Belfast Magistrates Court to control a rowdy crowd supporting 45-year-old Christopher Robinson, who offered no plea to two charges of attempted murder and possession of a homemade bomb. Robinson was arrested following the March 4 attack on an off-duty prison officer, who was seriously wounded when a bomb exploded beneath his van...
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Experts to assess IRA in bid to bolster Belfast government (N. Ireland)
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Associated Press ^
| Sep. 22, 2015 10:50 AM EDT
Britain says a new expert panel will report on the activities of the Irish Republican Army and other outlawed paramilitary groups as part of efforts to heal the rift in Northern Ireland’s unity government. […] The IRA in 2005 declared it had renounced violence and disarmed in support of power-sharing. Protestant
leaders are threatening to end cooperation with the IRA-linked Sinn Féin party because of police assessments that IRA members killed a former Belfast comrade last month. …
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