All news on the topic: Northern Ireland

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Tens of thousands set to march as Northern Ireland marks the Twelfth
Tens of thousands are set to take to the streets across Northern Ireland for the Orange Order’s annual July 12 parades.
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Firefighters respond to more than 300 emergencies during Northern Ireland bonfires
Firefighters dealt with more than 300 emergency calls as Eleventh Night bonfires were lit across Northern Ireland.
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Belfast man dies after tragic fall from Eleventh Night bonfire
A man in his 40s has died after falling from an Eleventh Night bonfire in Belfast, police said.
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Jeffrey Donaldson lived with gay DUP colleague while opposing LGBT rights
Convicted paedophile Jeffrey Donaldson moved in with a gay DUP colleague during a rocky time in his marriage - despite his public anti-LGBT stance.
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Mosque effigy on Northern Ireland bonfire investigated as suspected hate crime
A loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland featuring an effigy of a mosque has been condemned as an incitement to hatred.
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Three men cleared of journalist Lyra McKee’s murder over 2019 New IRA shooting
Three men have been found not guilty of the murder of journalist Lyra McKee in Derry in 2019.
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Convicted child sex abuser Jeffrey Donaldson claimed £277,000 in MP expenses after rape charges
Child sex abuser Jeffrey Donaldson claimed more than a quarter of a million pounds in MP expenses after he had been charged with rape and other historical sex offences.
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Two PSNI officers sacked over sexual assaults on female colleagues
Two male Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officers have been sacked following separate incidents in which they touched the buttocks of female colleagues.
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Stephen McCullagh appeals sentence after conviction for murdering pregnant partner Natalie McNally
Stephen McCullagh has lodged an appeal against the sentence he received for murdering his pregnant partner Natalie McNally.
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Edwin Poots denies protecting Jeffrey Donaldson as pressure mounts for him to step aside
Stormont Speaker Edwin Poots has insisted that he “would never have protected Jeffrey Donaldson in any circumstance”.
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Donaldson found guilty of rape and 18 child sex offences as ex-DUP leader faces jail
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has been found guilty of raping a woman when she was a child.
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Brexit betrayed Britain’s fishermen as Starmer locks EU boats in UK waters until 2038
George Shipley doesn’t mince his words. The 34-year-old acting skipper stands on the quayside at Brixham harbour, the smell of salt and diesel thick in the early morning air, white plastic boxes stacked behind him and the Devon hills rising beyond the trawlers, and says what every fisherman here is thinking.
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Welsh government attacks Starmer after promised June meeting fails to happen
The Welsh government has expressed disappointment that a meeting promised by Sir Keir Starmer with First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth in June is not taking place.
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Jeffrey Donaldson defence says sex abuse accusers are too unreliable for guilty verdict
The two women accusing Sir Jeffrey Donaldson of sexually abusing them as children have been described as "not sufficiently reliable" for the jury to reach a guilty verdict.
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Reform UK campaigner allegedly predicted migrant attacks before Belfast and Glasgow riots
Grant Calder, who campaigned for Thomas Kerr MSP during the Scottish Parliament election, claimed on Facebook on Tuesday that “there are going to be protests and there’s going to be trouble, including migrants getting put out of houses and hostels”.
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O’Neill questions Starmer’s under-16 social media ban timing before Makerfield vote
The Northern Ireland First Minister queried whether the move was ‘more about internal Labour Party politics than what is right’.
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Tommy Robinson detained at Heathrow under counter-terrorism laws after week of unrest
Tommy Robinson was detained by police on Saturday at Heathrow airport under counter-terrorism laws, following a week in which he gained more prominence on social media.
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Belfast families flee homes as racist mobs revive old loyalist intimidation tactics
The message circulating on WhatsApp listed 26 locations in and around Belfast with an unambiguous instruction: “Forward to all men of the age 18 and over.
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Belfast protests spread after Sudanese man arrested over knife attack
Protests spread around Belfast and in other Northern Ireland cities on Tuesday after a Sudanese man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a knife attack on Monday night.
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Belfast unrest enters second night as police face petrol bombs and burning vehicles
Twelve police officers have been injured and 16 people have been arrested in Northern Ireland following a second night of disorder in the wake of the Belfast knife attack.
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Belfast firefighters caught fighting each other as riots rage around them
Two firefighters putting out fires started during the Belfast riots were caught fighting one another yesterday.
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Belfast riots show what Farage’s ‘pure cold rage’ really looks like
On Tuesday hundreds of masked men spread across Belfast, pulling migrants and non-white people onto the street and setting their homes on fire.
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Belfast stabbing fallout: social media posts helped ignite anti-migrant violence
Disturbing footage of a knife attack in Belfast has been utilized by far-right accounts in Britain and internationally, intensifying violent protests overnight that authorities were concerned might flare up again by Wednesday evening.
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Glasgow mosque locked down as masked men march through city after Belfast stabbing
Worshippers had to be locked in as a group of men wearing black hoodies and balaclavas marched on Glasgow’s largest mosque, according to Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar.
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Belfast stabbing victim’s family condemn riots after homes torched in migrant attacks
The family of the Belfast stabbing victim have condemned violent riots that saw houses torched, forcing families to flee, as “not welcome”.