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Belfast residents facing district rates increase of more than 5%

Belfast City Council has agreed an increase in the district rate of more than 5%. Tina Black, chair of the council’s Strategic Policy and Resources Committee, said the 5.44% increase for residents would “support our council workers with fair pay and ...

12 Feb 2024 at 18:52

Northern Ireland

Police attacked during further violence in Belfast

Police have dealt with further violence in the Donegall Road area of south Belfast. Footage on social media showed a significant police presence in the area and officers being attacked with missiles. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) ...

06 Aug 2024 at 06:47

Northern Ireland

Donaldson condemns ‘thuggery’ after DUP council candidate receives death threat

The DUP has said that one of its candidates in the local government elections has received a death threat. The party said Darren Leighton, a candidate for Belfast City Council in the May 18 poll, was informed of the threat by the PSNI. DUP ...

05 May 2023 at 13:34

Northern Ireland

More than 200 council vehicles now running on vegetable oil

More than 200 of Belfast City Council’s fleet vehicles are now running on hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) rather than diesel. Elected members approved the fuel switch last December after a trial on a selection of vehicles during the ...

26 Sept 2023 at 16:21

Northern Ireland

Polls close in local elections

Polls have now closed in the Northern Ireland local elections. Counting across 11 sites will begin on Friday and is expected to continue into Saturday. Ballots cast on Thursday will elect 462 councillors across the 11 councils in ...

18 May 2023 at 22:03

Northern Ireland

Lost and found: Volunteers restore castle’s millennium maze

The maze at Belfast Castle has been revived by a group of volunteers from the Cave Hill Conservation Campaign. The feature was created to mark the new millennium but had since become overgrown and unkempt. Over the past two ...

23 Aug 2023 at 10:56

Northern Ireland

More still needs to be done to tackle homophobia, says new Green Party NI leader

More needs to be done to eradicate homophobia in Northern Ireland, the new leader of the Green Party in the region has said. Mal O’Hara is the first gay leader of a major political party in the region. Before becoming a ...

15 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Northern Ireland

Green Party Northern Ireland leader loses seat on Belfast City Council

Green Party Northern Ireland leader Mal O’Hara has lost his seat on Belfast City Council. He remained in contention until the final stage of the count in the Castle District Electoral Area (DEA), but lost in the end to ...

19 May 2023 at 21:29

Northern Ireland

DUP says Sinn Fein has questions to answer over damage to former mayor portrait

Sinn Fein needs to make clear if any “leadership figures” witnessed an incident where the official portrait of a former DUP lord mayor was damaged at Belfast City Hall, MLAs have been told. DUP MLA Phillip Brett also ...

22 Oct 2024 at 11:59

Northern Ireland

New High Sheriff of Belfast is sworn in

John Kyle has been sworn in as the new High Sheriff of Belfast. A member of the Ulster Unionist Party at Belfast City Council, he replaces the DUP’s John Hussey as the 123rd High Sheriff of the city. Mr Kyle said: ...

18 Jan 2023 at 19:58

Northern Ireland

Calls for removal of migrant effigies in boat placed on loyalist bonfire in NI

Effigies of migrants in a boat have been placed on a loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland, prompting condemnation and calls for the display to be removed ahead of the pyre being lit. The boat containing more than ...

09 Jul 2025 at 17:25

Paramilitary ‘element’ suspected in latest disorder in Belfast

Northern Ireland

Police attacked in Belfast and suspected hate crime victim in serious condition

Paramilitaries are suspected to have been an “element” in the latest disorder in Belfast. Police came under sustained attack and the victim of a suspected hate crime is in a serious condition in hospital after ...

06 Aug 2024 at 21:26

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