Finaghy

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Harland and Wolff shipyard workers in the TV series Titanic - Blood and Steel. It is estimated that in July 1920, 7,000 workers – Catholics and socialists – were expelled from the shipyards
Belfast on the brink in 1920

The traditional narrative of the War of Independence identifies the dates of the conflict as encompassing the period from January 21st, 1919, until th(...)

SDLP general election candidate and MLA Claire Hanna is the bookmakers’ favourite to take the seat in South Belfast. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire.
UK general election: Remain pact should see SDLP take South Belfast back

One of the talking points of the past two years of Brexit debate has been the absence of a nationalist voice in the House of Commons to express the Re(...)

Laganside Crown Court File image: Google Street View All three appeared remotely at court in Belfast over their alleged roles.
Doctor from south Belfast convicted of murdering his mother

A doctor from south Belfast was handed a life sentence on Monday after he admitted murdering his 51-year old mother. Declan Kevin O’Neill appeared at(...)

Lyra McKee's investigation into children who went missing during the Troubles – was due to have been published in 2020. Photograph: Jess Lowe/EPA
Lyra McKee and her investigation into the mysterious murder of a unionist MP in 1981

Lyra McKee was murdered by the New IRA in Derry in April 2019. A 29-year-old writer and journalist, she was watching a riot in the city’s Creggan es(...)

Two in custody over murder of woman in Belfast

Two men remain in custody in Belfast on Sunday morning in connection with the murder of a woman in Finaghy yesterday. Police said the 51-year-old wo(...)