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50th anniversary of Seamus Heaney’s landmark collection on Troubles to be marked

A three-day conference at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast will bring together experts on the poet.

Evening Standard

Ghost Wedding by David Park review – a thought-provoking novel about the power of the past

The romance is beautifully drawn in this tale of two couples whose lives overlap at a Northern Irish manor house, a century apart

The Guardian - UK

Kneecap pulled from TRNSMT festival lineup due to safety concerns

The Belfast rap trio were due to perform at the festival on July 11

The Independent UK

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Kneecap will no longer perform at TRNSMT festival amid police ‘safety concerns’

The Belfast rap trio have scheduled a date an O2 Academy in July, the band said.

Evening Standard

Hockey night in Belfast: How Canada’s sport could be bridging longtime sectarian divides

In its simplest form, the protracted tensions in Northern Ireland have at their foundation two separate sectarian identities deeply divided over how, and by whom, they are governed — Protestant/Unionist populations wishing to maintain British rule and Catholic/Nationalists desiring a united Ireland.

The Conversation

Peaceful protest ‘should not be criminalised’, says O’Toole

Stormont Opposition Leader Matthew O’Toole was speaking after the arrest of two protesters on suspicion of criminal damage.

Evening Standard

Historic Belfast picturehouse going back to the future in £6.5 million revamp

The Strand in east Belfast is set to reopen in summer 2026 following a major redevelopment.

Evening Standard

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Government approach to Omagh bomb hearing ‘risks undermining public confidence’

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry, chaired by Lord Turnbull, is holding procedural hearings in Belfast.

Evening Standard

An 18th-century rebellion for liberty, equality and freedom − not in France or the United States, but Ireland

Shortly before midnight on May 23, 1798, highwaymen just north of Dublin intercepted and set on fire a mail coach headed to Belfast.

The Conversation

UK and Irish governments ‘working intensively’ to find agreement on legacy

Tanaiste Simon Harris met political leaders in Belfast on Monday to discuss ongoing efforts to shape mechanisms for dealing with legacy issues.

Evening Standard

Andy Tyrie obituary

Leader of the UDA, the loyalist paramilitary group, who played a key role in the Ulster Workers’ Council strike of 1974

The Guardian - UK

Irish rappers turned Fox News villains

Belfast rap trio Kneecap made global headlines at Coachella — and right-wing enemies. It's a classic Irish story

Salon

Paul Hughes sends Belfast into frenzy with 42-second KO and Usman Nurmagomedov callout

Hughes quickly saw off Bruno Miranda before turning his attention to the man who beat him in January, the PFL lightweight champion

The Independent UK

No explanation why weapons were in boot of loyalist’s car, court hears

Winston Irvine and Robin Workman will be sentenced next week for firearms offences.

Evening Standard

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Young and old enjoy spring sunshine at VE Day party in east Belfast

The event in the city’s Woodstock Road came ahead of the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Why Kneecap should play Glastonbury: 'to deplatform them is dangerous'

Kneecap are at the centre of a media storm but - as the bands Sleaford Mods, SOFT PLAY and The Horrors tell us, if they are removed from the bill at Glastonbury, that will set a precedent for creative self-censorship

Evening Standard

Victims urge boycott of new Troubles legacy body during protest at its office

The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery was established as part of the last government’s contentious Legacy Act.

The Independent UK

Minister: No-one in the House of Commons wants Kneecap to play Glastonbury

The Belfast band are being investigated by counter-terrorism police after videos emerged allegedly showing the band calling for the deaths of MPs.

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Evening Standard

Kneecap investigated by counter terrorism officers over ‘kill your MP’ video

The Belfast rap trio has had several gigs cancelled after video footage appeared to show one of them shouting ‘up Hamas, up Hezbollah’.

The Independent UK

Kneecap controversy: Counter-terrorism police investigating rap trio’s videos

One video allegedly showed a band member shouting ‘Up Hamas, up Hezbollah’

Evening Standard

Breastfeeding mother threatened with £50 fine for bringing breast milk onto EasyJet flight

Daisy Crawford was travelling from Bristol to Belfast on April 27 after visiting friends and family in Devon

Evening Standard

Government moves to secure Supreme Court appeal option in Sean Brown case

Judges in Belfast have ruled that NI Secretary Hilary Benn is acting unlawfully in failing to hold a public inquiry into Mr Brown’s murder.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Kneecap, you wanted to provoke people — now suck up the consequences

It would be deceiving the reader to suggest that I would recognise the work of the Belfast rap group, Kneecap, if I heard it on a loop in the lift, though if some of the stuff is indeed in the Irish language, it’s possible that would register with me. I’m…

The Independent UK

David Amess’ daughter accuses Kneecap of ‘making excuses’ as they apologise for ‘kill your local MP’ comments

Sir David Amess’ daughter has said she rejects an apology from Belfast band Kneecap, after video from November 2023 appeared to show a member saying: “The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP.”

The Independent UK

Kneecap dropped from festival slot as MPs call out ‘half an apology’

Belfast-formed hip-hop trio have been accused of ‘deflection’ by family members of slain MPs Jo Cox and David Amess, after they shared a fresh statement over alleged ‘kill your local MP’ clip

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