First Minister says UK made ‘absolutely the wrong call’ on Iran involvement DUP leader Gavin Robinson said the UK ‘should have been involved earlier’. Evening Standard · Mar 2
‘Many thousands’ of people from NI in Middle East at risk from Iran – deputy FM Emma Little-Pengelly said that stability in the Middle East ‘does not come from indulging extremism and terrorism’. Evening Standard · Mar 2
Queen Victoria statue ‘vandalised by activist group’ in paint attack Republican group Lasair Dhearg posted a picture on social media appearing to show a supporter pouring red paint over it The Independent UK · Feb 27
Statue of Queen Victoria in hospital complex vandalised in paint attack Republican group Lasair Dhearg claimed responsibility for the incident in a social media post. Evening Standard · Feb 27
Court rejects application to stop trial for murder of journalist Lyra McKee The New IRA claimed responsibility for the shooting of Ms McKee in Londonderry in April 2019. Evening Standard · Feb 27
Stephen Bunting triumphs in Belfast after Luke Littler suffers another setback ‘The Bullet’ had not won any of his previous matches, while world champion Littler lost the opening quarter-final The Independent UK · Feb 26
Rescue service volunteers hoped to find Noah Donohoe alive, inquest told The boy’s body was found in a storm drain tunnel in north Belfast in June 2020 that could ‘could be easily opened’, the inquest heard. Evening Standard · Feb 25
Noah Donohoe inquest told storm drain ‘could be easily opened’ Noah, a pupil of St Malachy’s College, was 14 when his body was found in a storm drain tunnel in north Belfast in June 2020. Evening Standard · Feb 25
Natalie McNally killed in ‘prolonged assault’, murder trial hears Stephen McCullagh, 36, of Woodland Gardens in Lisburn, has denied murdering Miss McNally, who was 15 weeks pregnant with their child. Evening Standard · Feb 24
Police heard Noah Donohoe had been acting ‘strangely’, inquest told The inquest at Belfast coroner’s court into the death of the schoolboy, which is being heard with a jury, is now in its fifth week. Evening Standard · Feb 24
Man ‘put on act to cover his tracks after murdering’ pregnant girlfriend – trial Stephen McCullagh, 36, has denied murdering Natalie McNally at her home in Lurgan, Co Armagh in December 2022. Evening Standard · Feb 23
Officer tells inquest of theory missing boy feared to have had head injury The inquest into the death of Noah Donohoe at Belfast Coroner’s Court, which is being heard with a jury, is now in its fifth week. Evening Standard · Feb 23
Two men and a woman killed in Co Tyrone road crash named Conor Quinn, 31 from Derryloughan, John Guy, 48, originally from Dublin, and Laura Hoy, 23, from Cookstown died in the crash on Saturday. Evening Standard · Feb 23
Derry Girls Experience gets £250,000 boost in cross‑border tourism investment The range of investments aims to develop tourism ties between the Wild Atlantic Way and the Causeway Coastal Route. Evening Standard · Feb 20
Evening Standard · Feb 18 Concern over lowest percentage of Catholic applicants to PSNI in a decade SDLP MLA Colin McGrath urged intervention to stop further decline.
Evening Standard · Feb 18 Game Of Thrones to be adapted for theatre by Royal Shakespeare Company The critically acclaimed series will take the stage in Stratford-upon-Avon later this year.
Evening Standard · Feb 18 Ex-officer questioned over urgency of police tunnel search for Noah Donohoe The inquest into the death of the schoolboy at Belfast Coroner’s Court, which is being heard with a jury, is now in its fourth week.
Evening Standard · Feb 18 Ex-officer tells inquest he thinks about Noah Donohoe tunnel ordeal all the time The inquest into the death of the schoolboy at Belfast Coroner’s Court, which is being heard with a jury, is now in its fourth week.
The Independent UK · Feb 18 Ex-officer tells of ‘horrendous’ conditions in tunnel during Noah Donohoe search Noah, a pupil of St Malachy’s College, was 14 when he was found dead in a storm drain tunnel in north Belfast in June 2020.
Evening Standard · Feb 17 Noah Donohoe police search delayed by ‘visceral’ atmosphere in crowd – inquest A former police inspector told Belfast Coroner’s Court that political representatives had asked people to assist in the search for Noah in 2020.
Evening Standard · Feb 17 Police encountered ‘hostile’ behaviour before Noah Donohoe search in park A former police inspector has told an inquest he crawled through an underground storm drain tunnel system as part of efforts to find the teenager.
Evening Standard · Feb 17 Inquest told officer crawled through tunnel in search for Noah Donohoe The inquest at Belfast Coroner’s Court, which is being heard with a jury, is now into its fourth week.
Evening Standard · Feb 16 Officer denies suggestion that police lost items of Noah Donohoe’s clothing The inquest into the death of the Belfast teenager resumed on Monday.
Evening Standard · Feb 16 ‘Absolute relief’ for Chloe Mitchell’s family as trial to go ahead next month Ms Mitchell’s sister Nadine Mitchell said her family would be ‘over the moon’ the trial would finally be able to go ahead.
Evening Standard · Feb 12 Beauty lovers and retail experts hail first Sephora store on island of Ireland It is the beauty retailer’s first opening in the UK in 2026.