United Kingdom UK Supreme Court supports bakery in gay cake discrimination case The bakery was found guilty of discrimination in 2015 and lost a subsequent appeal in 2016 after they refused to bake a cake iced with the words "Support Gay Marriage" accompanied with the image of Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie based on their religious beliefs. 10/10/2018
United Kingdom Escaped Belfast Zoo monkey dies after being clipped by a car A spider monkey that was pictured roaming along a Belfast road after escaping on Saturday died later that evening. 10/06/2018
USA Bombardier promises to fight "absurd" 220% tax hike on US plane sales Canada's Bombardier calls 220% US import tax penalty on its C-series planes "absurd", says legal battle will continue. 27/09/2017
United Kingdom Making cinema accessible to dementia sufferers in Belfast In Belfast’s Queen’s Film Theatre, an innovative series of film screenings kicks off this spring aimed specifically at those living with dementia. 30/03/2017
United Kingdom Democratic Unionist Party finish one seat ahead of Sinn Fein in N. Ireland snap election The two largest parties now have three weeks to form a new power-sharing government in order to avoid devolved power returning to Westminster. 04/03/2017
United Kingdom Northern Ireland election puts power-sharing in the balance Northern Ireland is holding a snap election after the collapse of its government last month and many see it as a last-ditch attempt to save power-sharing between nationalist and unionist… 02/03/2017
United Kingdom Tens of thousands of larvae feast on trees in Belfast It is a plague of biblical proportions and a feast for tens of thousands of caterpillar-like larvae. The little worms are munching on the bark of ash 09/06/2016
United Kingdom Belfast police warn of further attacks after bomb blast injures prison officer Police in Northern Ireland have warned of a severe threat to security forces after a prison officer was hurt by a bomb exploding under his van in 04/03/2016
Ireland N.Ireland : Eight police officers are inured in parade violence There’s been violence at a Orange Order parade in Northern Ireland. Eight police officers where injured when they were pelted with bottles and beer 14/07/2015
Ireland Northern Ireland leaders strike deal to save power-sharing government Northern Ireland’s Catholic-Protestant power-sharing government lives to fight another day, after a deal was reached on a range of disputes. The 23/12/2014
United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II visits Game of Thrones set in Belfast The Queen has dropped in on the studios hosting hit US drama Game of Thrones during a three-day visit to Northern Ireland. She and the Duke of 24/06/2014
Back in the Day Back in the Day: Belfast's Bloody Sunday July 10, 1921. Sixteen people are killed in a single day of sectarian violence in Belfast, Northern Ireland during the Irish War of Independence 10/07/2013
