Belfast City Council hsa teamed up with the star's Dollywood Foundation to give free books to 75 babies registered at Belfast City Hall. Each child will receive 60 books in total, one free book per month until they turn five. Mark McBride's baby daughter Maria is one of the 75 children receiving books from the programme.

A ntrim friends Jordan Brown and Mark Allen will meet in the quarter-final of their home event – the BetVictor Northern Ireland Open – at the Waterfront in Belfast on Friday evening. Brown beat Shaun Murphy 4-2 on Thursday evening, a matter of hours after Allen had completed a 4-1 win over Cork’s Aaron Hill.

Ali Carter has withdrawn from the Northern Ireland Open due to personal reasons. The two-time World Snooker Championship finalist had been set to face Zhou Yuelong on Thursday night. However,

THE Northern Ireland Open returns to Belfast with some of snooker’s biggest names competing for the prestigious Alex Higgins trophy. Kyren Wilson is the reigning champion after he won the

"Derry Girls" creator Lisa McGee says she can't wait for viewers to meet the characters of her new Netflix series "How to Get to Heaven from Belfast."

Judd Trump is through to the quarter finals of the Northern Ireland open after defeating Gary Wilson in Belfast.

The tournament in Belfast is one of the best supported events on the calendar. And Antrim ace Allen would love to see the passionate fans in the country rewarded with another tournament

LONDON (AP) — As Israelis and Palestinians wait anxiously to see what comes after a ceasefire in the two-year war in Gaza, the experience of the Northern Ireland peace process in the 1990s may offer lessons in the thorny process of moving from seemingly intractable conflict to enduring peace.

The creator of Derry Girls returns to Netflix in early 2026 with her latest darkly comic drama, How to Get to Heaven from Belfast. The eight-part series will premiere globally on Netflix in February 2026, although an exact date is TBD.

GMC chief executive Charlie Massey and chair Dame Carrie McEwen will address the first-ever Pulse LIVE Belfast next month. The session, which is titled ‘in conversation with the GMC’, will focus on the ‘changing shape of Northern Ireland’s medical workforce’.