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Vigil held for bonfire builder killed in fall

A vigil has been held for a man who died after falling from a bonfire in Northern Ireland. John Steele was helping to construct the towering pyre in the Antiville estate in Larne, Co Antrim, when the incident happened on Saturday night. The bonfire, ...

11 Jul 2022 at 00:31

Northern Ireland

Man dies after fall from bonfire in Northern Ireland

A man has died after falling from a bonfire in Northern Ireland. The incident happened in the Antiville estate in Larne, Co Antrim, on Saturday night. The man who died has been named locally as John Steele, who was from the area. Police and ...

10 Jul 2022 at 16:23

Novelist Joan Lingard who was born on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile dies aged 90

Award-winning author Joan Lingard has died at the age of 90. Ms Lingard wrote about 60 novels for children and adults throughout her life with many of them set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. She was born in the back of a taxi on ...

14 Jul 2022 at 21:34

Hundreds of bonfires lit to begin Twelfth of July celebrations in NI

Hundreds of bonfires have been lit across Northern Ireland to begin celebrations of the Twelfth of July, the main date in the Protestant loyal order parading season. Crowds gathered as the towering pyres were set alight in loyalist areas,...

12 Jul 2022 at 01:42

Northern Ireland

Petrol bombs incident in north Belfast treated as hate crime

An incident where petrol bombs were thrown in north Belfast on Thursday evening is being treated as a hate crime, police said. The PSNI said its members are in attendance at the scene following a report of petrol bombs being thrown in ...

07 Jul 2022 at 21:10

Northern Ireland

BBC decision to drop live Belfast Twelfth coverage ‘devoid of logic’

The Orange Order has described a decision by the BBC not to provide live TV coverage of Twelfth of July celebrations in Belfast as “devoid of logic”. BBC NI has confirmed that it will not feature live coverage of the city ...

10 Jun 2022 at 16:49

Features

The evolving celebrations of Twelfth Night, the Epiphany and Nollaig na mBan

Whether you think of it as Twelfth Night, Nollaig na mBan or the Feast of the Epiphany, January 6 is widely accepted as the end of the Christmas season. Like so many notable dates in our calendar, its origins are quite ...

06 Jan 2023 at 11:33

Northern Ireland

‘Unprecedented’ attacks on 11 ambulance staff condemned as disgraceful

Eleven on-duty ambulance staff were assaulted over an “unprecedented” six-hour period on the eve before and in the early hours of the Twelfth of July. The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) said that the ...

13 Jul 2023 at 11:57

Northern Ireland

Bonfires lit in loyalist areas across NI to mark ‘Eleventh Night’

Towering bonfires are being lit in loyalist areas across Northern Ireland to usher in the main date in the Protestant loyal order parading season. A number of the pyres, mainly constructed by stacking wooden ...

12 Jul 2022 at 00:00

Pictures & Videos

In pictures: Huge crowds in Rossnowlagh for Orange Order's pre-Twelfth celebrations

Sixty Orange lodges from Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan and Leitrim and thousands of visitors from Northern Ireland made their way to Rossnowlagh for the pre-Twelfth celebrations. Please click on the arrows to go ...

07 Jul 2024 at 18:33

Orange Order Twelfth of July parades underway across Northern Ireland

The first full Twelfth of July celebrations since the coronavirus pandemic are underway in Northern Ireland. Hundreds of Orange Order parades accompanied by loyalist marching bands are taking place in ...

12 Jul 2022 at 11:16

Ireland

Orange leaders urge unionists to stand firm in opposition to the NI Protocol

Orange Order leaders have said there can be no return of the Stormont Assembly until the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol is scrapped. Marching bands from Orange lodges have been parading ...

12 Jul 2022 at 17:04

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