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Homes and vehicles torched in Ballymena during anti-immigrant unrest

Protesters clashed with police in Ballymena on Tuesday night, throwing bricks, bottles and fireworks, and setting vehicles ablaze in a second wave of anti-immigrant unrest in Northern Ireland.

11/06/2025

Culture news

Member of Irish rap trio Kneecap charged with a terror offense in UK

Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh - who performs under the stage name Mo Chara - will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court next month, the Metropolitan Police says.

22/05/2025

Culture Series

Meet the photographer capturing the lives of Belfast’s divided youth

Binder's project, which won the 2025 Sony World Photography Award for Documentary, explores how the Troubles continues to shape a new generation in Belfast.

17/04/2025

Europe News

St Patrick's Day festivities: how people celebrated worldwide

Crowds coloured the streets green worldwide to celebrate St Patrick's Day.

18/03/2025

Culture news

What do you really know about St. Patrick's Day?

There’s more to this holiday than just an excuse to drink pints of Guinness...

17/03/2025

Experiences

'I've tried some of Europe's best spas, but only had one to myself'

Never share a sauna with strangers again, thanks to this unique spa hidden in Ireland's lush waterways.

07/03/2025

Smart Regions

Consolidating peace: A cross-community centre for women in Belfast

In partnership with the European Commission

Northern Ireland launches a space for peace. The Shankill Shared Women's Centre in Belfast is a training and drop-in centre for women and children. Many are still suffering the aftermath of the religious conflict that caused thousands of deaths in the most divided corner of the UK.

03/03/2025

United Kingdom

Boxer John Cooney dies a week after super-featherweight title defeat

Irish boxer John Cooney has died a week after being taken into intensive care following his Celtic super-featherweight title defeat to Nathan Howells in Belfast.

09/02/2025

United Kingdom

The Omagh bombing inquiry begins — what happened and what is at stake

In the single deadliest event of the Troubles, 29 people were killed by a car bomb in Northern Ireland's County Tyrone on 15 August 1998.

28/01/2025

Travel News

Devastating Storm Eowyn grounds more than 1,000 UK and Ireland flights

Weather forecasters are saying they have never seen a storm this bad.

24/01/2025

Culture news

Brian Friel's plays return to Irish roots in cross-border project

To mark the centenary of Brian Friel’s birth in 2029, a five-year project will bring his works to the communities, landscapes and even seasons that inspired them.

02/01/2025

Culture news

Conservation project preserves Ireland’s oldest paper documents

Experts have started the painstaking restoration of a 650-year-old ecclesiastical register, one of the island’s most important medieval texts, as part of a project to preserve and digitise Ireland’s historical archives.

31/12/2024

Cinema

'Kneecap' director on hip-hop, drugs and preserving Belfast culture

Euronews Culture sat down with writer-director Rich Peppiatt to discuss his award-winning film 'Kneecap' and the importance of protecting indigenous languages.

17/12/2024

Europe News

Storm Darragh causes widespread disruption in the UK and Ireland

Storm Darragh has left hundreds of thousands in Ireland and the UK without power with heavy rain and winds gusts reaching 150 km per hour.

07/12/2024

Culture news

IRA bomber Marian Price sues Disney+ over Say Nothing murder scene

The historical drama series Say Nothing depicts veteran Irish republican Marian Price shooting dead Jean McConville in 1972 during The Troubles.

04/12/2024

Culture news

Kneecap share '10 Rules To Live By’- reaffirm solidarity for Palestine

“Be outspoken, leave your mark and stand up for your people. Stand up for Palestine, and stand up for oppressed people around the world.”

03/12/2024

Culture news

Belfast rappers Kneecap win discrimination case against UK government

After being denied music funding by the then-Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch, Northern Irish group Kneecap has won a case against the UK government.

29/11/2024

Experiences

Why my six-year-old daughter loved our weekend break in Belfast

What happened when I let my six-year-old daughter choose our weekend destination.

25/11/2024

Europe News

Irish Prime Minister announces general election at the end of November

Taoiseach Simon Harris said "the time is now right to ask the Irish people to give a new mandate," as he confirmed that a general election would be held in Ireland on Friday, 29 November.

08/11/2024

Culture news

"It just doesn't look right": New statue of Queen Elizabeth II divides

Many locals and users online argue that the sculpture, which is on display at Antrim Castle Gardens, hardly resembles the late British monarch.

13/09/2024