Vincent Kearney

Northern Editor

a parade float of a tiger is seen at a festival in Belfast

Thousands attend Belfast festival marking global cultures

Thousands of people have attended a carnival in south Belfast to mark the end of a nine-day festival celebrating global cultures.

Ulster • 25 Aug

A crowd protests holding pro-palestinian banners

Palestine Action ban presents complex challenges for PSNI

Police in England arrested over 700 people in recent weeks for wearing Palestine Action t-shirts, while the PSNI has arrested just two, despite many attending a rally in Belfast last weekend. The differing responses has highlighted once again how Northern Ireland is a unique policing environment.

Analysis and Comment • 24 Aug

Image of a small boat in algae-affected Lough Neagh

Toxic algae back with a vengeance at Lough Neagh

More than a year after politicians at Stormont approved an action plan to tackle toxic algae on Lough Neagh, it's back with a vengeance.

Analysis and Comment • 23 Aug

Man charged with murder following west Belfast stabbing

A man has been charged with murder after a stabbing in west Belfast.

Ulster • 22 Aug

Paul Vallely and Clare Walsh pictured in their rug shop in Co Down

Newry company donates day's revenue to Gaza appeal

A Newry company has been hailed as an inspiration after donating an entire day's sales revenue, almost £180,000, to Oxfam Ireland's Gaza emergency appeal.

Ulster • 19 Aug

The scene where the shooting happened in Maguiresbridge, County Fermanagh

Two children and woman dead after Fermanagh shooting

A boy, a girl and a woman in her 40s have died after a shooting near Maguiresbridge in Co Fermanagh yesterday, police have confirmed.

Ulster • 24 Jul

The blast detonated on 15 August 1998 in the Co Tyrone town

Families call for advocate at Omagh inquiry hearings

Relatives of those killed in the Omagh bombing have said it is essential that they are represented by a special legal advocate in closed hearings at the public inquiry into the 1998 atrocity.

Ulster • 22 Jul