Belfast Pride Parade Ignites Controversy with Jesus Impersonator
A man dressed as Jesus Christ, complete with a crown of thorns, attended the Belfast Pride Parade in Northern Ireland last Saturday, drawing significant attention. Author Adam James Pollock shared a photo online, showing the man alongside a woman adorned in a transgender flag and a red-winged rainbow halo. “At this weekend’s Belfast Pride, there […]
Notre Dame Hockey Blasted for Awkward Warning to Students Before Game in Belfast
Notre Dame's “Fighting Irish” hockey team heads to Belfast, Ireland to participate in the annual Friendship for Hockey event. Still, the school felt it necessary to warn students about what not to wear when visiting the Emerald Isles. Essentially telling students and hockey fans not to be too obviously “Irish,” the school released a list […]
Sinn Féin staffer resigns after painting in Belfast City Hall ‘removed and damaged’ | Belfast
A Sinn Fein council official in Northern Ireland has resigned after admitting his involvement in an incident in which a portrait of a former DUP mayor was removed and damaged from the wall of Belfast City Hall. The party, which has been rocked by a number of recent controversies north and south of the Irish […]
Owner of Belfast shipyard that built Titanic to enter administration | Shipping industry
Harland and Wolff, owner of the Belfast shipyard that built the Titanic, is set to enter administration this week after failing to raise new capital, dealing a blow to the British government's hopes of shipbuilding in the city. The company announced Monday that it had filed for bankruptcy and said it expected to appoint a […]
UK and Irish Flags Fly Side by Side at Belfast Anti-Migration Rally
Anti-immigrant sentiment appears to have united people across long-standing sectarian divisions in Northern Ireland, with British Union Jack and Irish flags flying side by side at protests against mass immigration. In the heart of Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland and once the epicenter of decades of violent conflict known as the Troubles, anti-immigration activists […]
British army veteran to be charged with murder over 1972 shooting in Belfast | UK news
A British army veteran will be charged with murdering a man and attempting to murder six others during the Northern Ireland conflict. The Crown Prosecution Service in Northern Ireland announced on Thursday that Soldier F will be charged with the murder of Patrick McVeigh, 44, who was shot dead in south Belfast on May 13, […]