Sunday Life

11/10/2026

Plans to honour a Belfast city councillor murdered during the Troubles have been thrown into disarray after details of his alleged pa******le past re-emerged.

Larry Kennedy accused of abusing two sisters before he was murdered in 1981

11/10/2026

Last week, the scale of the own goal scored by politicians over a multi-sports stadium at the old Maze Prison was brought into sharp focus as Windsor Park welcomed a full house for a Northern Ireland football match but wasn’t big enough to accommodate everybody who wanted a ticket.

The stadium’s 18,000 capacity cannot meet the resurgent demand.

But it could have all been so different if political football, the most common sport in Northern Ireland, hadn’t kicked a 40,000-capacity stadium at the site of the Maze into the long grass.

11/10/2026

On October 15, during Good Relations Week, Mary Edonga will travel to Florence in Italy with the Northern Ireland refugee team for this year’s Unity EURO Cup.

Psychology student setting off for Unity EURO Cup in Florence

11/10/2026

Scottish singer-songwriter Michael McGovern is back in Belfast next week after going viral on social media and playing the fleadh.

11/10/2026

He has lived in London for decades, but Northern Ireland will always be home to Adrian Dunbar.

The actor, who shot to mainstream fame as Ted Hastings in the Belfast-shot BBC series Line of Duty, believes his Ulster roots have shaped his life, career and politics.

He has lived in London for decades, but Northern Ireland will always be home to Adrian Dunbar.

11/10/2026

Film-maker Mark Gillespie is searching for an actor to fill the Manchester United legend’s boots in a new project.

Film to focus on superstar footballer’s infamous lost weekend in 1971, when frenzied tabloids tracked him down to a model’s flat

11/10/2026

“This is Ian’s legacy. Ian was our only child and he wasn’t just a son. He was like a best friend too.”

When grieving father Roy Armstrong climbed the ladder to clear out his late son Ian’s attic, he couldn’t quite believe the treasure trove he found.

11/10/2026

During one weekend over the summer, the historic Belfast watering hole was charging punters in Zimbabwean dollars rather than pounds

11/10/2026

After selling her business for a reported £7m, Derry entrepreneur says she’s free from industry shackles to speak candidly about procedures

11/10/2026

"Counterintuitive as it seems, many senior unionists — and even some top Orangemen — will have been quietly delighted when, late on Friday evening, the Garvaghy Road parade was banned..."

Last few weeks have shown if you can get enough people on the streets, the law doesn’t matter