Noah Donohoe will be buried on Wednesday 1 July after funeral mass at 11am in St Patrick’s Chapel, Donegall Street. Due to Covid-19 distancing restrictions, the service for the 14-year-old who went missing on Sunday 20 June and was discovered dead six days later, will be strictly private and for family only. Following the service, […]
Noah Donohoe to be buried from St Patrick’s Chapel on Wednesday

Dating Amber star Lola Petticrew brings her ‘A’ game to story of gay love in nineties Ireland

WEST Belfast actress Lola Petticrew’s star is very much in the ascendant, as she tells this reporter how “lightning in a bottle” was captured during her latest work, Amazon Prime’s Dating Amber. Directed by David Freyne, the film tells the story of Eddie played by Normal People’s Fionn O’Shea and Lola’s Amber, two gay teenagers […]
50 years after his murder, family releases photo of dying Falls Curfew victim Charlie O’Neill

Charles (Charlie) O’Neill had only returned to live in Belfast a few months before he was run over and killed by British Army vehicle during the Falls Curfew of 1970. The 36-year-old was returning home from St George’s Market when he arrived at a British army barricade as the curfew was starting, near the old […]
TUAIRIM – Gráinne Ní Ghilín: Misneach múscailte i mná a bhí ina dtost go dtí seo

Gearradh téarma príosúnachta fiche bliain ar fhear as Tiobraid Árann as coireanna gnéasacha a dhéanamh ar iníonacha, seachtar acu, agus ar a dheirfiúr. Scéal millteanach truamhéalach atá ann agus tá ceisteanna á n-ardú faoi ról an Stáit ann. Ar tugadh neamhaird ar chlann O’Reilly agus iad ina bpáistí toisc gur Taistealaithe iad? Tá an teaghlach […]
VIDEO REPORT: Noah’s grief-stricken aunts attend community vigils to thank public, search teams

Shona Donohoe, aunt of 14-year-old Noah who was found dead yesterday after a six-day search and rescue mission, attended a community vigil outside St Malachy’s College this evening. Earlier Shona and her sister Niamh attended the community vigil at Grove Playing Fields. Around one thousand people turned out for the hastily-arranged vigil at which […]
BREAKING: Donohoe family statement: Noah and his mummy were “each other’s world”

In their first statement since the discovery of the body of schoolboy Noah Donohoe (14), his family has expressed “heartfelt gratitude” for the community’s support. The family also say “it is hard to do justice or honour the extraordinary relationship Noah and his mummy shared”. “They were each other’s world.” The full statement reads: “We need […]