🏥 | Traces of amosite (brown asbestos) went undetected in previous surveys. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ "To think of someone going on that journey alone in the dark…I still think about it today." The inspector who led the search for Noah Donohoe in the culvert has answered questions about the operation. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🌧️💨 Getting in with this umbrella was like a pulling match with a corner forward

⚖️ Crawling through a pitch-black tunnel and a "febrile atmosphere" as police arrived to search the culvert. Week 4 of evidence in the Noah Donohoe inquest. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🔴 | Noah Donohoe inquest is resuming at Belfast Coroner's Court this morning. Here's what we learned before the mid-term break. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ Late night screams and an unexplained torchlight in the early hours Latest from Day 8 of evidence at the Noah Donohoe inquest in Belfast. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ "If I had to guess, I’d say a young person or a woman because of the pitch" Day 6 of evidence: a late-night scream, early morning door rattling and answers on CCTV mystery. 📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ One witness has told the inquest he was only shown CCTV relating to Noah's disappearance a 'fortnight ago'. The witness earlier identified feet in the footage as his own. The inquest is continuing at Belfast Coroner's Court. 📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ “I knew I hadn’t said he had a head injury. I know I didn’t see him hit his head." The inquest has heard from further eye witnesses, including residents from the Northwood area where Noah entered the storm drain. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ "I beeped and I remember him looking back at the jacket and then cycling on." The Noah Donohoe inquest has heard from a number of eye witnesses who saw him on North Queen Street. Follow proceedings on the @belfasttelegraph.co.uk website.

⚖️ "He wanted to go to Trinity and wanted to be a dermatologist. He could have done anything with his life." The inquest into the death of Noah Donohoe is continuing in Belfast as the jury hears from another of his friends. 📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

"Noah had such an expressive face with a bright, beaming smile." Today the inquest heard from one of Noah's friends and a number of his teachers. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Almost 50 children referred to social services following NI race riots @ismiseliam.bsky.social Child criminal exploitation by racist thugs. To force other children from their homes through violence. The self-styled 'defenders of women and children'. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...

⚖️ | "The sound of his belly laugh still thankfully fills my head." Report from a heavy day of evidence at Laganside court as the 999 call Noah's mother made to police was played for the jury at his inquest. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🔴 | "My son, he's 14, he's not back home yet." Jurors at the inquest into the death of Noah Donohoe have been played a recording of the call mum Fiona made to police after the schoolboy went missing. 📰 | Full details on the @belfasttelegraph.co.uk website

🔴 | An interlude at Laganside Courthouse as the building is briefly evacuated after an alarm was triggered. All back in, slightly damp. Jury selection continues in the Noah Donohoe inquest. 📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk 🔗 tinyurl.com/49fevd4b

👮 | Almost 50 children were referred by police under child criminal exploitation protocols following race-related rioting in NI over the last 18 months. An IRC report last month said there was "no doubt" of a paramilitary element to the disorder. @enddbelfast.bsky.social

"One of the patients had grabbed me by the collar and thrown me against the wall." "If we reported every instance of verbal abuse, you would get nothing done." 🏥 An insight this week into the shocking tsunami of violence faced by our healthcare staff. 📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk 1/2

The NI Assembly is holding a consultation on the right to wear trousers in school. You read that right – in the year 2026, girls are still not permitted to wear trousers in many NI schools. Please help to end this cruel situation (closes 20th Feb). consult.nia-yourassembly.org.uk/education/pr...

“A new report […] reveals a near-total absence of transportation support the Education Authority had claimed is available for displaced children, many of whom are classed as homeless.” Read more about our latest investigation in @thecanaryuk.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Had a chat with Jon Ronson once about how most of the evil being done in the world is carried out by very grey and boring people doing incredibly abstract things and that makes it very, very difficult to cover.

📺 I pay almost no attention to Traitors but realised today I've interviewed Matthew before - almost six years ago now for @derrynow.bsky.social

🚨 | The Dept has urged vigilance after a number of incidents where the device powered off during use, sometime without alerting users. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

"One criticism levelled at Maduro in the past is that sweeping decisions were often made without congressional approval. A few thousand miles north, there was no congressional approval for President Trump’s move to detain him." Monday's @belfasttelegraph.co.uk column on events in Venezuela.

APNewsAlert: CARACAS, #Venezuela (AP) — No visible signs yet that US is running Venezuela after Trump claims, as country's security forces control key sites.

Can you think of any other kind of business or industry where this sort of thing would be allowed to happen and the governments of the day just did nothing about it?

📈 The figure for Daisy Hill has been above four days since at least 4pm. The Trust has told me the longest waiting time is just over three hours. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk 1/2

"I don't want Callum just to be another sad story.” Childhood friend of footballer killed in Christmas Eve crash pays emotional tribute to "amazing person" Callum McVeigh (23). 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Just clocked off after my Boxing Day shift - all these headlines and stories are from today. Tragedy has unfortunately visited a lot of families over the festive period. Horrible shock and sadness at any time of year but especially when families are together at Christmas 🙏

🔴 | NEW: A man in his 40s has died following a house fire in Ballymena. It brings the number of fatal house fires in NI this year to 16, more than three times the 2024 figure of 5. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🎄 Everyone is bedded down for another year. One by one the twinkling lights on the houses flicker off.  Preparation done and a few hours sleep before the little footsteps come running to ask if it's too early to go downstairs yet.  At least they still ask.  1/

⛪️ | Summary - including live blog - from today's General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland on its plans to address significant safeguarding failures. Members also discussed a potential redress scheme for victims. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🔴| LATEST: Wheelchair stolen during car theft returned to Daithí Mac Gabhann "Our community have wrapped their arms around us. Thank you." 📰| @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🔴| UPDATE: Three arrests made after police track down the car in west Belfast All remain in custody. 📰| @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🔴 | NEW: Car belonging to family of Daithí Mac Gabhann stolen overnight The 9-year-old's wheelchair was in the car, along with some Christmas presents, his family has said. 📰| @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🔴 | "We will not rest until his remains are returned" Disappeared Commission vows to keep searching after the latest search for Columba McVeigh's remains proves unsuccessful. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🙌 A nice surprise on Fionnuala's birthday yesterday to find myself shortlisted for Daily Reporter of the Year at next year's Regional Press Awards in London. Congratulations to all who were shortlisted, especially my @belfasttelegraph.co.uk and Sunday Life colleagues.

🌈 "You know someone who has lost a baby. You may not know it, but you do." Fionnuala Tunney 15.12.16

🦠 "Quite frankly, we're probably in a worse place now than we were in 2019" - @brownecfm.bsky.social 🔸 strain mutation behind surge 🔸 peak could come at Christmas 🔸 PHA urges more vaccination 🔸 Covid lessons not being learned 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

When Daddy and daughter sit down to do a bit of silent reading 😂😂 you can decide who is reading what 👀

🇨🇦 The Irish rap trio have said they intend to take legal action against the Canadian MP, who took to X to announce the 'ban' in September. 📰| @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🔴 | NEW: More than 6,000 Airbus aircraft affected by software issue that caused emergency landing in the US. ✈️ easyJet has confirmed it is expecting 'some disruption'. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🏥 | Significant development on SWAH emergency surgery story following yesterday's Health Committee, which was held at the hospital. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

📉 Numbers are slightly down from June 2025 and have dropped by more than 40% since this time last year. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⛔️ The PAC has rejected an appeal against a decision that rendered an AD plant unlawful in 2019. It marks the end in the latest chapter of a saga that has run for more than a decade. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

👀 All the way to Belfast to be hosted by a Liverpool-supporting Mayor and interviewed by a Leeds supporter! ⚽️ Around 100 Man Utd fans are expected in the city this week to mark 20 years since George Best's death. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🧣"I always say 97 died but many more lives have ended prematurely as a consequence." Queen's criminology professor Phil Scraton on the 'Hillsborough Law', conflict transition and his love for the Duncairn Arts Centre. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⬇️ The report has recommended some reform to the governance system to better prepare for future emergencies. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Any wonder the world is couped? TikTok won't let me report on the sale of Nazi memorabilia at auction in NI, but live stream a race riot or walk around sticking phones in immigrants' faces and you can fill your boots 🤷‍♂️

🏦 | The number of children in care in NI has risen by more than 45% in the last decade. @voypic.bsky.social CEO Alicia Toal said "too many young people are being let down". 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk