Ciaran Barnes
Belfast Telegraph
United Kingdom
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Legendary Belfast barber was a cut above
A well-known Belfast barber passed away this week. → Read More
Notorious cocaine baron The Chocolate suffers hatchet attack sparked by gangland feud along the border
A vicious hatchet attack on a major drug dealer has sparked a fresh round of gangland feuding along the border. → Read More
Natalie McNally murder: Killer ‘acted on spur of moment’ and failed to clean up murder scene
Detectives hunting the killer of pregnant Natalie McNally suspect she may have been killed on the spur of the moment. → Read More
Back on the streets, murdering nephew of Butcher Lenny who killed OAP for £11
The killer nephew of Shankill Butcher Lenny Murphy has told pals he will be moving home when he is freed from prison. → Read More
Court win proves I’ve no role in UVF, says Jamie Bryson
A court case taken by Jamie Bryson has forced the PSNI to confirm it has no intelligence linking him to the UVF or criminality. → Read More
NI’s year of murder: The dreadful cost of stabbings, shootings and domestic abuse
Pregnant Natalie McNally was the 20th person to be murdered in Northern Ireland this year — the highest rate recorded here since 2019. → Read More
Gang behind hit on Mark Lovell linked to four other killings
The cross-border drugs mob that murdered heroin dealer Mark Lovell has been linked to four other killings. → Read More
New IRA plotting hoax bombing blitz in Belfast and Derry
Fears are growing that the New IRA is planning a hoax bombing blitz in the run-up to Christmas. → Read More
Crowd marks Union flag protest 10 years on
Demonstrators have gathered outside Belfast City Hall to mark the 10th anniversary of the loyalist flag protest. → Read More
UVF cocaine dealer blew £30,000 on designer clothes
A jailed UVF cocaine baron had a wardrobe stuffed with more than £30,000 of designer clothes bought with the proceeds of drug dealing. → Read More
Two IRA men gunned down in Coagh linked to 43 murders
Two IRA men killed by the SAS during an alleged shoot-to-kill operation were responsible for 43 murders in the mid-Ulster area, according to a senior Special Branch officer. → Read More
Third murder in Rathcoole in just 18 months
MURDER victim Ryan McNab was pictured lying in a pool of his own blood just minutes after he was killed. → Read More
Sinn Fein commemoration event for Official IRA members shot dead by Army causes anger
A SINN Fein commemoration for two republicans shot dead by the British Army in Co Tyrone has been criticised by the DUP. → Read More
Friends of murder victim Hollie Thomson raise £10k for her family
Friends of murder victim Hollie Thomson have raised more than £10,000 to help her family. → Read More
Parade in memory of UVF killer Brian Robinson
Loyalists brought the Shankill Road to a standstill on Saturday for a parade in honour of a UVF killer this weekend. → Read More
Popular Belfast barbers a ‘front’ to wash dirty UDA cocaine cash
A popular barber shop is being used as a front by the West Belfast UDA to launder thousands of pounds of drugs cash. → Read More
Serial criminal flees NI after murder bid by dissidents
A SELF-CONFESSED “one-man crime wave” says he had to flee Northern Ireland after escaping a dissident republican murder bid. → Read More
UDA threatened to break arms of girls (13) for torching bonfire
The UDA threatened to break the arms of two teenage girls who set fire to one of its bonfires before the Eleventh Night unless their families paid fines totalling £2,000. → Read More
Sacked cop’s number ‘on UVF coke dealers’ contacts list’
A sacked PSNI officer at the centre of Twitter troll allegations is suspected of buying cocaine from UVF drug dealers. → Read More
Johnny Adair plans ‘dignified’ Scotland send-off for best pal and ex-UDA hitman Sam ‘Skelly’ McCrory
EX-UDA hitman Sam ‘Skelly’ McCrory’s funeral will take place in Scotland on Thursday in a service free from paramilitary trappings. → Read More