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Former Belfast Telegraph offices, July 2010. The Belfast Telegraph is a daily newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by Independent News & Media, which also publishes the Irish Independent, the Sunday Independent and various other newspapers and magazines in Ireland.
Brodie died, aged 86, on 29 January 2013. [1] His funeral was held at Cregagh Presbyterian Church, Belfast. [5] A minute's silence, followed by a minute of applause, was held at all Irish League grounds on the weekend following his death and the Northern Ireland national team wore black armbands as a mark of respect during their next international match. [6]
Born in Belfast on 19 November 1932, [2] Capper started his career at the Newtownards Chronicle. He spent a few years working in Vancouver. Capper later returned to Northern Ireland and worked as an editor at a local newspaper, before joining the Belfast Telegraph and the BBC. Capper left BBC after 26 years, in 1987.
Gerald Dawe was born in north Belfast, Northern Ireland, and grew up with his mother, sister, and grandmother.He lived mostly in the Skegoniell area and attended Seaview Primary School and then Orangefield Boys Secondary School across the city in East Belfast.
Anna Manwah Lo, [a] or Anna Lo Man-wah, [3] MBE (Married name: Anna Watson; [b] 16 June 1950 – 6 November 2024) was a Northern Irish politician of the Alliance Party. [6] She was a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Belfast South from 2007 to 2016 and was a former president of the Alliance Party.
Mary Kathleen Robb, OBE, OStJ, FRCN (11 September 1923 – 7 November 2020), was a nurse from Northern Ireland. Robb was the last matron of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast and steered nursing services across the city during the height of The Troubles.
John Morrison Cole (23 November 1927 – 7 November 2013) [1] was a Northern Irish journalist and broadcaster, best known for his work with the BBC.Cole served as deputy editor of The Guardian and The Observer and, from 1981 to 1992, was the BBC's political editor. [2]
Hughes was the Officer Commanding during the 1980 hunger strike.Against the wishes of the IRA Army Council, on 27 October 1980, Hughes along with six other republican prisoners, including Tom McFeely, John Nixon, Sean McKenna, Tommy McKearney and Raymond McCartney, refused food and started a hunger strike.