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The Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland was established in 1998 as part of the Belfast Agreement, intended as a major step in the Northern Ireland peace process. Chaired by Conservative politician and the last Governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten (later the Lord Patten of Barnes), it was better known as the Patten Commission ...
The Queen Street RUC Station was a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) station in Belfast, Northern Ireland, from 1933 to 2000. Before that, it was used as the main premises of the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children from 1878 to 1932. It has been effectively abandoned since 2000 and is visibly deteriorating. [1]
A PANGOLIN armoured Land Rover in Belfast. The best known PSNI vehicle is the Land Rover Tangi armoured vehicle , used extensively during the volatile period of the Troubles. In 2011, however, it was announced [ by whom? ] that some of the aging Tangi fleet were to be replaced in response to officer safety concerns following the 2010 Northern ...
Three-quarters of Belfast's estimated 97 peace lines and related structures (such as gates and closed roads) are in the north and west of the city. [4] These are also the poorer and more disadvantaged areas of Belfast. 67% of deaths during the sectarian violence occurred within 500 metres (550 yd) of one of these "interface structures". [5]
Micky Murray is a Northern Irish politician, serving as Lord Mayor of Belfast since June 2024. [1] He is the city's first openly gay mayor. [ 2 ] A member of the Alliance Party , he has been a Belfast City Councillor for the Balmoral DEA since May 2022 [ 3 ]
1900 - Belfast had the world's largest tobacco factory, tea machinery and fan-making works, handkerchief factory, dry dock and color Christmas card printers. Belfast was also the world's leading manufacturer of "fizzy drinks" (soft drinks). [66] The city of Belfast is 75% Protestant, however, the whole island of Ireland is 75% Catholic. [68]
Northern Ireland's main airport, Belfast International Airport, at Aldergrove, is in County Antrim. Belfast International shares its runways with 38 Brigade Flying Station Aldergrove, which otherwise has its own facilities. [11] It is the fifth-largest regional air cargo centre in the UK.
Belfast is a 2021 British coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Kenneth Branagh. The film stars Caitríona Balfe , Judi Dench , Jamie Dornan , Ciarán Hinds , Colin Morgan and Jude Hill .