Liam Tunney | Journalist

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Witness tells Noah Donohoe inquest of seeing ‘torchlight’ at back window on night teenager disappeared A resident living close to where Noah Donohoe was last seen alive has told the inquest into his death that he was woken in the early hours of the morning by “torchlight” at his back window on the nigh...

⚖️ 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

Witness heard ‘high-pitched scream’ on night Noah Donohoe went missing, inquest hears A witness heard a “high-pitched scream” on the night Belfast teenager Noah Donohoe went missing, an inquest into his death has heard.

⚖️ "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

Noah Donohoe inquest: Witness saw schoolboy’s jacket 'lying over front wall' The inquest into the death of 14-year-old schoolboy Noah Donohoe is continuing today.

⚖️ 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

Witness tells Noah Donohoe inquest she ‘never told police’ of head injury despite them basing theory on her evidence A witness whose evidence was used by the PSNI to form a theory that Noah Donohoe had sustained a head injury “never told police” that, the inquest into his death has heard.

⚖️ “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

Noah Donohoe inquest: Eyewitness recounts seeing schoolboy fall over handlebars of bike The inquest into the death of 14-year-old schoolboy Noah Donohoe, who was found dead in a storm drain nearly six years ago, will continue today.

⚖️ "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.

Noah Donohoe inquest: Schoolboy’s last Google searches before leaving home revealed to jury The inquest into the death of 14-year-old schoolboy Noah Donohoe, who was found dead in a storm drain nearly six years ago, will continue today.

⚖️ "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 Donohoe told friends he had been ‘really up and down’ in days prior to his disappearance, inquest hears A 14-year-old boy found dead in a storm drain in June 2020 told friends he had been “up and down” in the days before his disappearance, an inquest into his death has heard.

"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 Almost 50 children have been referred to social services by the PSNI after race riots in Northern Ireland over the last two years.

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...

Noah Donohoe’s mum is still ‘tormented’ that tragic teenager’s legacy could be tainted by rumour and suspicion, inquest told The mother of a 14-year-old schoolboy found dead in a storm drain is “tormented” his legacy could be “tainted” by rumour and suspicion, an inquest into his death has heard.

⚖️ | "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

Noah Donohoe inquest: Schoolboy had been crying in his bedroom the day he left home, jury told A jury has been sworn in for the inquest into the death of a 14-year-old boy found dead in a storm drain almost six years ago.

🔴 | "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.

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Almost 50 children referred to social services following NI race riots Almost 50 children have been referred to social services by the PSNI after race riots in Northern Ireland over the last two years.

👮 | 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

More than 72,000 verbal and physical abuse incidents in five years.

Belfast Trust are to become the latest to pilot bodyworn cameras for staff.

NIAS previously said the cameras resulted in some 36 convictions following their introduction in 2022.

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‘I was thrown against the wall’: Constant assaults leading to burnout, say NI healthcare staff A Northern Ireland nurse has described being “grabbed by the collar and thrown against the wall” as she tried to de-escalate a mass brawl in an emergency department (ED) waiting room.

"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

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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...

Homeless children left adrift by non-existent school transport support Northern Ireland betrayed its promise to provide transport for homeless families, leaving displaced children behind and limiting school access

“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.

Traitors star on how he 'lied' about sexuality to his NI church... and how accidental email led to 'catastrophic' coming out The Traitors contestant Matthew Hyndman's life was turned upside down six years ago, when he sent an accidental email to 100 members of his Londonderry church congregation about his sexuality.

👇 This is the reason I realised:

County Derry man fighting to ban 'conversion therapy' Two years since the UK government said they would ban it, campaigners are still waiting.

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

Health Department issues warning after life-saving breathing equipment malfunctions during use The Department of Health (DoH) has issued a warning to staff following reports that a number of life-saving breathing devices had malfunctioned during use.

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

📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Trump’s shocking ‘Team America’ move is a problem – one that could fuel even more bickering between our politicians It’s more than two decades since a cast of crude puppets poked fun at the formidable ability of the US to insert itself into almost any geopolitical narrative going.

"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.

Elon Musk's Grok AI alters images of women to digitally remove their clothes The BBC has seen several examples of it undressing women and putting them in sexual situations without their consent.

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?

Daisy Hill Hospital - 112 minutes

🔴 UPDATE: As of 8pm, the error appears to have been resolved.

112-minute average wait at present. Much more reasonable!

ED waiting times Mater - 147m RVH - 148m Royal Children's - 74m Antrim Area - 208m Causeway - 128m Craigavon Area - 110m Daisy Hill - 6,563m Ulster - 209m Altnagelvin - 332m SWAH - 84m

📈 Latest figures as of 7pm.

It would be good if the Dept/NI Direct could get this figure fixed so genuinely ill patients have access to accurate information on wait times.

The DoH has been approached in relation to the error.

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Confusion as Stormont website wrongly shows four-day waiting time at emergency department A government website that posts updated waiting times at Northern Ireland emergency departments is wrongly showing that patients attending a Newry hospital are facing waits of more than four days.

📈 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

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Would be very keen to explore how many people this kind of thing affects and how many of those removed from the list that it applies to.

I also saw - I think it was @joannesansome.bsky.social - mentioning connectivity as an issue. Text responses not sending, that kind of thing.

‘He loved to help people’: Childhood friend pays tribute to footballer (23) who died in Christmas Eve crash A 23-year-old Co Down man who passed away following a crash on Christmas Eve was “an amazing person who loved to help people”, a childhood friend has said.

"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

Headlines: Top (L-R): Teen suffered 'life-changing injuries' in Boxing Day crash that claimed life of GAA player (20) Body found off north Down coast in search for missing man Man in his 40s dies following house fire in Co Antrim Bottom (L-R): Fans fall silent in memory of tragic footballer killed in Christmas Eve accident 'He will be missed by many': NI community 'devastated' at death of 'gentleman' two days before Christmas PSNI probing two sudden deaths at Belfast property

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 🙏