Category: Belfast

Tour of The Troubles: Belfast in a Black Taxi

It was a sunny Saturday morning, warm for early spring, and the city was bustling with life. Families pushing strollers. Earnest cyclers on the back of their bikes. Smiling couples walking together, stride for stride, perhaps heading into the center of the city for some shopping and a bit of brunch. But as we cruised…


AI: Security Minister Tom Tugendhat Says ‘Genie Won’t Go Back in the Bottle’

Security Minister Tom Tugendhat has said it is too late to suspend or halt the development of artificial intelligence (AI) because of fears about how it will be used. Italy last month said it would temporarily block the AI software ChatGPT because of unlawful data collection and problems in its age verification system. But Tugendhat,…


LIVE NOW: Biden Arrives Northern Ireland for a Four-Day Visit of the Region

President Joe Biden arrives at Belfast at 4:20 p.m. ET on April 11 for a four-day visit to Northern Ireland and Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday peace accord on one side of the Irish border and visit his ancestral home on the other. …


Biden Arrives Northern Ireland for a Four-Day Visit of the Region

President Joe Biden arrives at Belfast at 4:20 p.m. ET on April 11 for a four-day visit to Northern Ireland and Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday peace accord on one side of the Irish border and visit his ancestral home on the other. …


Film Review: ‘Belfast’: A Lighthearted Irish Tale Told Amidst ‘The Troubles’

12 November 2021 | PG-13 | 1h 38m Most young British actor standouts will have the ermine mantel of “The next Lawrence Olivier” immediately draped on their shoulders to try out for size. Olivier is widely considered to have been the greatest stage actor of all time, in addition to being an old-school Hollywood movie…