Europa Hotel

A hotel concierge who has been welcoming royals, presidents and rock stars to Belfast for 40 years has been awarded a British Empire Medal.

The Europa Hotel celebrated his stay by naming a suite after him and his wife Hillary.

BELFAST'S Europa Hotel has completed a £10 million renovation programme of its guest bedrooms.

SINN Féin vice president Michelle O'Neill has urged people to be civil in public discourse following an incident in which a woman chanted a pro-IRA slogan during an encounter with Dame Arlene Foster.

POLICE have said they are not investigating an incident in which a woman chanted 'up the Ra' while filming a video with the former DUP leader Arlene Foster.

A NEW book by an Irish-American businessman with strong ties to the north highlights the crucial role of US investment and political influence in the peace process.

How do you unwind at the weekend? I used to work weekends, but now my rest day is Sunday.

"EVERY time I would walk past I would think, 'How on Earth did this building manage to function as a hotel?' says Professor Kenneth Morrison of the former Holiday Inn hotel in Sarajevo, a distinctively garish building which became a media hub for journalists reporting on Bosnian War during the 1990s – despite being situated in one of the conflict's kill zones known as 'Sniper Alley'.

CAOIMHIN Agyarko says Michael Conlan deserves another crack at Leigh Wood but doubts if the Nottingham fighter – who dramatically pulled victory from the jaws of defeat in Saturday night’s Fight of the Year contender – will want to face the Belfast man again.

BELFAST'S Europa Hotel - once known as the most-bombed in the world - features in a new book about hotels used by journalists, politicians, paramilitaries and spies in conflicts across the world.