The Lyric Theatre launches a 380-page Threshold anthology, gathering four decades of writing from Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon and more from its literary journal.

Analogue switch-off Northern Ireland: around 35,000 customers must move to digital phone lines before 31 January 2027. Openreach explains what to check now.

Action Cancer breast screening detected West Belfast mum Shauna Benson's cancer. She urges women aged 40–49 and 70+ to book a free mammogram this October.

Ulster University Visiting Professors Dr Kathryn Harkin, Thom Kenney and Gordon Parkes bring AI, digital transformation and people leadership expertise.

Ryan Cooney wants a swift response to the Shield exit when the Glens host the Roesiders at the Oval on Saturday.

Tiarnan McCarthy wins the Ultimate Pitch Belfast heat with Redefining the Alpha, taking £1,000 and a place in November’s Go Succeed regional final.

U2 announce their 2027 world tour with European dates coming soon. Could a huge Dublin homecoming be next? Latest tour news and ticket details.

Wicked Eye dessert and cocktail from 26 Oct to 1 Nov, plus a Little Monsters Breakfast Banquet on 31 Oct and 1 Nov.

Gordon Brothers appoints three new Poundland directors as talks intensify with bidders, including Derry-based Martin Property Group.

Titanic Distillers’ 5 Year Old Pot Still PX Finish makes Robb Report India’s 5 best whiskeys of 2026 after Double Gold and 96 points in London.

Belfast Harbour is to become a live zero-emission transport test site after £15m UKRI funding for the Artemis Technologies-led ZETEC project.

W5 Halloween runs 17 October to 1 November at The O2 Belfast, with Spooky Square, the Pumpkins and Potions show, spooky science and W5 Late on 30 October.