FOOTBALL players from Havana to the West Bank will kit out on Irish soil today, as they give racism the red card.

NOT only have loyalist politicians and the Orange Order grave questions to answer, they must accept responsibility for the explosion of mob violence and mayhem unleashed on the streets of Belfast over the weekend.

US rockers The Kings of Leon will bring the curtain down on a major Belfast music festival tonight.

Belfast will play host to New York disco chic today as art scene darlings Scissor Sisters headline a major two-day rock festival in the city.

The Parades Commission has refused to reconsider its restrictions on a contentious loyalist march in north Belfast on Monday.

Belfast was plunged into traffic chaos today as nationalists blocked off main roads in protest at a flashpoint loyalist parade.

The Ulster Defence Association has been blamed for burning out a barber shop in north Belfast this morning and then firing shots at a nearby house believed to belong to the shop's owner.

Fatboy Slim and Stereo MCs are to play a new open air festival in Belfast.

Two people have been arrested in connection with violent disturbances in north Belfast last night, in which three police officers were injured.

A loyalist man has died after a hand-made bomb exploded during rioting in north Belfast.

There has been a fresh wave of rioting in East Belfast, along the peace line, today.