County Antrim Showbiz Latest News and Updates

Game Of Thrones are set to be destroyed.The Dark Hedges, a tunnel of beech trees near Armoy in County Antrim, became a popular tourist attraction after being featuring in the hit HBO series as part of series’ fictional King’s Road.The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) confirmed to BBC News yesterday (November 13) that “essential tree safety works” would begin at the site the Bregagh Road next week.It follows a recent report that found that the majority of the trees are in a poor state. 11 trees on the route were in a poor condition and could pose a potential risk to the public.DfI said that removal and remedial works on the privately owned land will start on Monday (November 20).Officials for the department said that the work will remove six of the trees, with their stump retained, as well as remedial work carried out on four trees.

A Gogglebox star has shared a shocking story about her family home being targeted by vandals. Mary Killen, who appears on the Channel 4 show alongside her husband Giles Wood, The TV star, revealed that her home was once broken into and set on fire.

Therapy? have announced the 30th anniversary UK/IE tour for their seminal album ‘Troublegum’.The Northern Irish band are set to tour their acclaimed 1994 album this November. They will play ‘Troublegum’ in full, as well as “a host of other musical treats from around the same era of their recording career”.Frontman Andy Cairns says about their upcoming tour: “To mark the 30th anniversary of Troublegum we’ll be heading out on tour this year to celebrate with a set, but not just a perfunctory play-through, this will be based on Therapy? of 1994 and featuring songs from that era.“When we started out in County Antrim in 1989 we could never have foreseen this beast of punk metal noise being such a landmark record,” he continued.

TikTok star Kyle Thomas’ makeshift ‘zoo’ in County Antrim, Northern Ireland has closed, his mother has said. Kyle, who has 35.3 million followers on TikTok and has amassed a whopping 1.6 billion likes on the platform, has shared videos on the app of himself alongside different exotic animals.

HBO show Game of Thrones are in danger of being cut down for being “potentially dangerous”.The tunnel of beech trees are found in Armony, County Antrim in Northern Ireland and they remain a popular tourist destination for fans of the series.But as reported by the Coleraine Chronicle, a recently commissioned report has recommended that eleven of the trees should be cut down, while one of them has already died.The Department of Infrastructure and Tree Survey have issued the warning, describing the trees as “potentially dangerous and structurally compromised.” Some of the trees are protected by local government, meaning the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council may have the final say on the trees’ future.The trees are part of the cluster known as Dark Hedges, which were planted in 1775, with roughly 80 currently surviving. Rob McCallion from the Save the Dark Hedges campaign group said: “If they don’t do something over these trees, someone is going to be killed, because of the state they’re in.”The trees featured most famously in ‘The North Remembers’, which was Season 2, Episode 1 of Game of Thrones.

St Mirren will travel to Northern Ireland in the summer after their first pre-season fixture was confirmed against Linfield.

The owner of a dog who died after escaping from day care wants tighter regulations imposed on home boarding. Devastated Matthew Norwood learned of Yorkshire Terrier Bobby's death in February.

A mum and dad have welcomed 'miracle' conjoined twins who are one in just 2.5million.

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during Storm Arwen. The tragedy occurred on the Dublin Road in Antrim on Friday and police have closed the roads in both directions and set up diversions.

BBC passenger Chris Clotworthy, who had been traveling home from Glasgow, said code words were announced over the ship intercom. He said: "The boat did a complete 180 degree turn and looked to be heading back to Scotland, this was when it was level with Blackhead (in County Antrim).

The Home of the Year judges didn’t hold back when it giving their opinion on this week’s houses, especially new judge Amanda.

Covid-19. The Department of Health engaged two leading PR companies in Belfast in a bid to reach younger people with viral online posts and videos from influential figures.

A Michigan judge is allowing a forensic investigation of 22 Dominion vote tabulation machines in rural Antrim County amid claims that votes there were compromised. Trump campaign attorneys celebrated the decision although the case is not related to the presidential contest.

President Trump’s supporters are pointing to a small Michigan county as evidence that vote-counting software used in the state may undercut Trump’s number of votes — as the Trump campaign fends off the appearance of inevitable defeat. Republicans point out that in northern Antrim County, thousands of votes were counted in error for Biden, and for Democratic Sen.

Ballymena Daily reports the Parish Priest, Monsignor Paddy Delargy, said of her passing.‘Very sorry to hear this news,’ the Mayor of Mid & East Antrim Borough Council, Cllr Peter Johnston said. ‘As Mayor of Mid and East Antrim, I will be raising this at full council on Tuesday where we will be holding a minute’s silence.

A woman and child have died and a second child is fighting for her life after a road crash between a quad bike and a tractor in Northern Ireland.

A toddler has died, and a baby and their mother sustained serious injuries, during a stabbing at a house in Northern Ireland.