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Claudia Savage

Claudia Savage is an Ireland reporter for PA based in Belfast, reporting on general news and politics. She joined PA in 2023 after completing her NCTJ at News Associates in Manchester.

Analysis from the party claims that under the Conservatives there are 3,700 fewer fruit and veg shops, butchers and newsagents since 2010 (Jacob King/PA)
Business

Labour reveals plans to ‘breathe new life’ into high streets with reformed rates

Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride has defended the continuation of the triple lock for pensioners (PA)
Money

Minister defends triple lock for pensioners despite affordability concerns

<p>New orders to crack down on disruptive protests can impose a range of restraints such as preventing people from being in a particular place or area</p>
Home News

New UK laws to curb ‘disruptive protests’ come into force

Sir Keir Starmer during the Labour Party local elections campaign launch at the Black Country & Marches Institute of Technology in Dudley (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
Business

Starmer guarantees workers’ rights package amid speculation of watering down

<p>South Dorset MP Richard Drax</p>
UK Politics

Tory MP calls for ‘all wild animals’ to be culled

MPs have mooted ideas that could help lower insurance premiums for young drivers (PA)
Money

MPs suggest ideas that could cut car insurance costs for young drivers

The fund will offer a range of commercial finance options with loans and equity stakes both available for local entrepreneurs (PA)
UK

£70m investment fund announced for small businesses in Northern Ireland

Workers clearing leaves from a section of the Quoile bridge after flooding (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

‘Massively urgent’ need for investment in Downpatrick after Quoile Bridge cracks

Cars struggled through flood water on roads surrounding Cookstown in Co Tyrone (Claudia Savage/PA)
UK

Northern Ireland hit by high winds and heavy rain as Storm Debi blows in

A Christmas card designed by Sara O’Neill for Women’s Aid NI (Sara O’Neill/PA)
UK

Celebrated artist designs Christmas cards to fundraise for Women’s Aid

The former goalkeeper made 119 international appearances for Northern Ireland (Oliver McVeigh/PA)
UK

Pat Jennings speaks of disbelief at home city statue honour

Jon Boutcher said he has had ‘nothing but positive experiences’ in speaking to people since becoming interim chief constable (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

PSNI stabilising but budgetary issues remain, says interim chief constable

Che Guevara’s lucky Irish cigar lighter was bought at Shannon Airport during a chance visit (Robert Malone/PA)
UK

Che Guevara’s lucky Irish cigar lighter among historical items up for auction

UK

Che Guevara’s lucky Irish cigar lighter among historical items up for auction

Che Guevara’s lucky Irish cigar lighter was bought at Shannon Airport during a chance visit (Robert Malone/PA)
Forecasters warned of more flooding this week (PA)
UK

Flooding likely in parts of Ireland as Storm Ciaran looms

Mourners attend the funeral of Maud Kells (Claudia Savage/PA)
UK

Missionary nurse who survived shooting was a national treasure, mourners told

(PA)
Tech

Study finds ‘deepfakes’ from Ukraine war undermining trust in conflict footage

Offices in Belfast of Northern Ireland’s regional economic development agency, Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI). The Economy Minister has pledged to provide certainty in the coming days about Invest NI’s ability to support new business ventures in Northern Ireland (Liam McBurney/PA)
Business

Invest NI appoints new chief executive

Offices in Belfast of Northern Ireland’s regional economic development agency, Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI). The Economy Minister has pledged to provide certainty in the coming days about Invest NI’s ability to support new business ventures in Northern Ireland (Liam McBurney/PA)
Business

Invest NI appoints new chief executive

<p>Firat 'Freddie' Uygun inside his barbershop</p>
Weather

Barber shop flooded with knee-deep water ‘in just 15 minutes’

Nicolas Notebaert, chief executive of VINCI Concessions and president of VINCI Airports, and Graham Keddie, managing director, BIA, launch a major investment programme at Belfast International Airport (Open Strategic Communications/PA)
UK

£100m refurbishment at Belfast International to include solar farm

Irish President Michael D Higgins (PA)
UK

Von der Leyen does ‘not speak for Ireland’ on Israel-Hamas conflict

Members of the Defence Forces are monitoring the violence in the Middle East from protected positions (Brian Lawless/PA)
UK

Irish Defence Forces ‘monitoring the situation’ in Middle East

Palestinians look for survivors after an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza (Hatem Ali/AP)
UK

Israel engaging in collective punishment in Gaza, Taoiseach says

(PA)
UK

22-year-old Irish-Israeli citizen Kim Damti confirmed dead after Hamas attack

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (PA)
UK

Varadkar: Solidarity for Israel will fall apart if it goes too far in Gaza

An Ulster University study found most job growth occurred in younger firms, particularly in their first year (Liam McBurney/PA)
Business

Half a million jobs created in Northern Ireland in last 15 years, study says

(PA)
UK

22-year-old Irish-Israeli citizen Kim Damti confirmed dead after Hamas attack

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (PA)
UK

Varadkar: Solidarity for Israel will fall apart if it goes too far in Gaza

An Ulster University study found most job growth occurred in younger firms, particularly in their first year (Liam McBurney/PA)
Business

Half a million jobs created in Northern Ireland in last 15 years, study says

Young people from across the world attended the summit in Belfast (Mark Marlow/PA)
UK

Global event for young leaders in Belfast with ‘big rebellious spirit’ concludes

UK

Global event for young leaders in Belfast with ‘big rebellious spirit’ concludes

Young people from across the world attended the summit in Belfast (Mark Marlow/PA)
Rio Ferdinand during an interview at the One Young World summit in Belfast (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

Rio Ferdinand calls for Government to help young people with community funding

Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern delivers a speech during a gala dinner at Hillsborough Castle, Co Down, at the end of the international conference marking the 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. Picture date: Wednesday April 19, 2023.
UK

Bertie Ahern calls for restoration of Stormont before end of November

Women’s rights have been curtailed since the Taliban took over Afghanistan (Alamy/PA)
UK

Afghan women’s rights activist tells summit: Young people are power of the world

The delegate warned of the impact of climate change (Joe Giddens/PA)
UK

UN chief warns refugee rights would ‘go backwards’ amid populist rhetoric

The delegate warned of the impact of climate change (Joe Giddens/PA)
UK

UN chief warns refugee rights would ‘go backwards’ amid populist rhetoric

Bob Geldof has called for new solutions to the global food crisis at a young leadership summit in Belfast (Jago Communications)
UK

Geldof calls for new solutions to global food crisis at Belfast summit

Daniel Hegarty, 15, who died on July 31 1972 after being shot during an army operation in Londonderry (Family/PA)
UK

Soldier accused of killing teenager Daniel Hegarty dies

Nichola Corner, the sister of murdered journalist Lyra McKee (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

Lyra McKee’s sister says extremism is growing in political deadlock

Time for Truth and Justice campaigners protest against the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill outside the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) at Erskine House in Belfast.
UK

Families of Troubles victims launch legal challenges to Legacy Bill

Time for Truth and Justice campaigners protest against the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill outside the Northern Ireland Office at Erskine House in Belfast (PA)
UK

Six families launch legal challenge to NI Legacy Bill

Secretary of State for Business & Trade Kemi Badenoch (PA)
UK

Thousands of jobs and millions in funding announced for NI ahead of summit

European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic, Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris and Irish premier Leo Varadkar (PA)
UK

EU, UK and Ireland ‘putting money where their mouth is’ with new funding

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris, addresses the media outside the New Forge complex in Belfast following the announcement of a funding plan will see 1.14 billion euro received through PeacePlus, a new EU programme aiming to build reconciliation and greater prosperity across Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland. Picture date: Monday September 11, 2023.
UK

No-one has an alternative to the Legacy Bill, says Heaton-Harris

European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic with Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris and Irish premier Leo Varadkar (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

Northern Ireland to receive close to £1bn in peace funding

Leo Varadkar was joined by European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

£1 billion peace funding announcement to be made in Belfast

Alison Torrens from Portstewart has left a gift in her will to Queen’s University Belfast (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

Woman donating cells for cancer research wants to ‘make the incurable, curable’

UK

Woman donating cells for cancer research wants to ‘make the incurable, curable’

Alison Torrens from Portstewart has left a gift in her will to Queen’s University Belfast (Liam McBurney/PA)
Hundreds attended a vigil in Castlederg town square (Claudia Savage/PA)
UK

Community ‘united in sorrow’ as vigil held for man killed in stabbing

Two men have appeared at Dungannon Court charged with murder (Peter Morrison/PA)
UK

Two men in court charged with the murder of Conor Browne

Pupils from Sullivan Upper School in Belfast were receiving their results (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

NI students celebrate GCSE results despite uncertainty around grade levels

Dog Sandi and her owner Alistair King are boosting the spirits of Marie Curie patients (Phil Smyth/Marie Curie/PA)
UK

Therapy dog Sandi brings comfort to hospice patients in Belfast

Dog Sandi and her owner Alistair King are boosting the spirits of Marie Curie patients (Phil Smyth/Marie Curie/PA)
UK

Therapy dog Sandi brings comfort to hospice patients in Belfast

A man will appear in court on Monday charged with possessing documents in relation to a major data breach at the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PA)
UK

Man, 50, will appear in court following major data breach at PSNI

Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Simon Byrne speaking to the media outside the force’s headquarters in Belfast (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

Man charged with possessing documents related to PSNI data breach

Titanic Distillers said whiskey from the site could be a new export for Northern Ireland (Titanic Distillers/PA)
UK

New distillery to produce whiskey in Belfast for first time in nearly 90 years

(Left-right) Ruby Devine, Rosemary Polland, and Alice Kelly receive their A-level results at Lagan College, Belfast (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

Students across Northern Ireland celebrate A-Level results and plan for future

Immigration enforcement officers speaking with a man of Chinese origin during an immigration raid in Warrenpoint in County Down (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

Seven arrests made during immigration enforcement action in Northern Ireland

A floral wreath designed by Karen Kehoe, on behalf of victims of abuse in Ireland, placed outside Sinead O’Connor’s former home in Bray, Co Wicklow (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

Sinead O’Connor ‘gave us strength’, says Magdalene laundry survivor

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris says he is assessing information prepared for him by the Northern Ireland Civil Service (Claudia Savage/PA)
UK

Northern Ireland Secretary considering revenue raising measures

Writer Lisa McGee in front of a Derry Girls mural in Londonderry. Ofcom has revealed that the first episode of the final season of the show was the most watched programme in 2022 in Northern Ireland (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

Derry Girls most-watched TV programme in Northern Ireland last year, says Ofcom

Largy College principal Sharon Magennis has paid tribute to the two ‘beautiful girls’ and ‘best friends’ who were killed in a car crash while travelling to a Debs ball at the Co Monaghan school (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

Principal pays tribute to ‘beautiful best friends’ killed in Clones crash

People form a guard of honour as the hearse carrying the remains of Kiea McCann arrives to the family home in Clones, Co. Monaghan. Kiea, 17, and Dlava Mohamed, 16, both students at Largy College in Clones, were killed, and three others were injured on the N54 Clones to Smithborough road at Legnakelly, Co. Monaghan, after a road traffic collision at around 6.45pm on Monday. Issue date: Tuesday August 1, 2023.
UK

Guard of honour held in Clones for 17-year-old victim of Monaghan crash

The scene on the N54 Clones to Smithborough road at Legnakelly, Co Monaghan, as a vehicle is removed after two teenage pupils from Largy College in Clones were killed in a road traffic collision (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

Families of Monaghan crash victims ‘hugely devastated and suffering from shock’

UK

Families of Monaghan crash victims ‘hugely devastated and suffering from shock’

The scene on the N54 Clones to Smithborough road at Legnakelly, Co Monaghan, as a vehicle is removed after two teenage pupils from Largy College in Clones were killed in a road traffic collision (Liam McBurney/PA)
Flowers outside Largy College in Clones after two pupils were killed in a crash (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

Teenage girls who died in crash on the way to Debs ball named locally

Largy College in Clones, Co Monaghan, has been devastated by the crash (Claudia Savage/PA)
UK

‘Profound sadness and grief’ after deaths of two girls in Co Monaghan crash

Students from the Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship at the unveiling of a statue of Frederick Douglass in Belfast city centre (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

Frederick Douglass ‘amongst the people he loved’ as statue unveiled in Belfast

Conor and Danielle Cullen, from Coalisland, Co Tyrone (Claudia Savage/PA)
UK

Evacuation from Rhodes was ‘hell’, say family from Northern Ireland

Conor and Danielle Cullen, from Coalisland, Co Tyrone (Claudia Savage/PA)
UK

Evacuation from Rhodes was ‘hell’, say family from Northern Ireland

The coffin of Gene McDonald is carried into St Mary’s Church, Middle Chapel, Co Caven (Oliver McVeigh/PA)
UK

Family facing ‘tsunami of grief’ as funeral held for rally driver Gene McDonald

The coffin of Daire Maguire is carried from the church (Mark Marlow/PA)
UK

Funeral held for ‘greatly-loved’ rally car driver Daire Maguire

UK

Ronan Keating performs musical tribute at funeral of brother Ciaran

Time for Truth and Justice campaigners protest against the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill outside the Northern Ireland Office at Erskine House in Belfast (Claudia Savage/PA)
UK

UK Government urged to reflect as legacy Bill fails to pass before recess

Lord Caine has admitted the Northern Ireland Legacy Bill is ‘difficult and challenging’ and that the immunity element of the legislation is ‘contentious’ (Jacob King/PA)
UK

Northern Ireland Legacy Bill ‘difficult and challenging’ legislation, says peer

Gerry Murphy, the assistant general secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

All-Ireland forum would have been ‘extremely helpful’ during Covid – union boss

(PA)
UK

Bereaved family members call for accountability for NI Covid response

Daithi Mac Gabhann cutting the cake (Claudia Savage/PA)
UK

Daithi Mac Gabhann cuts cake on 75th anniversary of health service

Katrina Rainey was murdered in October 2021 when a bucket of petrol was thrown over her and she was set on fire inside a car (PSNI/PA)
UK

Man who doused wife in petrol and set her alight jailed for minimum of 18 years

Thomas Rainey has been jailed for a minimum of 18 years for the murder of his wife Katrina in October 2021 (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

Man who doused wife in petrol and set her alight jailed for minimum 18 years

The bonfire in Larne (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

Towering bonfire bears banner to raise money for sick girl

The Windsor Framework was Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s attempt to alleviate unionist concerns with the Northern Ireland Protocol (HM Government/PA)
UK

Majority now in favour of Windsor Framework, new report reveals

Unison has warned that workers could take ‘immense’ industrial action (Claudia Savage/PA)
UK

Public-sector workers ready for ‘prolonged’ industrial action, union says

The Northern Ireland Office said the legislation remained the best way to deliver for victims of the Troubles (Claudia Savage/PA)
UK

UK Government ‘determined’ to pass Legacy Bill despite peers’ intervention

Mark Thompson, of Relatives For Justice, speaks during a protest outside the Northern Ireland Office in Belfast (Niall Carson/PA)
UK

Irish government ‘has duty to take legal action against UK over legacy Bill’

Chris Heaton-Harris said that he understood unionist fears surrounding the protocol (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

Heaton-Harris: DUP needs to be shown NI is ‘integral’ to UK for Stormont return

The Northern Ireland Office said the legislation remained the best way to deliver for victims of the Troubles (Claudia Savage/PA)
UK

UK Government ‘determined’ to pass Legacy Bill despite peers’ intervention

Mark Thompson, of Relatives For Justice, speaks during a protest outside the Northern Ireland Office in Belfast (Niall Carson/PA)
UK

Irish government ‘has duty to take legal action against UK over legacy Bill’

Chris Heaton-Harris said that he understood unionist fears surrounding the protocol (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

Heaton-Harris: DUP needs to be shown NI is ‘integral’ to UK for Stormont return

Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill has been a long-time critic of Boris Johnson (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

Johnson’s premiership ‘disastrous from start to finish’, says O’Neill

Martin Mulholland, head concierge at the Europa Hotel in Belfast, has been awarded a BEM (Liam McBurney/PA Wire)
UK

Hotel concierge who has served royals and presidents for 40 years awarded BEM

Police Service of Northern Ireland officers have been named in the King’s Birthday Honours list (Niall Carson/PA)
UK

Five members of the PSNI have been listed in the King’s Birthday Honours

Willie Jack, owner of the famous Duke of York and Harp Bar in Belfast city’s Cathedral Quarter, who has been awarded an MBE. Picture date: Thursday June 15, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story HONOURS Ulster Jack. Photo credit should read: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
UK

‘It’s for all of Belfast’ says pub owner made MBE

Northern Irish performer Peter Corry. (Handout from Peter Corry Productions)
UK

Northern Irish performer Peter Corry says MBE is testament to the power of music

Abuse victim and campaigner Jon McCourt of Survivors (PA)
UK

Victims campaigner who witnessed shootings on Bloody Sunday declines MBE

<p>Iceland has also been directed to recall all implicated products from consumers</p>
Home News

Iceland Ireland ordered to recall all frozen animal products

UK

Iceland Ireland ordered to recall all frozen food of animal origin

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