{"id":92149,"date":"2025-08-25T17:59:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T17:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/92149\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T17:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T17:59:08","slug":"teenager-dies-at-belfast-festival-while-two-others-hospitalised-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/92149\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager dies at Belfast festival while two others hospitalised \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A teenage girl has died and two other people are in hospital after they became ill at a festival in south Belfast on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) spokesperson said officers responded to a report of the sudden death of a girl, aged in her late teens, in hospital on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">She had become unwell at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/stage\/review\/2025\/05\/16\/dublin-dance-festival-2025-in-oona-dohertys-specky-clark-the-body-never-lies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/stage\/review\/2025\/05\/16\/dublin-dance-festival-2025-in-oona-dohertys-specky-clark-the-body-never-lies\/\">Emerge dance festival <\/a>in Boucher Playing Fields.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The PSNI said two people remain in hospital after taking ill at the same event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A woman in her 30s was said to be in a serious but stable condition in hospital, while a teenage boy is receiving treatment in hospital and is expected to make a full recovery. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Police are continuing to make inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the death and illnesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Belfast city councillor Micky Murray shared his condolences at the \u201cutterly heartbreaking\u201d news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">He said he had requested a meeting with council and festival representatives as he urged people not to speculate while police carry out their inquiries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cI also wish for a full and speedy recovery for the other individuals who have been taken to the hospital and are reported to have attended the festival as well,\u201d Mr Murray said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cFestivals are meant to be safe spaces for people to celebrate their love of music and express themselves, no-one expects such a tragic incident to occur in this environment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cThe circumstances of the situation remain unclear, and as a representative on Belfast City Council, I have requested an urgent meeting with council officers and representatives from Emerge festival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cI urge people not to speculate, as the police have stated that inquiries are still ongoing.\u201d &#8211; Additional reporting PA <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A teenage girl has died and two other people are in hospital after they became ill at a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1334,49,50,13180,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-92149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-belfast","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-police-service-of-northern-ireland-psni","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}