This event is archived. Final snapshot from when the story concluded. View on Dashboard
Events / Political / Noah Donohoe Inquest CCTV Missed
Domestic inquest hearing

Noah Donohoe Inquest CCTV Missed

Analysis based on 6 articles · First reported Feb 05, 2026 · Last updated Feb 05, 2026

Sentiment
-20
Attention
0
Articles
6
Market Impact
General
Live prominence charts, article sentiment distribution, and event development timeline available on the Ergen Dashboard
Market Impact

This event has no direct or indirect impact on financial markets. It is a local legal proceeding concerning a tragic personal event.

Event Summary

An inquest into the death of 14-year-old Noah Donohoe, who was found dead in a storm drain in United Kingdom — Belfast in June 2020, is in its third week. The inquest heard that the United Kingdom — Police Service of Northern Ireland allegedly missed crucial CCTV footage of Noah Donohoe at the Grove leisure centre in the initial 24 hours after his disappearance. Brenda Campbell, counsel for Noah Donohoe's mother Fiona Donohoe, highlighted discrepancies in police logs and the time synchronization of the CCTV system. Detective Constable Keatley, who was involved in the investigation, gave evidence regarding her communications with Fiona Donohoe and police procedures. Dónal Lunny, counsel for the United Kingdom — Police Service of Northern Ireland, suggested that the importance of the footage changed over time and that formal time checks are standard only when CCTV is seized.

Entities Involved
per
Noah Donohoe
Noah Donohoe was a 14-year-old schoolboy whose death in June 2020 is the subject of an ongoing inquest. His appearance on CCTV footage was reportedly missed by police in the initial critical hours of his disappearance.
Importance 100.0 Sentiment -100.0
per
Fiona Donohoe
Fiona Donohoe is Noah Donohoe's mother and has attended every day of the inquest proceedings. She was in communication with the police regarding her son's disappearance.
Importance 90.0 Sentiment -80.0
govactor
United Kingdom — Police Service of Northern Ireland
The United Kingdom — Police Service of Northern Ireland is under scrutiny during the inquest for allegedly missing crucial CCTV footage of Noah Donohoe in the initial 24 hours of his disappearance and for issues with their investigation procedures.
Importance 80.0 Sentiment -50.0
per
Brenda Campbell
Brenda Campbell KC is the counsel for Fiona Donohoe, and she has been questioning police procedures and logs during the inquest, highlighting discrepancies in the CCTV footage review.
Importance 70.0 Sentiment 0.0
per
Detective Constable Keatley
Detective Constable Keatley was tasked with investigating Noah Donohoe's disappearance and communicating with Fiona Donohoe. She gave evidence at the inquest regarding police actions and communications.
Importance 60.0 Sentiment -30.0
per
Declan Quinn
Declan Quinn is the counsel for the coroner, and he questioned Detective Constable Keatley about her communication with Fiona Donohoe and the emotional situation she faced.
Importance 40.0 Sentiment 0.0
per
Dónal Lunny
Dónal Lunny KC is the counsel for the United Kingdom — Police Service of Northern Ireland, and he defended police procedures regarding CCTV footage and the changing importance of certain evidence.
Importance 40.0 Sentiment 0.0
loc
United Kingdom — Belfast
United Kingdom — Belfast is the city where Noah Donohoe went missing and was found, and where the inquest is being held.
Importance 10.0 Sentiment 0.0
ERGEN INTELLIGENCE
Track this event live

Set up alerts, explore entity relationships, search across thousands of events, and build custom intelligence feeds.

Open Dashboard

About Ergen

Ergen is a news intelligence platform that converts raw news articles into structured data. It tracks events, entities, and the relationships between them, with sentiment and attention metrics derived from thousands of articles. Pages on this site are daily static snapshots from the platform's live database. For real-time tracking, search, and alerts, the full dashboard is at app.ergen.ai.