The Belfast Telegraph is a daily evening newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland by Independent News and Media. It was first published as the Belfast Evening Telegraph on 1 September 1870 by brothers William and George Baird.
Its first edition cost half a penny and ran to four pages covering the Franco-Prussian war and local news. Unlike its London-based stablemate The Independent, the Belfast Telegraph is conservative in outlook. In the context of Northern Irish politics, the Belfast Telegraph attempts to attract readers from across the community, though it is decidedly moderate unionist in outlook.
Its competitors are The News Letter and The Irish News.
