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Kew Files: Buried for decades, a mother’s harrowing letter amid officials’ Bloody Sunday papers

2

'All Ana wanted was a friend': Eight years on from the disturbing killing of Ana Kriegel

3

Suzanne Breen on the ‘DUP Civil War’ - five years on

4

Noah Donohoe Inquest: ‘I’ve f***ked it’ - Stormont employee’s panic over unlocked hatch

5

Sam McBride’s hunt for Stormont’s secret civil servant on a vast salary

6

David McCann on the challenges facing Sinn Féin and a United Ireland

7

PSNI slammed by review of Katie Simpson murder investigation

8

Kew Files: How DUP tried to get back into Agreement talks – right after walking out

9

Bonus: Olympic Swimmer Conor Ferguson: How to How to turn setbacks into business lessons | In Good Company

10

Julia Holmes: The Castlederg woman, her many aliases, and the lives she destroyed

11

Noah Donohoe: Laptop thief denies photo of hand on teen’s phone is his

12

Dissident Republicans strike again as bomb explodes at west Belfast PSNI station

13

Kew Files: Spooks tried to suppress Stakeknife story – and feared McGuinness article

14

Stormont backed CIA-linked firm's software used by Donald Trump’s ICE

15

Noah Donohoe: Daryl Paul says he’s telling the truth

16

LucidTalk: Majority believe Gerry Adams was in IRA – but don’t care

17

Kew Files: What happened when the Garda arrested the SAS men

18

“I didn’t kill my little brother” - Brian McDermott’s brother says he can’t move forward because family blame him

19

Noah Donohoe: Expert believes teen likely died the night he went missing

20

Kew Files: Gerry Adams the focus of declassified docs – including Workers Party sectarian claims

21

How Rory McIlroy compares to golfing greats after another Masters win

22

Sex, lies and video tape: Julie McGinley and the murder of husband Gerry McGinley

23

Black Widow Part 2: The trial of Catherine Nevin and the media sensation that followed

24

Black Widow Part 1: The murder of Tom Nevin and one of Ireland’s most notorious criminal cases

25

Roger Casement: Protestant British hero who became a 'rebel and a traitor'

26

‘Among Communists’: Belfast poet, Sinéad Morrisey tells her family and political story

27

Noah Donohoe: Witness denies phoning cops over teen’s laptop

28

‘Boston Tapes’ Troubles archive ‘closed’ but not forgotten

29

Stephen McCullagh: What we couldn't report while Natalie McNally murder trial was ongoing

30

Noah Donohoe: Jury hears ninth week of evidence

31

Stormont’s extreme censorship of Famine remarks – and how we unravelled it

32

Youtuber Stephen McCullagh guilty of murdering of Natalie McNally

33

Rory O’Connor: The Anti-Treaty IRA leader executed by his former friends

34

Inside the Gerry Adams landmark £1 IRA court case

35

Stephen McCullagh trial: Prosecution says accused “lied and lied again”, defence says evidence points to “another killer”

36

Noah Donohoe: No evidence of drugs in teen’s system at the time of death, witness says

37

What sort of St Patrick's Day will Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin have in Donald Trump's White House?

38

'The Child Snatcher': Who was serial killer Robert Black?

39

Musk’s AI Grokipedia makes a mess of NI history

40

Stephen McCullagh Trial: Court outbursts as witness denies murdering Natalie McNally

41

Stephen McCullagh Trial: Natalie McNally’s ex-boyfriend arrested last week ‘over threats to kill woman’

42

Noah Donohoe: Pathologists agree teenager’s cause of death was drowning with ‘no indication’ of assault

43

Desmond Boomer: The mystery of Malta plane accident, and the Belfast Engineer who never came home

44

Stephen McCullagh Trial: Man accused of Natalie McNally murder ‘recorded ex’s counselling sessions after she lost child’

45

Noah Donohoe: Jury shown transcript of phone call involving man selling teen’s possessions

46

John George Murder Suspect killed in Spain

47

Man abused at NI ‘Christian nightclub’ accuses Presbyterian Church and PSNI of failing him and ‘other victims’

48

Stephen McCullagh Trial: Murder accused told police Natalie McNally was “having problems with her ex” when arrested in connection with killing

49

'Within seconds it turned violent': The ‘Love Ulster’ riots 20 years on

50

Noah Donohoe: People who ‘inserted themselves’ into the search caused difficulties for police, witness tells inquest

51

Stephen McCullagh trial: Jury shown YouTube ‘live stream’ from night Natalie McNally was killed

52

Noah Donohoe: Inquest hears there was no interaction between Noah and Daryl Paul

53

Stephen McCullagh trial: Prosecution describes Natalie McNally murder as “planned, calculated and pre-meditated”

54

How Irish ICE detainee Seamus Culleton went from “perfect victim” to public scrutiny

55

‘Don’t call Jeffrey Epstein a paedophile’ - top Northern Ireland lawyer part of 2011 effort to defend Epstein’s reputation

56

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office

57

Noah Donohoe: Former PSNI officer said search as 'professional and as urgent as possible'

58

Noah Donohoe: Conditions in pitch-dark tunnel would have be ‘challenging’ to survive in

59

Stephen McCullagh goes on trial accused of murdering Natalie McNally

60

The Firm out for revenge after Armagh City attack on alleged enforcer

61

NI culture director: "People perceive our cultures to be competing... they’re not"

62

Turning Point: Widow of Charlie Kirk expected to visit NI

63

Claire Hanna: SDLP leader says united Ireland is ‘likely’ but not ‘inevitable’

64

Epstein files: Keir Starmer on the brink, and Irish connections explored

65

Lauren Bradford-Clarke: Being Colin Howell’s daughter

66

UVF serial killer supergrass Haddock 'dead man walking'

67

Noah Donohoe: 'Significant evidential development' over CCTV footage on Northwood Road

68

Noah Donohoe: More witnesses say they heard ‘screams’

69

Nama trial: How Frank Cushnahan was cleared of fraud

70

Noah Donohoe Inquest: Witness heard ‘scream’ and mother Fiona was worried over Jordan Peterson book

71

Rostrevor man convicted in Greek court after killing student in holiday confrontation

72

Noah Donohoe Inquest: Police notes described Noah as a 'high functioning autistic teenager'

73

Noah Donohoe Inquest: Witness saw schoolboy coming off his bike

74

Jon Burrows: New UUP leader on his meteoric rise, how to sell the union, and Nigel Farage

75

Noah Donohoe Inquest: Close friend says teenager “was going through something”

76

Noah Donohoe inquest: Jury hears from friends and teachers

77

Carrickfergus UDA enforcer Colin Simms looks for new patch in 'Ards

78

Derry man gets jail for putting father’s body in fridge

79

Noah Donohoe Inquest: Jury hears Fiona Donohoe's evidence

80

Unionist 'unity' - could it ever happen and what does it mean?

81

Northern Ireland and ‘Nazi Tinder’: Single, lonely, and looking to ‘breed white’

82

Former PSNI detective says Fermanagh girl Kelly Lynch’s death warrants murder investigation

83

Enniskillen Bombing: Reports claim female who ‘led’ massacre living a ‘comfortable life’ in Fermanagh

84

Allison Morris: NI teens shocked to find out AI has 'nudified' them

85

Barristers strike means delays for victims, but lawyers say they have no choice

86

Steve Bannon's plan for Irish MAGA movement - could it happen?

87

The UK and Europe in turmoil as Trump goes after the oil

88

Secret files reveal government wooing of UDA terror chiefs

89

DUP’s Phillip Brett: "Nigel and Dianne Dodds were my political mum and dad"

90

The murder of Pearl Gamble and the man who was hanged for it

91

Martin O’Hagan: The LVF murder of Sunday World journalist and the struggle for justice

92

The time the Stickies went to North Korea

93

McIlroy’s masters win, boxing success, and NI wins the World Cup... Northern Ireland’s top 15 2025 Sport moments

94

The DJ Carey Story EP 3: The Con Collapses

95

The DJ Carey Story EP 2: The Cancer Lies

96

The DJ Carey Story EP 1: The Sports Star

97

The murder of Denis Donaldson – a mystery that just gets murkier

98

‘Ulster-Scots a wealth denied, and Britishness not valued as it was’: Lee Reynolds

99

Dave Rupert: The Chicago trucker recruited by the FBI to spy on IRA

100

NI Artist Colin Davidson on painting the late Queen, the Troubles and his most important work

101

‘Media amplifies opposition to Irish language’: Newly appointed Irish Language Commissioner

102

Scappaticci / Stakeknife’s extraordinary relationship with army revealed

103

Disappeared commission chief on the search for the dead

104

The UDA's deadly attack on Dublin Airport, 50 years on

105

'Republicans' threaten elected politicians

106

People Before Profit's Gerry Carroll outlines his vision of socialism

107

Danny Morrison on 'inevitable' united Ireland, Gerry Adams, and Stormont

108

Would a nine-county Northern Ireland have survived?

109

Julian Simmons on WW3 and Alien invasions, missing 'the old UTV', and losing his mum

110

"It looks like a youth club": The open prison that lets NI’s most violent men roam free

111

Socialist vigilantes linked to pipe-bomb attacks on west Belfast far right

112

Enoch Burke jailed again: Who is funding his crusade?

113

Presbyterian Church mired in controversy as PSNI launch criminal investigation

114

BelTel Politics: The BBC, Stormont and a toxic environment for women

115

The Anglo-Irish Agreement (Part Three): The ‘game-changer’ which lead to the Good Friday Agreement

116

The Anglo-Irish Agreement (Part Two): ‘Ulster Says No’ - mass protests erupt over ‘evil document’

117

The Anglo-Irish Agreement (Part One): Why did Thatcher give Dublin a role in NI?

118

Eamonn Holmes in his own words: "The HMRC came after me... at the most vulnerable time in my life"

119

'Marianne Smyth will never stop scamming' - Con-hunter opens up about being tricked by 'Queen of Con'

120

'Wicked, callous and evil liar' jailed after promising to donate kidney over Facebook

121

BelTel Politics: Givan defiant, Greek signs in Belfast, and toilet flooder wreaks havoc at Stormont

122

Fethard-on-Sea: The boycott of Protestants which scandalised Ireland and its link to Ian Paisley

123

Maura Lyons: The Rev Ian Paisley and the 15-year-old “abducted” from west Belfast

124

BelTel Politics: LucidTalk, border poll criteria and a northern look at Irish Presidential election

125

UVF members behind Dublin Monaghan Bombings named

126

Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre: The book that rocked the royals

127

Flags and sectarian grievances are ‘hindering NI boxing’

128

Bloody Sunday Soldier F found not guilty

129

BelTel Politics: What a new Irish President means for NI amid souring relations in Stormont

130

United Ireland or United Kingdom: Sam McBride and Fintan O’Toole on the "good arguments for, and against"

131

The Enhanced Games: Will the ‘steroid Olympics’ be the evolution of sport or its undoing?

132

Newry drug baron ‘The Chocolate’ unwrapped at last

133

BelTel Politics: Irish sign controversy continues, DUP and TUV at loggerheads, and Mike Nesbitt’s potential successor

134

The road to the Anglo-Irish Agreement: The New Ireland Forum

135

Malcolm McKeown: The life, crimes and execution of the notorious gangster

136

BelTel Politics: Irish signs, Labour snubs, the SDLP targeting Alliance, and will Farage eat the Tories?

137

Massive Nama fraud trial begins with dramatic evidence: Sam McBride reports

138

The Maze / Long Kesh prison: History still resonates from derelict site 25-years after paramilitaries walked out the door

139

The IRA Kidnapping of Dutch Industrialist Dr Tiede Herrema that shocked the world

140

Onlyfans model Madison Allen: Wife of John George’s alleged killer arrested after crystal meth find

141

Officials fear right not to send kids to school or tell state they exist could be dangerous

142

Kneecap’s Mo Chara says ‘it was always about Gaza’ as terror case thrown out

143

Guinness: The Earl of Iveagh on his famous family and the drink which made their fortune

144

Notorious evangelical Christian Burke family confront the DUP over LGBT ‘support’ - why?

145

From H-Blocks to the pulpit: how IRA gunman Mark Lenaghan became a Catholic cleric

146

Stephen Walker: ‘There would have been no Good Friday Agreement without David Trimble’

147

Border Bandit Brendan ‘B-Man’ O’Callaghan looking at jailtime over encrochat cocaine dealing

148

No Tyrone Goldrush: Why Stormont confusion and local division mean gold worth billions might stay under the ground

149

‘Soldier F’ Bloody Sunday trial begins in Belfast - Nicola Tallant reports

150

'The scientist who wasn’t there’: The incredible story of a fantasist father, was he a spy?

151

Marianne Smyth: The American con-woman who claimed to be on IRA Army Council and to be Jennifer Anniston

152

What does the murder of MAGA activist Charlie Kirk mean for an angry America?

153

September 2005 Riots: The three days of mayhem as police and soldiers battled loyalist rioters and gunmen

154

Sean Hegarty: How is the brutal double murderer able to be on Facebook despite being in prison?

155

The death of Brian Murphy: Dublin's class distinctions and southside privilege on trial

156

Father Ted's Graham Linehan arrested by armed police amidst Trans controversy

157

IRA Stormont Spy Ring: What secret files reveal about Denis Donaldson and the Stormont crisis

158

The IRA’s Heathrow attacks, a massive lie, and enduring love

159

Lord Alderdice: Dossier alleging bullying in Presbyterian Church still with Charity Commission three years later

160

Nine murders in nine weeks: Northern Ireland’s problems with violence continue

161

Kew Files: Jeffrey Donaldson secretly told governments he wasn't as hardline as they thought

162

Loyalism, what do loyalist women want, and why they don’t trust the media or that O'Neill and Little-Pengelly are in control

163

The Killings of the Reavey Brothers: Eugene Reavey tells the story of the murders and the role he believes Willie Frazier played

164

Kneecap’s Mo Chara’s terror charge case judgment delayed over technical legal argument

165

LucidTalk: TUV, unionist pacts, bonfires and bilingual signs

166

The Gunmen: The Nutting Squad, who were the IRA's security team really loyal to?

167

Allison Morris: East Belfast fox-baiter Neil Pinkerton behind racist ‘patrols’ now banned by TikTok

168

The Gunmen: Colm Murphy, the life-time south Armagh republican found liable for Omagh

169

Sam McBride on the DUP’s route to power sharing - denials, flattery of Ian Paisley’s ego and secret Sinn Féin talks

170

“I know evil is an over an overused word, but he was evil”: Detective who solved NI’s longest cold case

171

Peter ‘the Punt’ Robinson and the the loyalist ‘invasion’ of Clontibret

172

Paddy Kielty and Cat Deeley’s shock split and is Liam Neeson going out with Pamela Anderson?

173

London UDA ‘transitions’ into an “old comrades association”

174

Banbridge schoolgirl turned Islamic terrorist 'White Widow', connected to 7/7 attacks, remains at large

175

Sole suspect in Fermanagh shooting tragedy, Ian Rutledge, dies in hospital

176

The Miami Showband Massacre: "They tried to wipe out the entire band"

177

South-East Antrim UDA starts ‘winding down’ but rule out disbanding

178

Fermanagh in shock after woman and children murdered in their own home

179

Jeffery Dudgeon on the story of the NI Gay Rights Association and his doubts about ‘queer’ activism today

180

Former Presbyterian minister had mental breakdown after his congregation spied on him for months

181

West Belfast mobile users left ‘dataless’ as 5G masts keep getting burned

182

All-star Hurler DJ Carey’s €415,000 cancer fraud, Texas trips, and the Croke Park Conundrum

183

The Open: McIlroy mania sweeps Portrush as locals slam ‘extortionate’ price hikes

184

William McKee: Former Maze Prison Governor on the day Billy Wright was killed, Johnny ‘Mad Dog’ Adair, and several attempts on his life

185

July Bonfires: A sectarian safety risk, or a harmless tradition?

186

BelTel Sport: Stephen O’Neill reflects on iconic Tyrone/Kerry rivalry ahead of semifinal showdown

187

What disbandment would mean for the UVF | Allison Morris explains

188

NAMA Trial concludes: What’s next for Jamie Bryson and Daithí Mckay?

189

Sam McBride: The mystery of Ian Paisley Jr’s office – three mortgages, a dead man’s name and a mystery owner (Part 2)

190

Sam McBride: The mystery of Ian Paisley Jr’s office – unpaid rates, red letters and court action (Part 1)

191

Conor McGregor’s civil rape appeal begins: Claim Nikita Hand was assaulted by ex-partner dramatically dropped

192

Cormac Moore: The Boundary Commission and why it didn’t change Northern Ireland’s border

193

Noah Donohoe: Key questions remain as inquest into teenager’s death nears

194

EXTRA: The race to 2025 All-Ireland GAA Final begins - Do Armagh and Tyrone have what it takes?

195

Will northerners get a vote in Ireland’s presidential election? | Sam McBride and David McCann discuss

196

EXTRA: Trump bombs Iran, backs Israel, and takes a massive gamble

197

The 1975 IRA Provo-Stickie feud which left 11 dead and scarred Belfast

198

Beltel Sport: Stuart Dallas- “The togetherness at Euro 2016 was something special”

199

‘Tattle Life’ exposed: The NI couple who took the infamous gossip site on in court and won

200

Chaos in London as Kneecap’s Mo Chara appears in court over terror charge

201

A week on from Ballymena riots, the post mortem begins

202

Noraid: The IRA and Sinn Féin’s American wing, Martin Galvin, and where the money went

203

Ballymena race riots continue: Larne Leisure centre attacked and PSNI threatened with hatchet

204

PSNI officers injured and houses destroyed in Ballymena race riots

205

Iris Robinson and the affair scandal which shocked Northern Ireland

206

How Richard Satchwell almost got away with murder: "He told lies, upon lies, upon lies”

207

‘I had 9 death threats in under a year’: Life as an NI Journalist under threat

208

Meet the Macrons: ‘Slapgate’, controversies and bizarre conspiracy theories

209

Gerry Adams wins his defamation case against the BBC

210

Referees ensure UVF’s Winkie Irvine given lenient sentence for firearms charges

211

Lucid Talk polling: Kneecap, Sinn Féin, Irish signs and what is a woman

212

Kincora: Lord Mountbatten, MI5, William McGrath and Tara – the search for the truth

213

Gerry Adams’ BBC defamation trial: Jury hears final arguments

214

EXTRA: Kneecap's Mo Chara faces charge under terrorism act over Hezbollah flag

215

Former PSNI officer challenges ‘Sean’ allegations of anti-Catholic sectarianism in the force

216

Bryson, McKay and O’Hara misconduct trial to begin in Belfast – Allison Morris reports

217

Gerry Adams defamation case: BBC vigorously defends its journalism

218

Skortgate: The ‘totally absurd’ row over what Camogie players wear

219

Starmer’s “island of strangers” migration crackdown and what it means for NI

220

Gerry Adams accused BBC barrister of trying to persuade a jury he has “no reputation whatsoever”

221

Séamus Ruddy: The Newry man ‘disappeared’ by INLA in Paris

222

Conclave: White smoke and dark secrets, Catholic cardinals are choosing the next pope

223

Kew Files: Sam McBride on what secret files reveal about David Ervine, Gerry Kelly and the UDA

224

Meet the ‘freemen of the land’ who believe they are above the law

225

Kneecap: Terror cops confirm 'grounds for further investigation', politicians push for bans, musicians rally

226

Officials say minister wrong to suggest opinion polls will trigger Irish border vote – who is right?

227

Austin Stack: ‘The IRA couldn’t admit my father’s murder was sanctioned because of political repercussions’

228

Sallins Train Robbery: Osgur Breatnach, a false confession, the Garda 'Heavy Gang', and convicted by a sleeping judge (Part 2)

229

Sallins Train Robbery: The IRSP members wrongly imprisoned for IRA heist (Part 1)

230

What is Micheál Martin saying (or not) about a United Ireland?

231

‘Every one of them looks like someone’s grandfather’: Belfast pensioners sentenced for running grooming gang

232

The National Front, Tartan gangs and Combat 18: Loyalism and the far-right

233

Rory McIlroy achieves sporting immortality with Masters victory

234

Joe Lynskey and Robert Nairac: 'Bodies will never be found’, IRA source admits

235

'Burn them out': The long history of fascism and the far-right in Ireland

236

Sam McBride: Paul Givan and the case of the missing civil servant

237

SSPX Resistance: Who are the group behind masses Catholic Church in Derry says are ‘illicit’?

238

Controversial Ballymena ‘brand builder’ Darren Campbell quits after months of controversy

239

Trump's tariffs: 'Brexit means NI could pay more for some goods if we're stuck in the middle of a trade war'

240

Internment without trial: ‘The single biggest mistake that the British state makes in the Northern Ireland conflict’

241

Secret JFK Files reveal how the CIA spied on Irish and British intelligence services

242

One year on, Jeffrey Donaldson’s shock resignation and its impact on the DUP

243

Sam McBride: Secret files suggest Robert Nairac was meeting with an informant before disappearance

244

The MAGA Manosphere: Why are Conor McGregor and the UFC punching right?

245

Flights from hell: Do we need to clamp down on alcohol at 30,000ft?

246

Portadown teacher Niamh Farrell denies being ‘GAA catfish’ as she wins an injunction against Dublin school

247

How Basil McCrea's career and party ended in utter chaos | NI21 (Part 2) - the downfall

248

How two UUP MLAs broke away to find a new 'confident' path for unionism | NI21 (Part 1) - the rise

249

Rosemary Nelson: RUC ‘threats’, Red Hand Defenders and alleged collusion, the murder of a Lurgan solicitor

250

On-the-run Magilligan prisoner before courts in Rhode Island after alleged $800,000 scam

251

Gerard Conway inquest: 32-year-old disappeared in 2007 – witnesses testimony weaves a complex story

252

PSNI Chief Con denies intrusive surveillance on journalist investigating Noah Donohoe death, Sam McBride reports

253

Allison Morris on the New IRA’s potential ceasefire after secret peace talks

254

Noah Donohoe: PSNI accused of spying on journalist investigating teen’s death

255

Martin Dillon: “There’s no evidence for the ‘Say Nothing’ ending” and Mairead Farrell was "addicted to romantic nationalism"

256

Alliance: From liberal Unionism, to the agnostic ‘middle ground’

257

Suzanne Breen: Irish unity, Sinn Féin’s White House dilemma and MLA pay rises

258

Allison Morris on attempted murder of Sean O’Reilly as ONH feud boils over

259

William Hampton: The eccentric English millionaire who left his wealth to Sinn Féin

260

‘King Con’: Belfast conman Cartmill who scammed Stephen Nolan and Eamonn Holmes faces jail

261

The IRA’s La Mon Bombing and the victims’ quest for justice

262

The Official IRA’s ‘training’ trip to North Korea

263

Allison Morris: The origins of the PSNI and the challenge of recruiting Catholics

264

Ciaran Barnes: Why UDA shot pensioner after Bulgarian brothel raid in Coleraine

265

Top Belfast school Methody apologises after rugby hazing leaves boy ‘traumatised’

266

How I caught the catfish who took my identity

267

“The starting point is to is to name people”: Sam McBride talks to legacy chief Sir Declan Morgan

268

Why was Big Brother's Seany O’Kane turned back from Moscow?

269

The murder of Robert McCartney, the IRA cover-up, and his sisters’ fight for justice

270

‘Operation Torpedo’: Allison Morris reveals new details on Bryson’s mole and the plotters inside the DUP

271

Rev Harold Good: Decommissioning IRA weapons, secret talks and Martin McGuinness

272

The 'GAA Catfish': "She would have needed at least 25 different phone numbers to pull this off"

273

SAS: Rogue Heroes - Should ‘Paddy’ Mayne get the Victoria Cross and yet another terrible NI accent

274

Sorcha Eastwood takes on Andrew and Tristan Tate

275

The IRA’s infamous escape from Belfast’s prison ship, the HMS Maidstone

276

Allison Morris: John George’s return flight from Alicante was “booked after he was dead”

277

Jarlath Burns and Rory Gallagher row: Does the GAA have a problem with double standards?

278

Revealed: Sam McBride on secret unionist unity talks between DUP and UUP

279

Sam McBride: Files revealed on Ian Paisley, DUP’s sex education panic and the plans to dam Strangford Lough

280

What Dublin’s secret files reveal about NI, Trimble, Bruton, JFK and Casement

281

Lion tamer, street-fighter and 'sectarian murderer': The life and crimes of Buck Alec Robinson

282

2024: The year of political scandals, returns and bizarre plot twists

283

Belfast: Rosaleen O’Kane and the murder the RUC didn't investigate

284

Belfast: The Falls Road Curfew - the raid on the Official IRA which turned west Belfast against British Army

285

Belfast: Bloody Friday – What impact did the IRA’s Blitz have?

286

Sam McBride: The IRA’s Northern Bank Robbery and how it almost shattered the peace process

287

BelTel Football: NI star Gareth McAuley reveals all about his incredible career

288

‘Say Nothing’: The ‘Disappeared’ of Andersonstown, John McClory and Brian McKinney

289

40 years of Band Aid: Christmas, charity and controversy

290

Left, right, populism and woke – why are the working classes not voting socialist?

291

Don Anderson: The NI journalist who escaped fall of Saigon as airport burned tells the story of reporting Vietnam

292

‘Peace’ game is up for UVF chief Winston “Winkie” Irvine as he finally admits gun charges

293

'Revolutionary Years' : 1913 to 1923, 10 years which changed Ireland

294

MasterChef's Gregg Wallace: What is being alleged?

295

‘Mr-Fix-it': Newry's Rory Trainor facing jail for EncroChat money laundering, Ciaran Barnes reports

296

The chicken farmer, the ‘Triads’ , and the cannabis in the shed, Sam McBride reports

297

Ian Ogle: Ciaran Barnes on the murder that rocked the East Belfast UVF

298

'Notorious' - Conor McGregor’s career and legacy is in freefall – what next?

299

Joe Lynskey: The monk who joined the IRA and was 'disappeared' by it over trying to kill his love rival

300

Double Cross: The Ardoyne murder of Robbie Lawlor, and the brutal feud that led to his death

301

Boxing stars Barry McGuigan, Carl Frampton and the £6 million lawsuit

302

‘Ulster-Scot Hillbilly’ JD Vance is ‘one heartbeat away from the presidency’ - who is he?

303

The LVF murder of journalist Martin O’Hagan and the struggle for justice

304

Suzanne Breen: NI split over DUP meetings with LCC, O’Neill suffers from McMonagle fall-out but Sinn Féin’s support solid

305

Allison Morris: "PSNI failed to do even the most basic police work" in Katie Simpson murder investigation

306

The Newry actress, the Iraqi businessman and the multi-million-pound gangster film scam

307

EXTRA: Ex-Sinn Féin man McMonagle jailed for child sex offences

308

Enniskillen Bombing: "30 people involved, yet Nobody has been brought to justice”, Denzil McDaniel

309

Trump triumphant by a landslide – how and why did he win the American people?

310

Loughinisland Massacre: Trevor Birney on the PSNI’s "Stasi" tactics, and his arrest

311

Alf McCreary: Journalism, a lucky break, Ian Paisley and faith

312

The UVF and the savage '70s: Shankill Butchers, Gusty Spence, and the Dublin Monaghan Bombings

313

BONUS: The 'Angel of Death' who terrified Irish town and captivated the world

314

Alexander McCartney: “Nothing but a disgusting child predator”

315

Incels exposed: “Men aren’t entitled to sex, but women aren’t owed safety”

316

Ireland’s gang wars: How the Kinahans’ Belfast bound assassin ‘The Butcher’ was caught

317

Sinn Féin’s woes – self-inflicted, a media pile on, or a lack of professionalism?

318

Serial killer Uel ‘Cookie’ Cooke and the brutal murder of Anne-Marie Smyth

319

The RIC murders of the McMahon family, which changed Belfast forever

320

EXTRA - Sinn Féin: Mary Lou McDonald attempts to quell crises – did she succeed?

321

“What has gone wrong?”: Allison Morris on Northern Ireland’s femicide problem

322

‘Peace at last’: The story of the Loyalist ceasefires 30 years on

323

“The Manchester Bombing was an elaborate hoax”: why do some people believe terror victims are ‘crisis actors’?

324

Suzanne Breen on Sinn Féin's McMonagle problem and Claire Hanna as she takes charge of SDLP

325

UDA soap opera continues, Spence flees, Beachball’s back on Sandy Row and ’Ards boss fined for running a checkpoint

326

Michelle O’Neill and Sinn Féin struggle with questions over how they dealt with child sex offender

327

Arlene Foster: How we almost booked her as a renewable energy expert for 10k

328

“Michael Collins disappeared far more people than Martin McGuinness’ comrades in the Provisional IRA”

329

“We sold our house for this”: Cruise passengers ‘stranded’ in Belfast before 3-year long trip

330

Loyalists call on DUP education minister to block integrated Irish school in east Belfast

331

"Sinn Féin need to be careful on meaningless dates for a border poll": Suzanne Breen

332

There’s something about Eamonn (Holmes)...

333

East Belfast GAA: Huge growth, hoax bombs condemned, but ‘concerns’ voiced

334

Allison Morris reports on feud fears as ‘Óglaigh na hÉireann’ splits into two factions

335

Huw Edwards avoids prison over child abuse images: Joshua Rozenberg explains why

336

Loyalist Clifford McKeown released after sentence for Billy Wright ‘birthday gift’ taxi driver murder

337

UDA ‘will hit back’ after North Antrim boss attacked at band parade

338

The disappearance of Castlederg teen Arlene Arkinson and the search for her body

339

Gisèle Pelicot: Grandmother drugged by husband and raped by scores of men

340

EXTRA: Donaldsons plead not guilty

341

Enoch Burke: Has ‘woke’ Ireland really jailed a Christian teacher who challenged ‘trans’ ideology?

342

Lucy Letby: Why are there growing doubts over her conviction?

343

EXTRA: Ulster Rugby sponsor Kingspan heavily criticised in Grenfell fire report

344

Captain Robert Nairac: The IRA murder and the stories surrounding it

345

Oasis fans’ are ripping over ‘price gouging’ - but who's to blame?

346

NI's £20m Crypto scams: "He was someone I could trust"

347

'It’s Over’: 30 years on from the IRA ‘ceasefire’

348

Colum Eastwood steps down as SDLP leader and backs Claire Hanna

349

Sinn Féin soaring, UUP struggling, unionists and nationalists completely divided on immigration

350

Allison Morris: Harry Holland murderer McKee had 'chance to change' but is back behind bars

351

The Judge's Daughter: New declassified files reveal why government ignored the convicted man's innocence 

352

The Murder of Patricia Curran (Pt2): Why wasn't her family investigated?

353

The Murder of Patricia Curran (Pt1): How an innocent man was stitched up for it

354

Doug Beattie: Sam McBride on what next for UUP after shock resignation

355

Northern Ireland’s ‘Murder Triangle’ (Part 3): Margaret Perry and the IRA execution of her alleged murderers

356

Puberty blockers for transgender children and Northern Ireland's potential legal loophole

357

BelTel Sport: Can anyone stop Irish League champions Larne from winning the Gibson Cup for a third season in a row?

358

Belfast riots: Allison Morris on three nights of disorder

359

Ex-PUP deputy leader John Kyle on Gusty Spence and prospects of Irish Unity

360

INLA accused of receiving Russian State ‘Dark Money’ amid Republican group’s ‘support’ for war in Ukraine

361

Assembly's censorship of Martin McGuinness accusation about Peter Robinson overturned... after 26 years

362

The birth of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, and why they disappeared after the Easter Rising

363

2024 Olympics: As the games begin, who are the NI athletes going for gold?

364

The Kew Files: Sam McBride unveils Secret memos on NI Secretary of State's IRA Intelligence Concerns

365

All-Ireland Football Final 2024: Armagh alive with excitement as ticket scramble continues

366

Gusty Spence and the brutal beginnings of the modern UVF

367

Whitney Hughes jailed – what next for Newry’s ‘Cocaine Queen’?

368

"The Falls Road started it, the Village will finish it": Children encouraged to riot in south Belfast disorder

369

The Border Fox: Allison Morris reports as former INLA gunman Dessie O’Hare walks free

370

Denis Bradley: Hume, McGuinness, dissidents just “stone in the shoe” filling jails - but Irish must talk to them

371

BONUS: “A dingo’s got my baby” – The story that divided Australia

372

The deaths of the Quinn children, the UVF murder which changed Northern Ireland

373

Ian Paisley: At just 57, what will ex-MP do after shock defeat?

374

Suzanne Breen: Fantastic election for Jim Allister, Robin Swann and Sorcha Eastwood

375

General Election NI: DUP disaster – Paisley loses North Antrim, Lagan Valley falls

376

Jeffrey Donaldson: Sex abuse case goes to trial as charges increase to 18

377

General Election ’24: BelTel / LucidTalk polls show strong SDLP and Alliance but DUP struggling

378

The Falls Road Curfew: The raid on the Official IRA which turned west Belfast against the British Army

379

BONUS: Taylor Swift - The dark side of fandom

380

‘Walter Mittys’: Why men like Nick Adderley lie about military careers, and Northern Ireland's 'Walts'

381

Nigel Farage: The controversial politician’s near-death experiences, failed campaigns, and what he thinks of Northern Ireland

382

Sam McBride grills Alliance’s Stephen Farry as he fights to keep North Down

383

West Belfast UDA Boss Mo Courtney and the £10,000 extortion of Shankill ‘Granny Bingo’

384

Allison Morris: UVF men bused in to east Belfast and Ardoyne parade dispute re-emerges from hibernation

385

General Election 24: Suzanne Breen and Peter Donaghy on the polls and a focus on Foyle

386

Out of fashion? Amnesty International's Patrick Corrigan makes the case for human rights

387

BONUS: French Alps quadruple murder - The family, the cyclist and the DNA tests

388

Colonel Tim Collins: “I’m going to win - there's no doubt about that” - Outspoken UUP candidate sits down with Sam McBride

389

Sinn Féin takes hit, Farage endorses DUP candidates, and concerns over lack of female candidates

390

20 women murdered in NI since 2020 - why do men keep killing?

391

Lyra McKee Trial: Court told rioting was orchestrated to ‘put on a show’ for MTV camera crew

392

2024 General Election: Suzanne Breen on what happens if DUP’s Gavin Robinson loses his seat and if Sinn Féin can make gains

393

UVF, UDA and ‘Russians’ in gun panic - arms allegedly held by loyalist could be linked to unsolved murders

394

Murdered in her own home: Belfast Man given life sentence after brutal murder of Caoimhe Morgan

395

Eamonn Holmes: Shock divorce, ‘bitter’ tax bill and those Philip Schofield comments

396

MTV footage of accused shown as Lyra McKee trial opens in Belfast

397

GE 2024: David McCann and Lee Reynolds on the NI seats to keep an eye on

398

The Kew Files: Sam McBride on IRA decommissioning and how it almost collapsed the Good Friday Agreement

399

"People were buried outside my house": Irishman on escaping Ukraine

400

GE 2024: What's Sunak thinking and can the Tories avoid a wipe-out?

401

LucidTalk: Should Donaldson resign as MP and is a United Ireland inevitable?

402

Ex-Ulster rugby player Paddy Jackson voices ‘concerns’ over TV dramatisation of 2018 rape trial

403

Jonathan Creswell, the murder of Katie Simpson and the three-woman cover-up

404

Arlene Foster 'roasted' as she's accused of deflecting questions in tetchy day at Covid Inquiry

405

Michelle O’Neill left 'flapping' under Covid cross-examination , Sam McBride reports

406

Allison Morris: PSNI accused of ‘Stasi’ tactics over keeping tabs on ‘troublemaker’ journalists

407

Sam McBride: Covid Inquiry reveals Stormont’s ‘rotten system’

408

Lordship: The murder of Adrian Donohoe and the runaway Co. Armagh suspect - part two

409

Lordship: The murder of Adrian Donohoe and the runaway Co. Armagh suspect – Part One

410

EXTRA: The extraordinary life of Stephen Grimason, the journalist and top Stormont Spin doctor who broke news of Good Friday Agreement

411

BelTel Sport: Linfield and Cliftonville set to face off in tense Irish Cup Final

412

Sunningdale and the Ulster Workers Strike (Part Three): Who really won?

413

Sunningdale and the Ulster Workers Strike (Part Two): The loyalist ‘revolt’

414

Sunningdale and the Ulster Workers Strike: The forgotten power-sharing ‘experiment’

415

Warrenpoint-based Michael O’Loughlin breaks gangster code by admitting crimes

416

Jeffrey Donaldson in court over historical sex offences

417

Col Tim Collins ruffles Alliance feathers, Irish signs ‘traumatise’

418

Newtownards Falklands and Troubles veteran on the reality of war

419

Suzanne Breen on Jeffrey Donaldson’s potential replacement in Lagan Valley

420

Middle East on the brink after Iran's unprecedented revenge attack on Israel

421

The Kew Files: Sam McBride on the secret papers on Peter Robinson, Ulster Resistance and Emma Little-Pengelly's father

422

The Kew Files: Sam McBride and the secret files on Martin McGuinness, the IRA and SDLP

423

A United Ireland: Inevitable or a fantasy?

424

Gerard ‘Hucker’ Moyna: From killing Lenny Murphy for the IRA to IPLO feuds

425

Private Investigator: Ian Withers on tracking the IRA, informing for the Seychelles government and murder allegations

426

Sam McBride and Allison Morris on Jeffrey Donaldson’s arrest and what it means for the DUP

427

Jeffrey Donaldson resigns as DUP leader after being charged with historical sex offences

428

Ian Hurst: The Army ‘spook’ who exposed Scappaticci and accuses McGuinness

429

Simon Harris and NI, Sinn Féin heckled left and right

430

Megan McAlorum: Murderer of west Belfast teen dies in road crash

431

Pat McArt: Derry, the Troubles and Martin McGuinness

432

Pearse McCauley: The life and crimes of the IRA garda killer and wife beater

433

Sam McBride's week in politics: TUV, Reform, Gaza and Biden

434

Millionaire heiress to IRA mastermind - Rose Dugdale, the renegade debutante

435

Is Ukraine losing the war, and how far will Russia go?

436

Red Army Faction member captured after 30 years, who were the terror gang?

437

Eamonn Mallie: ‘Eyewitness to War and Peace’

438

Sam McBride: What will PM Starmer mean for NI and a border poll?

439

Britain’s worst mass murders – what drove the killers?

440

Oscar drama: The scandals, snubs and controversies that shook Hollywood

441

OnlyFans: NI 'pornstar' defends her work - but is it empowerment or exploitation?

442

Alliance Party members begin to lean towards Irish unity

443

Allison Morris: Antrim ATM raiders jailed – but where’s the money?

444

How BDSM fetish chatroom led to mass murder in Fermanagh

445

Allison Morris: Supergrass Haggarty's evidence 'unreliable' as UVF man not guilty of Convie & Fox murders

446

Casement Park: Will stadium controversy poison atmosphere at Stormont?

447

Davy Tweed: Stepdaughter on life with former Ireland rugby player and ‘violent paedophile’

448

Conor Bradley: How the young Tyrone man took Liverpool and the Premier League by storm

449

That Girls' night in the Devenish: Pleasure Boys shock, but some think it's just 'a bit of fun'

450

BelTel LucidTalk poll: Is there now support for a united Ireland?

451

Texas and 'civil war': The Russian disinformation campaign stoking division in the US

452

Life beyond Earth and UFOs: What does the ‘evidence’ tell us?

453

BelTel politics: Where’s Stormont going to get the cash from?

454

'I spoke to Ian Bailey the day before he died' - The expert who questions his guilt

455

McGladdery: The last man hung in Northern Ireland for the vicious murder of Pearl Gamble

456

Ireland and Palestine: Will Sinn Féin skip the annual White House Visit?

457

East Belfast UVF: PSNI cocaine crackdown brings down gang

458

Stormont Return: Sam McBride and David McCann on how’s it going

459

RAF Chinook crash: The Mull of Kintyre tragedy

460

"I never had any doubt that Ian Bailey killed Sophie Toscan du Plantier"

461

Sir Jeffrey strikes a bargain: What’s in the DUP’s new deal?

462

DUP return to Stormont: Who is Jamie Bryson’s ‘mole’?

463

Kneecap: Critics rave over film but unionists rage over its funding

464

Sinn Féin: Where does the party stand on immigration?

465

DUP Update: Sir Jeffrey throws down the gauntlet

466

Europe 2024: What's lies ahead for the EU with Donald Trump on the horizon?

467

Margaret Perry and the IRA’s execution of her alleged murderer

468

Rose Dugdale: The English millionaire debutante who joined the IRA

469

The United Nations: Why is it so powerless as wars continue to rage?

470

The Foundlings: Three siblings abandoned alone search for fourth ‘foundling’

471

Kevin Conway: ‘Firm’ member slain in west Belfast gangland murder

472

Post Office scandal: “They knew what was going on”

473

Best of the Beltel: Colm Murphy, the veteran republican found liable for Omagh Bombing

474

Best of the BelTel: How romance monster Phillip O'Shea went from online catfisher to real life stalker – and how he got caught (Part 2)

475

Best of the BelTel: Romance monster catfisher threatens dozens of women – just for kicks (Part 1)

476

Best of the BelTel: The 'living hell' of winning the Lottery

477

Best of the BelTel: The life and crimes of Ballymena’s 'Cocaine King' Noel Johnston

478

Best of the BelTel: John DeLorean, the man who brought the future back to Belfast

479

Best of the BelTel: ‘How a cult brainwashed me, and how I escaped’

480

Best of the BelTel: Gerard Mackin, the Belfast-born Kinahan enforcer the criminal underworld fears

481

Stalkers, sexism and Santa: Could Christmas movies like Love Actually be made today?

482

‘Winkie’ Rea: The loyalist leader who led the Red Hand Commando

483

Israeli ambassador says “absolutely no” to Palestinian statehood

484

Alexei Navalny: Imprisoned but still Putin's greatest opponent

485

Sam McBride: 'Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has struck a deal’

486

Elon Musk: Who is the world’s wealthiest man?

487

Alan Scott: Ex-North Coleraine pastor under fire for alleged ‘spiritual abuse’

488

The other IRA: The Story of the Officials and The Workers’ Party

489

Shane MacGowan: London-Irish punk, performer and poet

490

Longford double murder: Mysterious case linked to loyalists

491

Joris Minne: The recipe behind restaurant reviews revealed

492

Dublin riots: what happens next in Ireland's capital after night of anarchy?

493

East Belfast UVF: Ciaran Barnes reports the latest on the drug dealer purge

494

The British Army's Troubles tactics: Sam McBride interviews expert Huw Bennett

495

BelTel Sport: Linfield’s historic return to Solitude

496

UVF ‘clean-up’: Allison Morris on East Belfast battalion’s ‘stand down orders’

497

Rishi Sunak ‘reshuffles’ the deck, dumps Suella and brings back Brexit-Dave

498

Authoritarianism: what is it, why are people attracted to it, and why is it on the march?

499

Mother, monster, killer: Who is the real Molly Martens?

500

Sam McBride interviews Michael Cameron, former top NIO official, playwright and spouse to a DUP MLA

501

The Ashling Murphy trial: how Jozef Puska tried to get away with murder

502

Lucid Talk: Border polls, party support and Casement

503

Suzanne Breen on Rishi Sunak boredom with NI & DUP, Sinn Fein’s sudden U-turn after heavy criticism and much more

504

Unsolved disappearances in the midst of the Troubles: The lost boys of Belfast

505

The Palestinian-Israeli conflict explained: “Two peoples, one land”

506

The IRA's Mountjoy Prison Helicopter Escape and the manhunt that followed

507

The witch trials of Islandmagee

508

Meet John Bew, the NI global policy expert with the ear of the PM

509

The 'Rules of War' explained

510

‘Supergrass’ trial: Allison Morris breaks down UVF murder case

511

Fake News: Why do people believe it and how can it be fought?

512

Black Magic: How the spooks used superstition against the IRA

513

Malachi O’Doherty: ‘How to fix Northern Ireland’

514

Black Axe: Massive international gang now firmly established in Ireland

515

Casement Park: The Euros are coming to Belfast, but NI fans divided

516

Politics: The Israeli-Hamas war and the NI split over it

517

Explainer: Israel-Hamas war - what happened and what could follow

518

Unsolved: The murder of Brian McDermott in 1973 Belfast

519

Máiría Cahill: "Republican movement underestimated my staying power"

520

‘Children identifying as cats’: Where does fake news come from?

521

Patrick Devaney: Portaferry man’s reign of terror over teens in detention

522

Ihab Shoukri and the UDA murder of Gerard Lawlor

523

GB News scandal: Wootton sacked from MailOnline in fallout from Laurence Fox interview

524

The DUP: Jeffrey Donaldson and the factions vying for the soul of his party

525

Pat Ward: The brutal murder which shocked a Tyrone village

526

Jay the Barber: From tragedy to triumph

527

Sean Quinn: Bankrupt former billionaire tells his side of the story

528

Christine Connor: The ‘lone wolf’ republican

529

Russell Brand: The mounting allegations and now the financial fallout

530

The Wolfe Tones: Despite the condemnation, young people are flocking to hear them – why?

531

Putin and Kim Jong Un: What does the bromance mean for Ukraine

532

Apocalypse Neagh: The source of 40% of NI’s water poisoned by bacteria

533

Thomas Niedermayer: How the IRA murder of a German businessman led to the death of his family

534

Sinn Féin: Aoife Moore's new book sets out to reveal the inner workings of Ireland’s largest political party

535

Wallace Thompson: DUP founder tells Sam McBride ‘New’ Ireland is inevitable

536

Comedian Tim McGarry talks comedy, religion and the need for integrated education

537

Policing in crisis: What next for the PSNI as Simon Byrne bows to the inevitable?

538

‘A People Under Siege’: Author Aaron Edwards in conversation with Sam McBride on the history and future of Ulster’s unionists

539

Putin after Prigozhin: Could he reach for the nuclear option to halt Ukrainian advance?

540

Polls back Jeffrey Donaldson’s boycott of Stormont – so what next?

541

What would a Labour Government mean for Northern Ireland?

542

Lucy Letby: We know what she did, but why did she do it?

543

Lucy Letby: Allison Morris breaks down the serial killer nurse case

544

The IRA murder of Andrew Kearney

545

Best of the BelTel: The complex legacy of SAS legend Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne

546

BelTel Revisited: The murder of Sean Fox and the hitmen taking out the ‘Marbella Crew’

547

Best of the BelTel: Bloody Friday- the IRA’s blitz of Belfast

548

BelTel Sport: Does the Irish League have a bright future or is it still stuck in the past?

549

Unsolved: Why was the murder of Rosaleen O'Kane not investigated?

550

PSNI Data Breach: officers left vulnerable due to ‘human error’

551

Brian Rowan: "We need outsiders to sort out the legacy of the Troubles"

552

Twitter becomes X: What is Elon Musk thinking and where can those fleeing the platform go?

553

QAnon: The ultimate conspiracy theory - the cabal, a shaman and a former US president

554

Stormont: Politics isn’t working so does Northern Ireland have a workable plan B?

555

Ronan Hughes and ‘Mo’ Robinson: The Armagh people smugglers and their 39 victims

556

Sinead O’Connor: Singer, songwriter, storyteller

557

Will Northern Ireland ever solve its ‘flags’ issue?

558

Best of the BelTel: Belfast Pride, how it began and what life was like for gay people in NI

559

The Peace Train: The IRA’s campaign against cross-border trains and the group set up to oppose it

560

The history of Pride: From the Stonewall Riots to Mardi Gras, how the LGBGT+ movement began

561

Suwei Shang: Where is the woman who stabbed her Derry husband to death?

562

Best of the BelTel: Patricia Curran, who really murdered the judge's daughter? (Part 2)

563

Best of the BelTel: The murder of Patricia Curran and the innocent man framed for it (Part 1)

564

PROMO: ‘I’m Not Here to Hurt You’ – A new podcast about Ireland’s most ‘polite bank robber’

565

Unsolved - the Dublin-Monaghan bombings and a search for the truth

566

Rise of the far-right: Across Europe once untouchable parties are making it in power

567

Best of the BelTel: Dissident Republicanism - why do they continue with violence?

568

Drumcree: The crisis over an Orange parade which brought NI to the brink

569

UFOs: Former Air Force officer says US is hiding alien spacecraft… and bodies

570

Best of the BelTel: The Twelfth - what is the origin of Orange culture?

571

Tubs: Ryan Tubridy, Noel Kelly & Dee Forbes – Profiling the 'talent', his agent & the director

572

The Best of the BelTel: Serial Killers - how are monsters made?

573

Margaret Thatcher: The IRA's plot to kill the 'Iron Lady' in the Brighton Bombing

574

Abusing witness protection: Allison Morris introduces the criminals given a new life paid for by the taxpayer

575

Entrepreneurship: Could teaching young people how to start a business be the key to economic progress?

576

The RTÉ grilling, Ryan Tubridy’s contract and Patrick Kielty’s pay

577

Best of the Beltel: Men are far more likely to be criminals than women, why?

578

Prigozhin, Putin, and what happens next in the battle for power in Russia

579

EXTRA: What Director General Dee Forbes knew – RTÉ break silence on Ryan Tubridy pay scandal

580

China and the USA: What’s driving tensions between the nuclear superpowers?

581

Punishment attacks: ‘What does it say about us that we tolerate the beating, shooting and abuse of our children?’

582

Best of the BelTel: Prigozhin - who is he and what is the Wagner group?

583

Good Friday Agreement: Alex Kane’s historic interview with David Trimble

584

Suzanne Breen: Jamie Bryson sets up secret talks between UDA, UVF and top Tory Simon Hoare

585

Extra: Race against time: the search for missing Titanic tourist sub

586

‘Once Upon A Time in Northern Ireland’: Sam McBride interviews directors of stunning BBC doc

587

Artificial Intelligence: Is it really ‘far more dangerous than nukes’ as the likes of Elon Musk claim?

588

Unsolved: A right royal scandal – who stole the Irish Crown Jewels?

589

The Monster of Romance (Part 2): How Philip O’Shea went from online catfisher to real life stalker – and how he got caught

590

The Monster of Romance (Part 1): ‘Evil’ catfisher threatens dozens of women – just for kicks

591

Chloe Mitchell murder accused ‘escaped three times from secure mental health facility’

592

Sam McBride: 'The state of Defence Forces shows the Irish government and republicans aren't seriously planning for a United Ireland'

593

Queen Elizabeth II, the IRA and the FBI

594

Rory McIlroy on LIV Golf, The PGA Tour merger and Saudi Money: What next for golf?

595

Ireland’s Defence Forces: Does neutrality mean having no military capability?

596

Belfast’s Eamonn Holmes takes no prisoners as he levels the accusations at Phillip Schofield

597

Best of the BelTel: The Birmingham Six, why were they framed and who really planted the IRA's bombs?

598

Phillip Schofield scandal: 'Unwise but not illegal', but will ITV's morning show survive the fallout of his affair?

599

Ireland’s Defence Forces: Not neutral, just defenceless and couldn’t cope with united Ireland, says TD

600

John Caldwell trial: Allison Morris has the latest as seven are charged

601

Allison Morris and Sam McBride survey the NI political landscape after an election earthquake

602

GAA manager Rory Gallagher, Nicola Gallagher and the domestic abuse allegations

603

Lives taken (Pt 4 of 4): ‘I’m still seeking the truth, 51-years-on, I don’t want Robert’s name forgotten’

604

Lives taken (Pt 3 of 4): RUC victim’s son says ‘The IRA had a choice, but they took away other people’s choices when they took their lives’

605

Lives taken (Pt 2 of 4): ‘My father was murdered in front of me when I was ten’ - it was ‘ethnic cleansing’

606

Lives taken (Pt 1 of 4): Slain UDR man’s daughter feels IRA wanted to "get rid of as many Protestants as possible"

607

Profiled: Patrick Kielty, the new Late Late Show host

608

‘How a cult brainwashed me, and how I escaped’

609

Gerard Mackin: Meet the brutal Belfast-born Kinahan enforcer the Irish criminal underworld fears

610

Elections in Belfast, can the ‘others’ become the largest block?

611

Derry and Strabane Council will see Sinn Féin and SDLP fight for the top spot – but the pack is snapping at their heels

612

The Irish Famine: ‘Trevelyan’s Corn’ and should his descendants make amends?

613

NI local elections: Nationalism, Unionism and others battle to win council seats

614

Sectarian incidents continue: is the problem getting even worse?

615

King Charles is crowned with support of just 42% of NI folk for monarchy

616

LucidTalk: Polls, politics and parties – support for Sinn Féin holds, unionists support DUP hardline on Stormont

617

Ann Ogilby: Murdered by teenage UDA girls over jealousy

618

‘Nutting Squad’: Third member of IRA's security unit suspected of being a double agent

619

Sam McBride tells story of Mobuoy, the illegal super dump polluting Londonderry’s water supply

620

Dublin's Trial of the Century (Part 1): The life and crimes of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch

621

Dublin's Trial of the Century (Part 2): Robin Schiller's first-hand account of Regency shooting.

622

Dublin's Trial of the Century (Part 3): Jonathan Dowdall, criminal connections, and his shadow over Sinn Féin

623

Peace and sport in NI: poaching players, police playing GAA, Premier League football in Belfast and the Giants

624

Colm Murphy: Who was the veteran republican found liable for Omagh Bombing?

625

Columba McVeigh: The teenager 'disappeared' by the IRA

626

Unsolved: Allison Morris investigates the murder of Michaela McAreavey

627

Freddie Scappaticci: British spy Stakeknife and IRA 'nutting squad' executioner

628

Good Friday Agreement: ‘25 year later, we are no nearer to agreeing what happened’

629

Peace at last? 25 years on from the Good Friday Agreement

630

Good Friday Agreement: ‘We missed every opportunity’, admits Stormont’s former top spin-doctor

631

Enoch Burke claims 'judge laughed, mocked, and ridiculed me' - controversial Christian's court travails

632

What does Russia really want in Ukraine and what are ordinary Russians thinking?

633

Scissor Sisters: Carved and discarded, the gruesome tactics of Dublin's murderous siblings

634

MI5 raises terror threat in NI to “severe” before US president Biden visit

635

East Belfast UVF expels 20 for drug-dealing as PSNI crack down

636

South-East Antrim UDA: ‘Purge’ underway as new management takes over

637

The week that was in it, Boris, Trump, and the price of a pint

638

Census reveals lower percentage of LGB+ people in NI and more

639

Michael O'Neill: Can the returning Northern Ireland manager recapture the magic of Euro 2016?

640

New IRA: Why do dissident republicans continue with their violent campaigns?

641

The Burkes: Mayo Christian family cause chaos in court

642

Jeffrey Donaldson’s quandary as DUP supporters say ‘No’ to Windsor Framework Brexit deal

643

Belfast’s heroin epidemic, are overdose prevention centres a solution?

644

Michael Carroll, Lottery win disasters and how to avoid them

645

Noel Johnston: The life and crimes of Ballymena’s 'Cocaine King'

646

Bonus: NI's first referendum on a United Ireland, 50 year ago

647

Kim Jong-un's North Korea: Assassinations, nuclear tensions and the child heiress to the throne

648

John DeLorean: The rise and fall of the man who brought the future back to Belfast

649

The murder of Robert McCartney and the IRA cover up

650

What is the Windsor Framework and will it be enough for the DUP?

651

Allison Morris on the New IRA threat after Omagh shooting

652

‘The Firm’ - Lurgan and Portadown’s cross-community crime gang

653

What makes a serial killer and why are we fascinated by them?

654

High profile PSNI detective critical after suspected New IRA gun attack

655

Sean Fox: Drugs boss murdered ‘after protection money for dissidents not passed on’

656

Wagner: Putin's private army of prisoners

657

Nicola Sturgeon: why has the Scottish FM decided to go?

658

Nicola Bulley: Rumours rife as mother of two remains missing

659

Submarines and secret planes: How Dublin's Kinahans and other cartels are smuggling drugs

660

Sam McBride quizzes Paul Gosling, the Englishman arguing for Irish unity

661

Stephen Fulton, the wife-killer forced to resign from top Orange Order position

662

Enoch Burke: What is the Mayo evangelical Christian trying to achieve?

663

‘Mo’ Courtney, the UDA, and trouble brewing on the Shankill

664

Eoin McGonigal - Paddy Mayne’s best friend and SAS original

665

Lucid Talk poll reveals unionists have turned against Good Friday Agreement

666

Meet the Burkes - The evangelical family from Mayo at the centre of controversy

667

True Crime: Robert Black, the making of a child serial killer

668

Andrew Tate: Who is this champion of toxic masculinity?

669

How spy Dennis McFadden and MI5 controlled a human rights group fronted by Gerry Conlon

670

Stephen Nolan on Jamie Bryson, money, and his longing for a family (Part 2)

671

Stephen Nolan: Sam McBride’s exclusive with ‘biggest journo in the country’ (Part 1)

672

Prince Harry: What is he playing at?

673

Allison Morris on the murder of Natalie McNally and the scourge of femicide

674

Crypto, Sam Bankman-Fried and Newry’s millionaire wonderkid

675

Lord Lucan, the horrific murder, his Irish links and could a man in Australia really be him?

676

“My Name is Joseph”: How a young Belfast man lost his life in prison

677

Best of the BelTel: Dennis Donaldson, Britain's agent at the heart of Sinn Féin and the IRA

678

The Best of the BelTel: What happened to Lisa Dorrian?

679

Best of the BelTel: Murdered in prison - How the INLA killed Billy Wright

680

2022, a massive year for news, profound change and not short of farce

681

Best of the BelTel: Inside the mind of Hazel Stewart

682

Best of the BelTel: The story of the Castlereagh Raid

683

Downfall: Sean Quinn, the Cavan Versailles and the wrath of the fairies

684

Colin Harvey makes the case for a United Ireland

685

Lee Reynolds makes the case for the Union

686

The complex legacy of SAS legend Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne

687

Newry gangland murder sparks fears of further bloodshed

688

Wrightbus and Green Pastures in the headlines as court actions begun against the company directors and the mega-church

689

The Loyalist Flag Protests, 10 years on

690

The Peru Two: From dancer to drug smuggler, the Michaela McCollum story

691

Unsolved: The murder of Marian Beattie

692

Sam McBride on the new details which have emerged in the NAMA controversy

693

Prisons are filled with men and not women - is it that men are simply more likely to be 'evil'?

694

Monica McWilliams tells the story of the Northern Ireland Womens’ Coalition

695

Suzanne Breen talks polls, politics and parties and whether ‘joint authority’ is a runner

696

Miscarriage of justice: The story of the Birmingham Six

697

The ‘cost-of-living crisis,’ what is it, who caused it, and how will affect you?

698

New Belfast drug gangs emerge after old guard's secret gangster phones hacked by French spies

699

Lord Mountbatten: Allegations of abuse made against King Charles' mentor

700

The Death Investigator- "Everyone who has children in NI should be worried about this!"

701

"The Belfast agreement was not as good as what was already offered in 1973"- Dermot Nesbitt discusses the past, present and future of unionism

702

Allison Morris reports on Loyalism’s sense of betrayal seeing support for peace ‘waning’

703

Would the Republic vote for a United Ireland?

704

Downing Street's 60 days of chaos!

705

Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald, new book says she's a 'Republican Riddle'

706

'Feis fixing': Irish dancing embroiled in cheating allegations

707

Who killed the judge's daughter?: The murder of Patricia Curran and why her family was not properly investigated (Part 2)

708

Who killed the judge's daughter?: The murder of Patricia Curran and how an innocent man was stitched up for it (Part 1)

709

West Belfast’s ‘Marbella’ drugs crew being decimated by ‘professional’ hitman

710

Carrickfergus, the seaside town in the grip of the UDA and UVF

711

Alex Kane on where ‘despondent’ unionism goes now

712

Whitey Bulger and me – John Crawley on his life as an IRA gunrunner

713

Do we need to dump comforts and capitalism to solve the climate crisis?

714

NI has held a United Ireland border poll before, here’s what happened

715

Madeleine McCann — The little girl lost in time and 15 years of heartbreak

716

Ready, Steady, Census.... Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland

717

Nurses warn hospitals aren’t safe for patients as strikes loom

718

Eamonn McCann: Protestants coming round to the idea of a United Ireland is ‘magical thinking’

719

The Spence family tragedy ten years on, Nevin’s rugby legacy and what might have been

720

Joe Brolly: In the GAA, we treat referees like s**t. It’s a toxic culture that must change

721

Covid-19, was the lockdown necessary and have we dropped our guard too soon?

722

Northern Ireland reacts to the death of Queen Elizabeth II

723

The Rise and Fall of Boris Johnson

724

UN Expert - ‘Climate change will lead to war’

725

Sean Quinn, the €100,000 wedding cake, and the right to be forgotten

726

Scottish Independence would be a ‘shock’ for Northern Ireland unionists

727

Princess Diana: The impact of her death and what she was really like

728

Hazel Stewart: The mind of one of Northern Ireland’s most notorious female killers

729

What happened to Lisa Dorrian?

730

Who shot Michael Collins?

731

‘Mucky Marty’ – Who is Northern Ireland’s most prolific pimp?

732

Shot and left for dead: Northern Ireland man who was tortured and shot while his wife was murdered tells his story

733

The BelTel: The Kidnapping Of Shergar - Ireland's most famous missing racehorse

734

Kidnapped- "It was the most terrifying face I've ever seen!"

735

Sectarianism - "It is getting worse!"

736

From RUC Stings To Street Parades - The Story Of Belfast Pride

737

Barrys to Curry's - the story of the takeover that saved summer

738

Bonus Episode: Union leader ‘struggling’ to see how the NI Protocol Bill will improve life for farmers

739

Bloody Friday, the IRA's blitz of Belfast

740

FBI’s Most Wanted - The Bulgarian Cryptoqueen, a $4bn scam, and her Irish connections.

741

Voter fraud, bombs and bullets, from the Armalite to the ballot box, the reality of NI elections

742

The Orange Order and the Twelfth, how did it come about?

743

From Trinity College to leader of Sinn Féin – the making of Mary Lou McDonald

744

Scappaticci, IRA executioner and British agent, Stakeknife

745

IRA Heist - the mystery of the Northern Bank robbery

746

LIV Golf, the Saudi Government and Sportwashing

747

SPECIAL: Northern Ireland’s finest hour, Spain ’82

748

Could Donald Trump end up in jail?

749

The murder of Lyra McKee and the New IRA in Derry

750

Bonus Episode: Sam McBride interviews Maroš Šefčovič.

751

The UDA - why does it still exist?

752

Northern Ireland’s other disappeared, women murdered by men and secretly buried

753

Bonus episode: Why do so many of us love Love Island?

754

'Vladimir Putin has turned Russia into a totalitarian state'

755

The Castlereagh Break-in – how the IRA did it and what they took

756

Airport Chaos: How to get your money back when a flight is cancelled

757

PSNI: Beaten, attacked with bricks and shot at!

758

Ian McElhinney: Star Wars actor and Derry Girls' Granda Joe talks history and spin-offs

759

The story of Ballymena’s Green Pastures mega church and its pastor, Jeff Wright

760

Derry Girls, laughs, nostalgia, and a roaring success for Northern Ireland

761

Cash or reform – what does Northern Ireland’s NHS need most?

762

What exactly is the Northern Ireland Protocol?

763

Northern Ireland’s politics have changed so what happens next?

764

How MI5 agent Dennis McFadden crippled the New IRA

765

Northern Ireland’s key political battles with Suzanne Breen

766

Denis Donaldson, the British agent at the heart of the IRA and Sinn Féin

767

Vindicated: The whistleblower vet who took on the government and won

768

The BelTel - Introduction