Podcast Episodes

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

The latest BelTel / LucidTalk polling reveals Sinn Féin keep the top spot as both the DUP and UUP see a slight boost in popularity, but the trend is …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

UVF members behind Dublin Monaghan Bombings named

Members of the UVF unit responsible for the Dublin and Monaghan bombings have been named for the first time. The bombings in May 1974 killed 33 civil…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

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

The release of Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir ‘Nobody’s Girl’ has brought new details of Prince Andrew’s alleged involvement in her abuse to li…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Flags and sectarian grievances are ‘hindering NI boxing’

According to a report by the Equality Commission, Flags and sectarian grievances are ‘hindering NI boxing’. The review comes after boxer Daryl Clarke…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Bloody Sunday Soldier F found not guilty

Soldier F has been cleared of two murders on Bloody Sunday. A judge in Belfast has ruled the evidence against the veteran fell below the standard nee…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

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

With days to go in the two-horse race to the Irish Presidency, who is likely to come out on top, and what could the winner mean for Northern Ireland?…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

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

'Many people in the south have no northern friends'Some clinging to the NHS... but people live longer under Republic's systemHow can you argue for an…

5 months ago

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

Imagine a sporting arena in which the taboo becomes the rule; where athletes aren’t tested, but encouraged to push the “chemical boundaries” of sport…

5 months ago

Newry drug baron ‘The Chocolate’ unwrapped at last

One of Northern Ireland’s most powerful drug barons - ‘The Chocolate’ - can finally be unmasked. 48-year-old Newry man John McGivern has been forced …

5 months ago

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

Mike Nesbitt has set out his vision for unionism at the UUP conference – but is he ready to pass the baton? 

Meanwhile at Stormont, arguments over cul…

5 months ago