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Danny Morrison on 'inevitable' united Ireland, Gerry Adams, and Stormont
Danny Morrison was once Sinn Féin’s publicity director - well-known for the phrase ‘a ballot box in one hand and an Armalite in the other’. Now, he’s…
5 months ago
Would a nine-county Northern Ireland have survived?
Northern Ireland is six counties. But the province of Ulster was – and is – made up of nine counties – all including Ulster Protestants. As partition…
5 months, 1 week ago
Julian Simmons on WW3 and Alien invasions, missing 'the old UTV', and losing his mum
Julian Simmons is a Northern Ireland broadcasting legend, best known for his colourful introductions to soaps on UTV. Although continuity was axed on…
5 months, 1 week ago
"It looks like a youth club": The open prison that lets NI’s most violent men roam free
Burren House is a part of Northern Ireland’s prison system that many of us have never heard of. It’s a pre-release open prison – supposedly intended …
5 months, 1 week ago
Socialist vigilantes linked to pipe-bomb attacks on west Belfast far right
Members of a vigilante group targeting far-right activists have been blamed for pipe bomb attacks in west Belfast. Sources say the group, which calls…
5 months, 1 week ago
Enoch Burke jailed again: Who is funding his crusade?
Enoch Burke and his family have been a recurring fixture in Irish media for the past three years. What began as a workplace dispute over his objectio…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Presbyterian Church mired in controversy as PSNI launch criminal investigation
The PSNI has is probing safeguarding failures in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. It comes after the church’s moderator Trevor Gribben quit citing…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
BelTel Politics: The BBC, Stormont and a toxic environment for women
Stormont has celebrated its first 10,000 days, but is it struggling with continuing political toxicity? As the UUP’s only mayor says she has faced ex…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Anglo-Irish Agreement (Part Three): The ‘game-changer’ which lead to the Good Friday Agreement
Despite the protests and the anger of unionists, the Anglo-Irish Agreement endured under superseeded by the GFA. Some see it as a key factor in attra…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Anglo-Irish Agreement (Part Two): ‘Ulster Says No’ - mass protests erupt over ‘evil document’
Unionists felt that Margaret Thatcher was someone they could trust so when she signed the Anglo-Irish Agreement giving Dublin the right to be consult…
5 months, 2 weeks ago