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

The Hunger Strikes had led to a surge in support for Republicanism and in October 1984, Margaret Thatcher herself, narrowly escaped death in the Brig…

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

“I’m still working because the thieving HMRC came after me...  at the most vulnerable time in my life,” Eamonn Holmes has revealed to the BelTel.  H…

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

Jonathan Walton describes himself as a ‘con-hunter’ but that’s not what he set out to be. The tv producer turned vigilante after he was scammed by co…

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

An east Belfast woman has been jailed after promising to donate a kidney over Facebook. Nicola Hutton reached out to Billy and Joanne Cullen over soc…

5 months, 4 weeks ago

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

Stormont Education Minister Paul Givan has been the focus of attention and anger over his visit to Israel. The UUP have lost a councillor, Linzi McLa…

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


The Fethard-on-Sea Boycott was a notorious event in Irish history. In 1957, Sheila Cloney, the Protestant wife of a Catholic farmer, fled her home wi…

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

 The Rev Ian Paisley rose to prominence as the face of hardline unionism but the first time some would have heard of him would have been in connectio…

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

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UVF members behind Dublin Monaghan Bombings named
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…

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

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