Podcast Episodes

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

Gerry Adams has been under cross-examination in Dublin. The former Sinn Féin leader has taken a defamation case against the BBC. 

He claims a Spotligh…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

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

Séamus Ruddy was 33 when he was abducted, tortured, shot dead and buried in secret in northern France by the INLA in 1985. A former member of the IRS…

11 months, 4 weeks ago

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

In centuries past, the word 'conclave' meant Catholic cardinals were literally locked away until a new pope had been elected. Today, it's the world t…

11 months, 4 weeks ago

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

Why did supposed peacemaker David Ervine threaten to “bomb the **** out of Dublin”, why did the British Government allow the UDA to be a legal organi…

1 year ago

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

A Co Down man charged with raping and falsely imprisoning a woman has been on the run for almost two years after refusing to attend his trial, claimi…

1 year ago

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

Rap band Kneecap maintain they have "faced a coordinated smear campaign" in recent days over their pro-Palestinian stance. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch …

1 year ago

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

The Northern Ireland under-secretary of state Fleur Anderson has said publicly that opinion polls will determine if and when a referendum on Irish un…

1 year ago

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

Brian Stack was the chief officer in the maximum security Port Laoise prison, which housed IRA members.

In March 1983, he was gunned down by the IRA …

1 year ago

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

The Sallins train robbery was one of the most daring and lucrative heists in the history of the Irish State. And for Osgur Breatnach, a journalist an…

1 year ago

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

On the night of March 30th, 1976, a gang of armed men held a family hostage in rural County Kildare and derailed a mail train carrying the equivalent…

1 year ago