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The LVF murder of journalist Martin O’Hagan and the struggle for justice
Martin O’Hagan was a former IRA prisoner who eventually rejected violence and became an investigative reporter with the Sunday World. He was murdered…
1 year, 4 months ago
Suzanne Breen: NI split over DUP meetings with LCC, O’Neill suffers from McMonagle fall-out but Sinn Féin’s support solid
The Belfast Telegraph’s political editor Suzanne Breen joins Ciarán Dunbar with her analysis of Belfast Telegraph’s LucidTalk polling, including a re…
1 year, 4 months ago
Allison Morris: "PSNI failed to do even the most basic police work" in Katie Simpson murder investigation
The Police Ombudsman says the PSNI investigation into the death of Katie Simpson was “flawed and failed her family”. The 21-year-old died in hospital…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Newry actress, the Iraqi businessman and the multi-million-pound gangster film scam
In the making of a film ironically titled ‘A Landscape of Lies’, Newry born actress Aoife Madden was joined by a wealthy Iraqi businessman to try the…
1 year, 4 months ago
EXTRA: Ex-Sinn Féin man McMonagle jailed for child sex offences
Ex-Sinn Féin press officer Michael McMonagle have been sentenced to nine months in custody for child sex offences. In one incident, he believed he wa…
1 year, 4 months ago
Enniskillen Bombing: "30 people involved, yet Nobody has been brought to justice”, Denzil McDaniel
The Enniskillen Bomb in November 1987 sent shockwaves across the world. An IRA bomb at a Remembrance Day service in the town killed 11 civilians, inc…
1 year, 4 months ago
Trump triumphant by a landslide – how and why did he win the American people?
Donald Trump has resoundingly won the US Presidency. He is now the oldest person to win the presidency, the only convicted felon to do so, and the on…
1 year, 4 months ago
Loughinisland Massacre: Trevor Birney on the PSNI’s "Stasi" tactics, and his arrest
Loughinisland is a small parish in Co. Down. Its name has become synonymous with the infamous Loughinisland Massacre, when six were killed by the UVF…
1 year, 4 months ago
Alf McCreary: Journalism, a lucky break, Ian Paisley and faith
Alf McCreary walked into the Belfast Telegraph on September 1, 1964 – and asked for a job. 60 years on, he's still writing for the paper. Alf’s caree…
1 year, 4 months ago
The UVF and the savage '70s: Shankill Butchers, Gusty Spence, and the Dublin Monaghan Bombings
The UVF began the 1970s with a campaign to cleans Catholics and Catholic owned businesses from Protestant dominated areas. With the IRA’s campaign at…
1 year, 4 months ago