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Ian Ogle: Ciaran Barnes on the murder that rocked the East Belfast UVF
Loyalist Ian Ogle was murdered just yards from his east Belfast home in an attack compared to an attack from a “pack of hyenas”. Five people have now…
1 year, 5 months ago
'Notorious' - Conor McGregor’s career and legacy is in freefall – what next?
One week on from the verdict in Nikita Hand’s civil rape case against Conor McGregor, the Irish MMA fighter’s career is in freefall. Since last Frida…
1 year, 5 months ago
Joe Lynskey: The monk who joined the IRA and was 'disappeared' by it over trying to kill his love rival
Remains exhumed from a grave in County Monaghan are being DNA tested to determine whether they include those of Joe Lynskey. One of the ‘disappeared’…
1 year, 5 months ago
The life and crimes of UFF hitman and Johnny ‘Mad Dog’ Adair sidekick Gary ‘Smickers’ Smith
Gary ‘Smickers’ Smith was Johnny ‘Mad Dog’ Adair’s deputy on the Shankill. As a UFF hitman, he was involved in over 20 sectarian murders. Smith lived…
1 year, 5 months ago
‘Say Nothing’: Allison Morris on what really happened when she met Dolours Price
'Say nothing’ focuses on the lives of IRA members Marian and Dolours Price, Brendan ‘The Dark’ Hughes, and their interactions with future Sinn Féin l…
1 year, 5 months ago
Double Cross: The Ardoyne murder of Robbie Lawlor, and the brutal feud that led to his death
“Ruthless. Psychopath. Dangerous.” These are just some of the words used to describe Robbie Lawlor, a formerly leading figure in the notorious Droghe…
1 year, 5 months ago
Boxing stars Barry McGuigan, Carl Frampton and the £6 million lawsuit
Under boxing legend Barry McGuigan’s guidance Carl Frampton won world titles in 2014 and 2016. However, their relationship fell apart in a legal batt…
1 year, 5 months ago
‘Ulster-Scot Hillbilly’ JD Vance is ‘one heartbeat away from the presidency’ - who is he?
Incoming US Vice President JD Vance is a self-professed ‘Scots-Irish Hillbilly’. He first made waves in US politics with his best selling memoir ‘Hil…
1 year, 5 months ago
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, 5 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, 5 months ago