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Alliance: From liberal Unionism, to the agnostic ‘middle ground’
Alliance was founded in 1970. Originally a strongly pro-union party before becoming agnostic on the border. 55 years later the party still exists and…
1 year, 4 months ago
Suzanne Breen: Irish unity, Sinn Féin’s White House dilemma and MLA pay rises
Suzanne Breen joins Ciarán Dunbar to go through the Belfast Telegraph’s latest LucidTalk polling, including the narrowing gap between support for the…
1 year, 4 months ago
Allison Morris on attempted murder of Sean O’Reilly as ONH feud boils over
There are fears of further bloodshed after an attempt on the life of a dissident republican in west Belfast. Taxi driver Sean O’Reilly was shot in th…
1 year, 4 months ago
William Hampton: The eccentric English millionaire who left his wealth to Sinn Féin
William Hampton was a nomadic millionaire famously described by Leo Varadkar “a vagabond who lived in a caravan”. Hampton left most of his fortune to…
1 year, 4 months ago
‘King Con’: Belfast conman Cartmill who scammed Stephen Nolan and Eamonn Holmes faces jail
Celebrity conman Jay Cartmill is facing prison after pleading guilty to 46 new fraud charges, taking his total number of criminal convictions to more…
1 year, 4 months ago
The East Tyrone IRA, Loughgall, Clonoe, and the SAS
A coroner’s ruling the SAS was unjustified in shooting dead four IRA men in Tryone has been controversial with unionist politicians and British Army …
1 year, 4 months ago
The IRA’s La Mon Bombing and the victims’ quest for justice
Twelve people died when the IRA fired bombed the La Mons House hotel on the 17 February 1978. Scores were injured, some horrifically. The Provisional…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Official IRA’s ‘training’ trip to North Korea
North Korea is one of the world’s most secretive states – known for its dictators who are treated like gods and an iron-clad grip on their citizens. …
1 year, 4 months ago
Allison Morris: The origins of the PSNI and the challenge of recruiting Catholics
23 years after its emergence, the PSNI is still less than one third Catholic and the numbers attempting to join are according to the Chief Constable …
1 year, 4 months ago
Ciaran Barnes: Why UDA shot pensioner after Bulgarian brothel raid in Coleraine
A Coleraine pensioner, who uses a mobility scooter, was shot five times in the arms and legs by the UDA. But what possible excuse would the loyalist …
1 year, 4 months ago