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The IRA’s infamous escape from Belfast’s prison ship, the HMS Maidstone
HMS Maidstone, an ex-Royal Navy Ship, was used in the early 1970s to hold internees. In January 1972, a group of IRA prisoners swam 270 meters throug…
1 year, 5 months ago
Allison Morris: John George’s return flight from Alicante was “booked after he was dead”
Twenty-four days after John George was reported missing in Spain, a body was found. The father-of-two from west Belfast had travelled to Alicante in …
1 year, 5 months ago
Jarlath Burns and Rory Gallagher row: Does the GAA have a problem with double standards?
A fierce clash between GAA president Jarlath Burns and former Derry manager Rory Gallagher has led to the threat of legal action and a split in publi…
1 year, 5 months ago
Revealed: Sam McBride on secret unionist unity talks between DUP and UUP
Unionist unity is an idea often proposed but has never seemed to progress. But now, The Belfast Telegraph can reveal secret DUP-UUP unity talks were …
1 year, 5 months ago
Sam McBride: Files revealed on Ian Paisley, DUP’s sex education panic and the plans to dam Strangford Lough
This Christmas the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland made available papers which were previously classified. Sam McBride joins Ciarán Dunbar t…
1 year, 5 months ago
What Dublin’s secret files reveal about NI, Trimble, Bruton, JFK and Casement
Unionists fiercely resist calls for a border poll for on a United Ireland, but that was not always the case. David Trimble campaigned for a poll in 2…
1 year, 6 months ago
Lion tamer, street-fighter and 'sectarian murderer': The life and crimes of Buck Alec Robinson
For most people, the legendary Belfast character of Buck Alec will ring a bell. Infamous for his pet lion and street-fighting career, he was even rum…
1 year, 6 months ago
Belfast: Killing Edgar (P2) - The IRA murder of Edgar Graham at Queen’s University Belfast
Edgar Graham was murdered in broad daylight at Queen’s University on 7 December 1983.
A law lecturer and unionist politician, Sam McBride examines hi…
1 year, 6 months ago
Belfast: Killing Edgar (P1) The IRA murder of Edgar Graham at Queen’s University
Edgar Graham was just 29 years old when the IRA gunned him down at Queen’s University in Belfast.
The young law lecturer and unionist politician was …
1 year, 6 months ago
2024: The year of political scandals, returns and bizarre plot twists
2024 brought political returns, countless scandals, and that one girls night at the Devenish which shocked Northern Ireland. To reminisce on this yea…
1 year, 6 months ago