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Belfast: Rosaleen O’Kane and the murder the RUC didn't investigate
Rosaleen O’Kane was found in a burning flat in north Belfast in 1976, her body stripped and set on fire. Rosaleen was 33 years old. Why did the RUC n…
1 year, 6 months ago
Belfast: The Falls Road Curfew - the raid on the Official IRA which turned west Belfast against British Army
On the 3rd of July 1970 the British Army sealed off the lower Falls. A ‘curfew’ is announced. Troops go in, searching for IRA weapons. But the use o…
1 year, 6 months ago
Belfast: Bloody Friday – What impact did the IRA’s Blitz have?
The 21st of July 1972 was the most prolific day of IRA bombings during the Troubles. Nine people were killed and 130 injured as a blitz of 22 bombs d…
1 year, 6 months ago
Sam McBride: The IRA’s Northern Bank Robbery and how it almost shattered the peace process
The infamous Northern Bank heist shook the peace process to its core with suspicion immediately falling on the Provisional IRA. The Northern Bank was…
1 year, 6 months ago
BelTel Football: NI star Gareth McAuley reveals all about his incredible career
The BelTel Football panel discuss Linfield star Joel Cooper’s shock Coleraine switch, Larne’s managerial crisis as Nathan Rooney steps down and North…
1 year, 6 months ago
‘Say Nothing’: The ‘Disappeared’ of Andersonstown, John McClory and Brian McKinney
Sunday World Assistant Editor Gerry Millar spent the early years of his career investigating the mystery of those who were ‘disappeared’ by the IRA, …
1 year, 6 months ago
40 years of Band Aid: Christmas, charity and controversy
When the BBC aired journalist Michael Buerk's harrowing reports of Ethiopian famine in 1984, few could have imagined the surprising and enduring lega…
1 year, 6 months ago
Left, right, populism and woke – why are the working classes not voting socialist?
We use them every day, but do the terms left and right really describe our politics today. What is ‘woke’ and why do people hate it? And socialists s…
1 year, 6 months ago
Don Anderson: The NI journalist who escaped fall of Saigon as airport burned tells the story of reporting Vietnam
Don Anderson was one of the BBC’s TV reporters in Saigon during the final days of the Vietnam War. He joins Ciarán Dunbar to tell his incredible stor…
1 year, 6 months ago
‘Peace’ game is up for UVF chief Winston “Winkie” Irvine as he finally admits gun charges
UVF chief Winston “Winkie” Irvine is facing jail time after pleading guilty to firearms charges. It means the well-known loyalist Irvine’s dual-caree…
1 year, 6 months ago