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“What has gone wrong?”: Allison Morris on Northern Ireland’s femicide problem
In the past six weeks, four women have been killed in NI, bringing this year’s total of alleged femicides up to six. At the time of recording, a furt…
1 year, 8 months ago
‘Peace at last’: The story of the Loyalist ceasefires 30 years on
On the 13 October 1994, six weeks after the IRA announced a ‘complete cessation’, the Loyalist paramilitary groups declared their ceasefires. The UVF…
1 year, 8 months ago
“The Manchester Bombing was an elaborate hoax”: why do some people believe terror victims are ‘crisis actors’?
22 people died in the 2017 Manchester Bombing, and over a thousand were injured. Former TV producer Richard Hall has been in court for allegedly hara…
1 year, 8 months ago
Suzanne Breen on Sinn Féin's McMonagle problem and Claire Hanna as she takes charge of SDLP
Michelle O’Neill faced the assembly and with the repeated use of the words “sorry” and “apologise” tried to extricate Sinn Féin from the mire of the …
1 year, 9 months ago
UDA soap opera continues, Spence flees, Beachball’s back on Sandy Row and ’Ards boss fined for running a checkpoint
Former-UDA man Jim Spence, who has always denied links with the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane, has sold his £275,000 house in West Belfast and fle…
1 year, 9 months ago
Michelle O’Neill and Sinn Féin struggle with questions over how they dealt with child sex offender
Michelle O’Neill says she’s “aghast and horrified” that two Sinn Féin press officers, including their top spin doctor, gave references to a former co…
1 year, 9 months ago
Arlene Foster: How we almost booked her as a renewable energy expert for 10k
Former First Minister Arlene Foster has been advertising herself as a renewable energy expert at a cost of more than £10,000 a day. The Belfast Teleg…
1 year, 9 months ago
“Michael Collins disappeared far more people than Martin McGuinness’ comrades in the Provisional IRA”
During the Troubles, Republicans ‘disappeared’ 17 people - murdering them, and secretly burying them. But the Provisional IRA and the INLA were not t…
1 year, 9 months ago
“We sold our house for this”: Cruise passengers ‘stranded’ in Belfast before 3-year long trip
A cruise ship which has been docked in Belfast for four months has been facing repeated faults, leaving 600 passengers stranded in Northern Ireland. …
1 year, 9 months ago
Loyalists call on DUP education minister to block integrated Irish school in east Belfast
The LCC includes representatives of the UVF, UDA and the Red Hand Commando. A political row has developed following a decision by the DUP Education M…
1 year, 9 months ago