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Private Investigator: Ian Withers on tracking the IRA, informing for the Seychelles government and murder allegations
Globe-trotting Private Investigator Ian Withers reflects on his extraordinary career, from speaking to Gerry Kelly in prison after the 1973 Old Baile…
2 years, 3 months ago
Sam McBride and Allison Morris on Jeffrey Donaldson’s arrest and what it means for the DUP
Northern Ireland Politics were thrown into chaos at the weekend when Jeffrey Donaldson resigned as DUP leader. He’s been charged with historical sex …
2 years, 3 months ago
Best of the BelTel: James Mitchell, the Butcher of Glenanne
Mitchell’s farm was the base of the ‘Glenanne Gang’, a mix of loyalist paramilitaries and rogue members of the security forces. The ‘Glenanne Gang’ w…
2 years, 3 months ago
Jeffrey Donaldson resigns as DUP leader after being charged with historical sex offences
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has resigned as DUP leader after being charged with historical sex offences. The Belfast Telegraph’s Northern Ireland editor Sa…
2 years, 3 months ago
Ian Hurst: The Army ‘spook’ who exposed Scappaticci and accuses McGuinness
Ian Hurst worked with the British Army’s ‘Force Research Unit’ during the Troubles. He later exposed Freddie Scappaticci as the agent known as Stakek…
2 years, 3 months ago
Simon Harris and NI, Sinn Féin heckled left and right
Tom Galvin and Andrew Madden join Ciaran Dunbar to explain who Simon Harris is and what he might mean for Northern Ireland. And with Sinn Féin being …
2 years, 3 months ago
Megan McAlorum: Murderer of west Belfast teen dies in road crash
Sixteen year old Megan McAlorum’s body was found in a Dunmurry forest in 2004 after a night out. Her body was found with 54 fractures to her skull, a…
2 years, 3 months ago
Pat McArt: Derry, the Troubles and Martin McGuinness
As editor of The Derry Journal during the Troubles, Pat McArt found himself a trusted critic and counsellor to political giants like Martin McGuinnes…
2 years, 3 months ago
Pearse McCauley: The life and crimes of the IRA garda killer and wife beater
*A warning, today's episode contains details of domestic violence which listeners may find upsetting*
Terrorist, garda killer and prolific wife bea…
2 years, 3 months ago
Sam McBride's week in politics: TUV, Reform, Gaza and Biden
The TUV have hooked up with Reform UK but what is in this arrangement for both parties and who is Reform UK anyway? And Sinn Féin went to America de…
2 years, 3 months ago