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Best of the BelTel: Belfast Pride, how it began and what life was like for gay people in NI
The first Belfast Pride was held in 1991, a handful of people took part. At that time, Northern Ireland which was much less tolerant and understandin…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Peace Train: The IRA’s campaign against cross-border trains and the group set up to oppose it
The IRA’s aim was to unite Ireland - so why did it do its best to stop cross-border railway services? It came very close to succeeding but were stron…
2 years, 7 months ago
Suwei Shang: Where is the woman who stabbed her Derry husband to death?
Suwei Shang was last seen 10 years ago when she left court after admitting killing her husband. After her arrest, more than £100,000 was discovered i…
2 years, 7 months ago
The history of Pride: From the Stonewall Riots to Mardi Gras, how the LGBGT+ movement began
To celebrate Pride month, the Indo Daily finds out how the global parade got started and why the fight for equality and Gay rights goes on for the LB…
2 years, 7 months ago
Best of the BelTel: Patricia Curran, who really murdered the judge's daughter? (Part 2)
Patricia Curran’s mutilated body was discovered just 40 yards from her home at 2 o’clock in the morning on the 13th of November 1952. She was a jud…
2 years, 7 months ago
Best of the BelTel: The murder of Patricia Curran and the innocent man framed for it (Part 1)
The early hours of the morning on the 12th of November 1952, a judge’s daughter, Patricia Curran, is found dead in the garden of her family home. She…
2 years, 8 months ago
PROMO: ‘I’m Not Here to Hurt You’ – A new podcast about Ireland’s most ‘polite bank robber’
How does a high-flying academic become one of Ireland's most prolific bank robbers? From the award winning team behind the Indo Daily comes I'm Not H…
2 years, 8 months ago
Unsolved - the Dublin-Monaghan bombings and a search for the truth
The Dublin Monaghan bombings on May 17th 49 years ago killed 34 people, including an unborn baby, and injured almost 300. Almost half a century on, n…
2 years, 8 months ago
Rise of the far-right: Across Europe once untouchable parties are making it in power
Across Europe political parties regarded as ‘far-right’ are gaining in strength and some are gaining power. Are they a threat to democracy, why is th…
2 years, 8 months ago
Best of the BelTel: Dissident Republicanism - why do they continue with violence?
The Provisional IRA have long since ended its armed campaign but republican political violence continues. What do groups like the New IRA hope to ac…
2 years, 8 months ago