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‘Nutting Squad’: Third member of IRA's security unit suspected of being a double agent
A third senior member of the IRA's notorious 'Nutting Squad' is now suspected of working with the British. How did this group, who had access to some…
2 years, 10 months ago
Sam McBride tells story of Mobuoy, the illegal super dump polluting Londonderry’s water supply
An estimated million tons of illegal waste lies buried just a few hundred metres from the edge of Derry and just five metres from the river which sup…
2 years, 10 months ago
Dublin's Trial of the Century (Part 1): The life and crimes of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch
Stealing lemonade at the age of 9, being locked up in Mountjoy prison at the age of 15, to masterminding some of the country’s biggest heists in his …
2 years, 10 months ago
Dublin's Trial of the Century (Part 2): Robin Schiller's first-hand account of Regency shooting.
The brazen Regency attack in February 2016 marked the beginning of a gangland war on a scale never before seen on the streets of Dublin, with a death…
2 years, 10 months ago
Dublin's Trial of the Century (Part 3): Jonathan Dowdall, criminal connections, and his shadow over Sinn Féin
Former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall is serving his sentence for facilitating the murder of David Byrne. We look at the rise and fall of the …
2 years, 10 months ago
Peace and sport in NI: poaching players, police playing GAA, Premier League football in Belfast and the Giants
Did you know that Mo Mowlam wanted Wimbledon to become the Belfast Dons and bring Premier League football to Northern Ireland? It never happened bu…
2 years, 10 months ago
Colm Murphy: Who was the veteran republican found liable for Omagh Bombing?
South Armagh republican Colm Murphy has died at the age of 70. He had been convicted but later acquitted of involvement in the Omagh bombing. He was …
2 years, 11 months ago
Columba McVeigh: The teenager 'disappeared' by the IRA
19-year-old Columba McVeigh was living in Dublin in 1975. The Tyrone man left his flat on Halloween night to buy some cigarettes and was never seen …
2 years, 11 months ago
Unsolved: Allison Morris investigates the murder of Michaela McAreavey
Twelve years ago, Michaela McAreavey was murdered in her hotel room while on honeymoon in Mauritius. She had married John McAreavey just 12 days earl…
2 years, 11 months ago
Best of the BelTel: How ‘Mad Dog’ Adair lost the Shankill
Johnny ‘Mad Dog’ Adair was on the top of his game.He was feared by nationalists and ruled the Shankill.Then he lost it all and was forced to flee in …
2 years, 11 months ago