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The Palestinian-Israeli conflict explained: “Two peoples, one land”
The Israelis and Palestinians are two very distinct peoples, but geographically, Israel and Palestine are one and the same territories. How did this…
2 years, 11 months ago
The IRA's Mountjoy Prison Helicopter Escape and the manhunt that followed
50 years ago this week, Mountjoy Prison played host to one of the most dramatic escapes in history. It was a Halloween horror show for the onlooking …
2 years, 11 months ago
The witch trials of Islandmagee
Islandmagee is a quiet civil parish on the east coast of Northern Ireland. But in 1711, a newcomer to the area begins to have fits, regurgitates pins…
2 years, 11 months ago
Meet John Bew, the NI global policy expert with the ear of the PM
Belfast-born John Bew is Rishi Sunak’s global policy advisor. He’s the key voice informing the PM’s foreign policy and has been seen in close consult…
3 years ago
UVF murder trial update: Supergrass evidence slammed as “deceptive, dishonest and flawed”
A north Belfast man is on trial accused of a double UVF murder. He denies the 1994 killing of two Catholic workmen at a building site in Tigers Bay. …
3 years ago
The 'Rules of War' explained
With war raging in the Middle East and Europe, we ask; have the lessons of the 20th century been forgotten? What are the rules of engagement for mode…
3 years ago
‘Supergrass’ trial: Allison Morris breaks down UVF murder case
A fifty-seven-year-old man is currently on trial in Belfast’s Crown Court accused of murdering two catholic men. James Smyth from Forthriver Link, no…
3 years ago
Fake News: Why do people believe it and how can it be fought?
Fake news seems to be everywhere online lately - but what exactly is it? Why do people spread it and can anything be done about it. Professor Julian…
3 years ago
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…
3 years ago
Black Magic: How the spooks used superstition against the IRA
At the height of the Troubles, the security forces found a new and unusual tactic in their fight against the IRA – ‘black magic’. How did this come a…
3 years ago