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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, 11 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, 11 months ago
Drumcree: The crisis over an Orange parade which brought NI to the brink
The Orange Order wanted to march home from a church service in Drumcree back into Portadown, and still does. But the nationalists living on the Garva…
2 years, 11 months ago
UFOs: Former Air Force officer says US is hiding alien spacecraft… and bodies
The US has given the wreckage of alien craft to defence contractors, a former Pentagon whistleblower has claimed. Some say we have to take him seriou…
2 years, 11 months ago
Best of the BelTel: The Twelfth - what is the origin of Orange culture?
The Twelfth goes back a long way.But what is the origin of the celebrations and of the Orange Order itself?Ciarán Dunbar is joined by historian Dr Da…
2 years, 11 months ago
Tubs: Ryan Tubridy, Noel Kelly & Dee Forbes – Profiling the 'talent', his agent & the director
The scandal engulfing RTE continues. The people at the centre of it, Dee Forbes, Noel Kelly and Ryan Tubridy have all made statements but are yet to …
3 years ago
The Best of the BelTel: Serial Killers - how are monsters made?
We just can get enough of murder, horror and psychopaths. Why is that? And serial killers, are they born or made?Ciarán Dunbar spoke to Craig Jackson…
3 years ago
Margaret Thatcher: The IRA's plot to kill the 'Iron Lady' in the Brighton Bombing
In 1984, a massive explosion rocked the Grand Hotel in Brighton, where the Tory party conference was being held. The bombing went down in history as …
3 years ago
Abusing witness protection: Allison Morris introduces the criminals given a new life paid for by the taxpayer
The witness protection scheme in NI has raised moral questions and lacks penalties for those who’ve exploited it and lied in court. For some of North…
3 years ago
Entrepreneurship: Could teaching young people how to start a business be the key to economic progress?
According to Department of Communities figures from 2022 almost 250,000 in Northern Ireland live in absolute poverty – could entrepreneurship be a pa…
3 years ago