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Best of the BelTel: How Johnny 'Mad Dog' Adair took over the Shankill
Johnny Adair once ruled Belfast's Lower Shankill. The UDA commander struck fear into the hearts of nationalists and his loyalist rivals, as he intend…
3 years ago
Freddie Scappaticci: British spy Stakeknife and IRA 'nutting squad' executioner
Freddie Scappaticci, the informer known as Stakeknife, has died.He was double agent at the heart of the IRA, the man in charge of executing informers…
3 years ago
Good Friday Agreement: ‘25 year later, we are no nearer to agreeing what happened’
The Belfast Agreement left many questions unanswered, many problems unsolved and many points of disagreement. Can those problems be solved without c…
3 years ago
Peace at last? 25 years on from the Good Friday Agreement
After a generation of bloodshed and division, Northern Ireland's Good Friday Agreement marked a new era in British Irish politics. But has it succeed…
3 years, 1 month ago
Good Friday Agreement: ‘We missed every opportunity’, admits Stormont’s former top spin-doctor
Stephen Grimason was the journalist who waved the Belfast Agreement on our television screens with the iconic quote: “I have it in my hand”. Sam McB…
3 years, 1 month ago
Enoch Burke claims 'judge laughed, mocked, and ridiculed me' - controversial Christian's court travails
Controversial Christian Enoch Burke has alleged an Irish judge laughed, mocked and ridiculed him after he sought to raise concerns over the disclosur…
3 years, 1 month ago
What does Russia really want in Ukraine and what are ordinary Russians thinking?
War continues in Ukraine at a huge cost in human life. Russia continues to assault Ukrainian lines in the Donbas but with western tanks being suppli…
3 years, 1 month ago
Scissor Sisters: Carved and discarded, the gruesome tactics of Dublin's murderous siblings
It remains one of the most gruesome and grotesque crimes in Ireland – a man murdered by his girlfriend’s daughters and carved into pieces. The Indo D…
3 years, 1 month ago
MI5 raises terror threat in NI to “severe” before US president Biden visit
The secret security service MI5 raises terror threat to “severe” just before US president Biden visit to Northern Ireland - It means an attack is hig…
3 years, 1 month ago
East Belfast UVF expels 20 for drug-dealing as PSNI crack down
The East Belfast UVF says 20 “once prominent members” of the organisation have been expelled over drug dealing. In an official statement to Sunday Li…
3 years, 1 month ago