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Lives taken (Pt 1 of 4): Slain UDR man’s daughter feels IRA wanted to "get rid of as many Protestants as possible"
Serena Hamilton was just seven and a half when the IRA murdered her father in 1977. He as a part-time UDR man, but he was killed at his place of wor…
3 years, 1 month ago
Profiled: Patrick Kielty, the new Late Late Show host
Paddy Kielty will replace Ryan Tubridy as host of RTE’s the Late Late Show. But what do we know about the Dundrum native and how important is it for…
3 years, 1 month ago
‘How a cult brainwashed me, and how I escaped’
Most people believe that they could never be brainwashed into a cult or be totally enthralled by a cult leader, but it is believed that thousands of …
3 years, 1 month ago
Gerard Mackin: Meet the brutal Belfast-born Kinahan enforcer the Irish criminal underworld fears
Gerard Mackin is the six-foot-tall gangland enforcer who is feared from the Falls to Limerick That is not surprising when you consider he was convict…
3 years, 1 month ago
Elections in Belfast, can the ‘others’ become the largest block?
Nationalists have made up the largest block on Belfast City Council in recent years but there have been momentous changes. The so-called ‘others’ - p…
3 years, 1 month ago
Derry and Strabane Council will see Sinn Féin and SDLP fight for the top spot – but the pack is snapping at their heels
Nationalists are in the majority on Derry and Strabane Council and recent elections have seen the SDLP and Sinn Féin neck and neck as they battle it …
3 years, 1 month ago
The Irish Famine: ‘Trevelyan’s Corn’ and should his descendants make amends?
The words of ‘The Fields of Athenry’ are known far and wide. The story of a poor Irish convict and how he ‘stole Trevelyan’s corn’ is synonymous with…
3 years, 1 month ago
NI local elections: Nationalism, Unionism and others battle to win council seats
Whilst people do vote on local issues in Northern Ireland council elections, constitutional politics always plays a role. Nationalism, unionism and…
3 years, 1 month ago
Sectarian incidents continue: is the problem getting even worse?
It is a rare day in Northern Ireland which does not see a sectarian incident making the headlines. Sectarian hate crime, flags ripped down, election …
3 years, 2 months ago
King Charles is crowned with support of just 42% of NI folk for monarchy
As King Charles III is crowned the latest Belfast Telegraph / Lucid Talk polling shows that just 42% of people in NI support the monarchy. 50% say th…
3 years, 2 months ago