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West Belfast’s ‘Marbella’ drugs crew being decimated by ‘professional’ hitman
Sean Fox was gunned down while drinking in the Donegal Celtic Social Club in west Belfast, on Sunday 2 October, in front of more than 100 people. It’…
3 years, 8 months ago
Carrickfergus, the seaside town in the grip of the UDA and UVF
The South-East Antrim UDA has carried out seven brutal murders in Carrickfergus since 1995, but no one has ever been convicted in connection with the…
3 years, 9 months ago
Alex Kane on where ‘despondent’ unionism goes now
With Stormont moribund, census result posing questions, and nationalists continuing to campaign for a border poll, where to now for unionism? “We hav…
3 years, 9 months ago
Whitey Bulger and me – John Crawley on his life as an IRA gunrunner
How does a United States Marine Corps end up as a gunrunner for the Provisional IRA and working alongside notorious gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger? F…
3 years, 9 months ago
Do we need to dump comforts and capitalism to solve the climate crisis?
Catastrophic floods in Pakistan, ice sheets melting, an incredibly hot summer. The effects of climate change seem to be everywhere. Experts warn thes…
3 years, 9 months ago
NI has held a United Ireland border poll before, here’s what happened
The Northern Ireland Sovereignty Referendum of 1973. Ever heard of it? Not surprised if you haven’t. It’s rarely mentioned but it was a border poll –…
3 years, 9 months ago
Madeleine McCann — The little girl lost in time and 15 years of heartbreak
On the 3rd of May in 2007, the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, a three-year-old girl, started a global conversation as to what could have happened…
3 years, 9 months ago
Ready, Steady, Census.... Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland
Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland, but what does that really mean? Are there any winners in the 2021 Census? What about passports i…
3 years, 9 months ago
Nurses warn hospitals aren’t safe for patients as strikes loom
The NHS in Northern Ireland is ‘absolutely broken’, say nurses as they warn that they are set was a winter strike. In this episode of the BelTel we a…
3 years, 9 months ago
Eamonn McCann: Protestants coming round to the idea of a United Ireland is ‘magical thinking’
Eamonn McCann's name is synonymous with the Civil Rights Movement, Socialism, and his home city of Derry. Garret Hargan interviews him about his infl…
3 years, 9 months ago