Podcast Episodes

From Vanguard to Nobel Peace Prize – the life of David Trimble

David Trimble was best known for convincing most Ulster Unionists to support the Good Friday Agreement but at great personal, and ultimately, politic…

3 years, 11 months ago

Barrys to Curry's - the story of the takeover that saved summer

Owned by the Trufelli family for almost 100 years, it was the staple of easter and summer holidays for generations across Northern Ireland. But when …

3 years, 11 months ago

Bonus Episode: Union leader ‘struggling’ to see how the NI Protocol Bill will improve life for farmers

Bonus Episode: Union leader ‘struggling’ to see how the NI Protocol Bill will improve life for farmersIn the week that the NI Protocol Bill cleared t…

3 years, 11 months ago

Bloody Friday, the IRA's blitz of Belfast

The 21st of July 1972 was the most prolific day of IRA bombings during the Troubles. Nine people were killed and 130 injured as a blitz of 22 bombs d…

3 years, 11 months ago

FBI’s Most Wanted - The Bulgarian Cryptoqueen, a $4bn scam, and her Irish connections.

A Bulgarian woman, also known as "Cryptoqueen", has been added to the FBI's list of its 10 most-wanted fugitives. Dr Ruja Ignatova is accused of defr…

3 years, 11 months ago

Voter fraud, bombs and bullets, from the Armalite to the ballot box, the reality of NI elections

Pat Bradley read out the result of the Good Friday Agreement referendum after running elections in Northern Ireland throughout the Troubles.Despite v…

3 years, 11 months ago

The Orange Order and the Twelfth, how did it come about?

Long associated with the Orange Order, marching bands and bonfires – the Twelfth goes back a long way. But what is the origin of the celebrations, of…

3 years, 11 months ago

From Trinity College to leader of Sinn Féin – the making of Mary Lou McDonald

She is the leader of Ireland’s largest political party, but who is Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald? Host: Siobhán Maguire. Guest: Fionnán Sheahan.

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4 years ago

Scappaticci, IRA executioner and British agent, Stakeknife

The IRA gave Freddie Scappaticci the job of hunting down informers, and executing them.But Scappaticci turned out to have also been Britian’s top age…

4 years ago

IRA Heist - the mystery of the Northern Bank robbery

On the 20th of December 2004, one of the largest robberies in history took place during rush hour in Belfast when a gang successfully made off with o…

4 years ago