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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…
4 years 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…
4 years 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…
4 years 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 –…
4 years 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…
4 years 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…
4 years 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…
4 years 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…
4 years ago
The Spence family tragedy ten years on, Nevin’s rugby legacy and what might have been
It has been ten years since Ulster Rugby star Nevin Spence died in a farm accident along with his brother Graham and father Noel. Nevin was at the b…
4 years, 1 month ago
Joe Brolly: In the GAA, we treat referees like s**t. It’s a toxic culture that must change
Indiscipline in Gaelic games often makes the headlines and it's back on the news following an alleged assault on a referee at an underage football ma…
4 years, 1 month ago