Podcast Episodes

Northern Ireland’s smear test ‘scandal’ – explained

Season 1 Episode 51

Some women died of cervical cancer in Northern Ireland, while waiting to find out what went wrong with the Southern Trust’s screening programme.

17,50…

6 months, 1 week ago

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The children married in Northern Ireland

Season 1 Episode 50

At least 116 children – including 91 teenage girls – have been married in Northern Ireland since legal reform to criminalise the arrangement of child…

6 months, 1 week ago

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Soldier F – Not guilty

Season 1 Episode 49

A former paratrooper has been found not guilty of murdering two people on Bloody Sunday in Londonderry in 1972.

Known only as Soldier F – he was also …

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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TV writer says pro-Israeli views shut out of the arts

Season 1 Episode 48

People in the arts community who have sympathy with Israel are treated “basically like a Nazi” according to the writer of a major new TV drama.

David…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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Parents of SEN child convicted over school non-attendance

Season 1 Episode 47

The parents of a SEN teenager have been convicted for their son’s non-attendance at school in a case that has cost them £30k.

The Education Authority …

6 months, 4 weeks ago

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Did Northern Ireland really inspire Trump's Israel/Gaza peace plan?

Season 1 Episode 46

Donald Trump says the next stage of negotiations over his Israel/Gaza peace plan to end the war are under way.

There are no details yet though, about…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

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Do mugshots matter?

Season 1 Episode 45

When a man was convicted of raping a woman last month, he went on the run. His victim says she felt down when it took police nearly two weeks to publ…

7 months ago

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The great big vaccine debate

Season 1 Episode 44

Childhood vaccination rates in Northern Ireland are dropping year on year. Experts are worried. The Public Health Agency is warning that if rates d…

7 months ago

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What the **** is happening in golf?

Season 1 Episode 43

Has the world of golf gone mad?

Swearing, shouting, and lobbing pints – that was the Ryder Cup 2025.

Stephen Watson is one of the closest journalists t…

7 months, 1 week ago

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Fighting poverty in NI: The minister defends his plan

Season 1 Episode 42

Following on from our chat with Rachel and Louise, two mothers living in poverty in Northern Ireland, the minister heading up the executive anti-pove…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

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