Episodes

  • Michael Stone: The life and crimes of the notorious loyalist gunman

    Michael Stone: The life and crimes of the notorious loyalist gunman
    Apr 18 2024
    Michael Stone is one of the most notorious gunmen of the Troubles. Known in loyalist circles as a gun for hire, he murdered 3 people at an IRA funeral in Milltown Cemetery, west Belfast. Following his release from prison in 2000, he carried out a foiled attack on Stormont which he claimed was ‘performance art’. Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Sunday Life editor Martin Breen and former Belfast Telegraph editor Ed Curran.

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    30 mins
  • BelTel Pols: Suzanne Breen on Jeffrey Donaldson’s potential replacement in Lagan Valley

    BelTel Pols: Suzanne Breen on Jeffrey Donaldson’s potential replacement in Lagan Valley
    Apr 16 2024
    The arrest of DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson at the end of last month came as a shock to those in the party and beyond. Although he is now an independent MP, questions now have to be answering about who the DUP will stand in the general election. Donaldson’s resignation could prove an opportunity for the Alliance Party to gain a seat in Lagan Valley. Belfast Telegraph’s political editor Suzanne Breen joins Ciarán Dunbar.

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    29 mins
  • Middle East on the brink after Iran's unprecedented revenge attack on Israel

    Middle East on the brink after Iran's unprecedented revenge attack on Israel
    Apr 15 2024

    As the death toll in Gaza reaches 35,000, there has been a dangerous spike in tensions across the Middle East. In a serious escalation of the crisis in the region, Iran made its first ever direct attack on Israeli soil on Saturday, sending hundreds of drones and missiles across the desert, the majority of which were intercepted by the Iron Dome system. But as the West urges restraint, is a larger conflict in the region on the horizon?


    Host: Fionnán Sheehan. Guests: Declan Power and Claire Herriott


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    22 mins
  • The Kew Files (Part 2): Peter Robinson fears SAS assassination, Ulster Resistance and Emma Little-Pengelly's father

    The Kew Files (Part 2): Peter Robinson fears SAS assassination, Ulster Resistance and Emma Little-Pengelly's father
    Apr 14 2024
    The Kew Files have revealed some of Northern Ireland's hidden secrets on unionism and loyalism. In part 2 of a 2-part special of the BelTel, Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Sam McBride to discuss the Kew Files and what they can tell us about Ex-DUP leader Peter Robinson, Ulster Resistance and the paramilitary activity the UK Government suspected Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly's father, Noel Little.

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    25 mins
  • The Kew Files: Sam McBride and the secret files on Martin McGuinness, the IRA and SDLP

    The Kew Files: Sam McBride and the secret files on Martin McGuinness, the IRA and SDLP
    Apr 11 2024
    Thousands of declassified files on Northern Ireland and the troubles have been deposited, not in Belfast, but in the Kew Archives in London. In part 1 of a 2-part special of the BelTel, Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Sam McBride to discuss the Kew Files and what they tell us about Martin McGuinness, the IRA and the SDLP.

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    25 mins
  • A United Ireland: Inevitable or a fantasy?

    A United Ireland: Inevitable or a fantasy?
    Apr 9 2024
    Nationalists continue to campaign for planning a united Ireland, but Unionists seem assured it’s a pipe dream – where does the truth lie – or is it impossible to say? Is a United Ireland a realistic prospect or pure fantasy, inevitable or impossible? David McCann and Owen Polley join Ciarán Dunbar.

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    28 mins
  • Gerard ‘Hucker’ Moyna: From killing Lenny Murphy for the IRA to IPLO feuds

    Gerard ‘Hucker’ Moyna: From killing Lenny Murphy for the IRA to IPLO feuds
    Apr 7 2024

    Prolific republican gunman Gerard ‘Hucker’ Moyna has died aged 69. He has been linked to several murders – including that of Shankill Butcher Lenny Murphy. He was also believed to be involved in the killing of solicitor and unionist politician, Edgar Graham – as well as IPLO spokesman, Jimmy Brown.

    Allison Morris joins Ciarán Dunbar .



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    20 mins
  • Private Investigator: Ian Withers on tracking the IRA, informing for the Seychelles government and murder allegations

    Private Investigator: Ian Withers on tracking the IRA, informing for the Seychelles government and murder allegations
    Apr 4 2024
    Globe-trotting Private Investigator Ian Withers reflects on his extraordinary career, from speaking to Gerry Kelly in prison after the 1973 Old Bailey bombing, tracking the IRA’s Hyde Park bomber with a bluffed phone call and being arrested on suspicion of the murder of an exiled politician from the Seychelles. He joins Andrew Madden.

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    29 mins