Episodios

  • The Kew Files: Sam McBride unveils Secret memos on NI Secretary of State's IRA Intelligence Concerns

    The Kew Files: Sam McBride unveils Secret memos on NI Secretary of State's IRA Intelligence Concerns
    Jul 25 2024

    Sir Patrick Mayhew was Northern Ireland’s secretary of state between 1992 and 1997, a time when the peace process was just beginning, and the Troubles were still raging.

    Files uncovered by the Belfast Telegraph in The National Archives at Kew in London have revealed new details about a secret memo Mayhew sent to PM John Major. The classified message suggests the IRA was in a stronger position at the time than previously thought, and questions some of the received wisdom about the intelligence war against the Provisionals. Sam McBride joins Ciarán Dunbar with his recent findings from the Kew Files.



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  • All-Ireland Football Final 2024: Armagh alive with excitement as ticket scramble continues

    All-Ireland Football Final 2024: Armagh alive with excitement as ticket scramble continues
    Jul 23 2024

    Armagh will face Galway in the Orchard County’s first All-Ireland final since 2003. Armagh only ever won once, back in 2002. Galway's last Sam Maguire was just the year before, in 2001. The excitement is building and the scramble for tickets is intense as pre-match analysis begins.

    Niamh Campbell is joined by Oisín McConville, Jessica Rice and Lee Costello.



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  • Gusty Spence and the brutal beginnings of the modern UVF

    Gusty Spence and the brutal beginnings of the modern UVF
    Jul 21 2024
    Since the UVF’s formation, the paramilitary group has went on to kill over 500 people. Gusty Spence became infamous for leading the organisation and deciding their tactics. The ex-British Army soldier was charged and convicted with the first Catholic victim of the troubles. Aaron Edwards, author of ‘UVF: Behind the mask’ joins Ciarán Dunbar to discuss the origins of the modern UVF, the role of Gusty Spence and the first five years of the organization.

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    26 m
  • Whitney Hughes jailed – what next for Newry’s ‘Cocaine Queen’?

    Whitney Hughes jailed – what next for Newry’s ‘Cocaine Queen’?
    Jul 18 2024
    31-year-old Whitney Hughes has been handed a 4-year sentence for drug offences. The so called ‘Cocaine Queen’ of Newry took over her father, Mark ‘The Chicken’ Lovell’s crime gang after he was gunned down in December 2022. Hughes admitted seven drug offences relating to possessing and supplying cocaine, MDMA and steroids, two counts of trading in counterfeit goods and one of possessing criminal property. Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Belfast Telegraph reporter Brett Campbell.

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    13 m
  • "The Falls Road started it, the Village will finish it": Children encouraged to riot in south Belfast disorder

    "The Falls Road started it, the Village will finish it": Children encouraged to riot in south Belfast disorder
    Jul 17 2024

    A 38-year-old man has been arrested last night as violence continued in south Belfast.

    The past two nights have seen disorder in the village area. On Monday over 30 petrol and paint bombs were thrown at police, with footage captured by Belfast Telegraph showing a firework being thrown at a police Land Rover and a masked man encouraging a child to partake in the violence. Olivia Peden is joined by Belfast Telegraph Visuals editor Kevin Scott.



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    11 m
  • The Border Fox: Allison Morris reports as former INLA gunman Dessie O’Hare walks free

    The Border Fox: Allison Morris reports as former INLA gunman Dessie O’Hare walks free
    Jul 16 2024

    The so-called ‘Border Fox’, Dessie O’Hare, has been released from prison. He is best known for kidnapping a dentist and chopping his fingers off. Originally an IRA man, O’Hare was one of the most notorious gunmen of the Troubles, confessing to being the triggerman in at least 26 murders.

    Guest: Allison Morris



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  • Denis Bradley: Hume, McGuinness, dissidents just “stone in the shoe” filling jails - but Irish must talk to them

    Denis Bradley: Hume, McGuinness, dissidents just “stone in the shoe” filling jails - but Irish must talk to them
    Jul 14 2024
    Former priest Denis Bradley played a key role in the peace process as part of the ‘back-channel’ between the IRA and the British. His decision to become vice-chair of the Northern Ireland Policing Board in 2001 drew the anger – and violence of dissident republicans. He gives Ciarán Dunbar his assessment of how to deal with dissident republicans today – he says the Irish government must talk to them.

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    29 m
  • BONUS: “A dingo’s got my baby” – The story that divided Australia

    BONUS: “A dingo’s got my baby” – The story that divided Australia
    Jul 13 2024

    In August 1980, a pastor, his wife and their three children went on a camping holiday that would change their lives forever and become one of the biggest stories in the world. “A dingo’s got my baby” were the words that divided Australia as Lynn Chamberlain was accused of a shocking crime.


    Host: Kevin Doyle Guest: Malcolm Brown


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    25 m