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The BelTel

Belfast Telegraph

The BelTel brings you some of Northern Ireland"s top journalists, Allison Morris, Sam McBride and Suzanne Breen to name but a few, giving you the inside stories behind what is in the news. Presented by Ciarán Dunbar, the Bel Tel investigates, debates and informs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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26:18

Double Cross: The Ardoyne murder of Robbie Lawlor,...

The BelTel ·

2024/11/23

“Ruthless. Psychopath. Dangerous.” These are just some of the words used to describe Robbie Lawlor, a formerly leading figure in the notorious Drogheda feud. Crimeworld's Nicolla Tallant discusses her new book Web of Betrayal and podcast series Double Cross – The Murder of Robbie Lawlor, to shed new light on the chaos and violence that consumed Drogheda leading to Lawlor’s death in Ardoyne in April 2020.Host; Tessa Flemming, Guest; Nicola Tallant Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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26:40

Boxing stars Barry McGuigan, Carl Frampton and the £6...

The BelTel ·

2024/11/22

Under boxing legend Barry McGuigan’s guidance Carl Frampton won world titles in 2014 and 2016. However, their relationship fell apart in a legal battle over fight profits, leading to a £6 million lawsuit. As McGuigan enters the “I’m a Celebrity” jungle, Ciarán Dunbar is joined by boxing Journalist David Mohan and reporter Niamh Campbell to unpack the rise, fall, and aftermath of the fallout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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22:54

‘Ulster-Scot Hillbilly’ JD Vance is ‘one heartbeat...

The BelTel ·

2024/11/20

Incoming US Vice President JD Vance is a self-professed ‘Scots-Irish Hillbilly’. He first made waves in US politics with his best selling memoir ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ on his poor upbringing, which was later adapted into a film. How did JD Vance get from the Applachians to the White house, what does he have to do with Ulster Scots, and how important is the Ulster Scots community in the US? Ciarán Dunbar is joined by director of the Clinton Institute for American Studies at University College Dublin,

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29:55

The LVF murder of journalist Martin O’Hagan and the...

The BelTel ·

2024/11/18

Martin O’Hagan was a former IRA prisoner who eventually rejected violence and became aninvestigative reporter with the Sunday World. He was murdered by the LVF in Lurgan on 28th of September 2001. No-one has ever been convicted of the killing. The National Union of Journalists wants an independent inquiry into the killing and the subsequent investigation into it.Ciarán Dunbar is by joined by Anton McCabe, Seamus Dooley, and by Jim McDowell, Martin O’Hagan’s editor at the Sunday World. Hosted on

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26:34

LUCIDTALK: NI split over DUP meetings with LLC,...

The BelTel ·

2024/11/15

The Belfast Telegraph’s political editor Suzanne Breen joins Ciarán Dunbar with her analysis of Belfast Telegraph’s LucidTalk polling, including a recent dip in support for Michelle O’Neill among recent Sinn Féin controversies and Unionist support for DUP ministers’ meetings with Loyalist paramilitary representatives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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27:10

"PSNI failed to do even the most basic police work" -...

The BelTel ·

2024/11/12

The Police Ombudsman says the PSNI investigation into the death of Katie Simpson was “flawed and failed her family”. The 21-year-old died in hospital a week after an incident where her sister’s partner, Jonathan Creswell, claimed to have found her mid-suicide attempt. In reality, he had repeatedly attacked her. Police failed to question Katie’s death, despite Creswell’s violent history and physical signs of abuse on her body. He was later charged with her murder but took his life one day into the

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27:40

The Newry actress, the Iraqi businessman and the...

The BelTel ·

2024/11/11

In the making of a film ironically titled ‘A Landscape of Lies’, Newry born actress Aoife Madden was joined by a wealthy Iraqi businessman to try their hand at making it on the big screen. But what appeared as a lifelong dream was really all about conning investors and the tax man out of millions. Madden (the niece of Sinn Fein Finance minister Conor Murphy) was part of a team which scammed HMRC £2.8 million to produce a movie which she falsely promised to have a star-studded cast. Kurtis Reid joins

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EXTRA: Ex-Sinn Féin man McMonagle jailed for child...

The BelTel ·

2024/11/08

Ex-Sinn Féin press officer Michael McMonagle have been sentenced to nine months in custody for child sex offences. In one incident, he believed he was chatting online to a 12-year-old girl, who was actually a police decoy. The 42-year-old previouslypleaded guilty to 14 charges. The case was one of a series of controversies which rocked Sinn Féin in recent months.Andrew Madden reports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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26:13

"30 people involved, yet Nobody has been brought to...

The BelTel ·

2024/11/08

The Enniskillen Bomb in November 1987 sent shockwaves across the world. An IRA bomb at a Remembrance Day service in the town killed 11 civilians, including three married couples. 63 people were injured, and atwelfth victim died after being in a coma for 13 years because of his injuries. No one has ever been convicted of the attack. Ciarán Dunbar is joined by former editor of the Impartial Reporter and author of ‘Enniskillen: The Remembrance Sunday Bombing’Denzil McDaniel. Hosted on Acast. See

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39:49

Trump triumphant by a landslide – how and why did he...

The BelTel ·

2024/11/06

Donald Trump has resoundingly won the US Presidency. He is now the oldest person to win the presidency, the only convicted felon to do so, and the only won to have incited an insurrection. But not of that matters now – the American people have spoken. How did the night play out, how surprised are we, and what does it mean for Northern Ireland and the Republic?Keith Bailie, Brett Campbell, Margaret Canning and Olivia Peden join Ciarán Dunbar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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32:20

Trevor Birney on the Loughinisland Massacre, the...

The BelTel ·

2024/11/06

Loughinisland is a small parish in Co. Down. Its name has become synonymouswith the infamous Loughinisland Massacre, when six were killed by the UVF in a pub while watching Ireland play Italy in the 1994 World Cup. Trevor Birney helped make a documentary about the murders – but in 2018, he was arrested by PSNI over material usedin the film, alongside his colleague Barry Mccaffrey. Six years later, they’re at the center of a major tribunal against the authorities over keeping surveillance oflocal

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28:54

Alf McCreary: Journalism, a lucky break, Ian Paisley...

The BelTel ·

2024/11/03

Alf McCreary walked into the Belfast Telegraph on September 1, 1964 – and asked for a job.60 years on, he's still writing for the paper. Alf’s career has given him many insights into our society and its divisions.He charted the evolution of the Rev Ian Paisley, and he wrote a biography of Gordon Wilson, whose daughter Marie was killed in the Enniskillen bombing.He spoke to Ciarán Dunbar about his life in journalism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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28:58

The UVF and the savage '70s: Shankill Butchers, Gusty...

The BelTel ·

2024/11/01

The UVF began the 1970s with a campaign to cleans Catholics and Catholic owned businesses from Protestant dominated areas. With the IRA’s campaign at its height, the UVF moved from targeting nationalist and moderate political figures to simple sectarian murder – many of its victims just teenagers. By the mid-70s a notorious group emerged from the UVF which brought the savagery of the troubles to a new level – the Shankill Butchers. Ciarán Dunbar is joined by author and historian Aaron Edwards

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26:15

BONUS: The 'Angel of Death' who terrified Irish town...

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2024/10/31

Back in 1995, Fr Michael Kennedy took to the pulpit in Dungarvan, County Waterford to give his Sunday sermon. He warned locals that an “Angel of Death” was in their midst killing vulnerable men. What ensued sparked a global sensation.Host: Dave Hanratty,Guest: Ellen Coyne Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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32:23

Alexander McCartney: “Nothing but a disgusting child...

The BelTel ·

2024/10/29

Alexander McCartney, from Newry,is one of the most prolific paedophile ‘catfishes’ the world has seen to date. A Judge said his crimes of “sadism and depravity” were “on a par with murder”. His actions led to the death of an innocent little girl, Cimarron Thomas, and subsequently, her father. Kurtis Reid was in court.Just a note to say – some listeners might find the contents of the episode of the BelTel disturbing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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27:14

Incels exposed: “Men aren’t entitled to sex, but...

The BelTel ·

2024/10/28

The word ‘Incel’ is short for ‘involuntarily celibate’. They’re primarily men, who believe they’re doomed to be alone, blaming society, women, and sometimes themselves for their isolation. The explosion of the ‘Incel’ community online has led to multiple forums, chats and groups based on their beliefs, which have led to disastrous consequences. Ciarán Dunbar is joined by the Belfast Telegraph’s Kurtis Reid and Olivia Peden, who went undercover on one of these forums. Hosted on Acast. See

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34:19

Ireland’s gang wars: How the Kinahans’ Belfast bound...

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2024/10/24

The Kinahan cartel is Ireland’s most powerful crime gang, and one half of its most notorious gang war. After a failed hit on boss Daniel Kinahan, the cartel recruited a team of killers to retaliate against the Hutch gang. One of the men they hired was Estonian Imre ‘The Butcher’ Arakas – but the eccentric hitman was soon caught.Ciarán Dunbar is joined by crime editor with the Irish Sun and co-author of ‘Kinahan Assassins’, Stephen Breen, to tell the story of the Kinahan-Hutch feud, its victims and

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23:24

Sinn Féin: ‘It’s death by a thousand cuts and it's...

The BelTel ·

2024/10/22

Sinn Féin controversies snowball as party member resigns after a portrait is damaged in Belfast City. Is the party suffering from a media pile-on before an election or a self-inflicted meltdown caused by a lack of professionalism? All this just before an election – one which might feature well-known crime figure Gerry ‘the Monk’ Hutch.Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Dublin based news reporter Gráinne Ní Aodha and commentator and politics lecturer David McCann to talk politics. Hosted on Acast. See

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22:33

Serial killer Uel ‘Cookie’ Cooke and the brutal...

The BelTel ·

2024/10/20

Samuel ‘Uel’ Cooke was a prolific UVF hitman. Connected to at least six murders, including the killing of IRA Chief Brendan ‘Ruby’ Davison, his most heinous deed was the murder of innocent 26-year-old Catholic Anne-Marie Smyth. She had been attending a concert in east Belfast before being lured to a nearby house, where she was brutally beaten and killed by a UVF-led gang. Cooke died this month, aged 59. Sunday Life’s Ciaran Barnes joins Ciarán Dunbar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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27:47

The RIC murders of the McMahon family, which changed...

The BelTel ·

2024/10/17

On 24th March 1922, five men dressed in RIC police uniforms broke into the north Belfast home of well-known Catholic publican Owen McMahon. The men shoot and kill McMahon, along with four of his sons, and an employee of the family. What happened next changed the course of history on the Island of Ireland. Ciarán Dunbar is joined by historian and author Dr Edward Burke to explain why the murders changed so much. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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