The BelTel

Belfast Telegraph
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The BelTel

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.

  1. 17 HR AGO

    Ireland’s gang wars: How the Kinahans’ Belfast bound assassin ‘The Butcher’ was caught

    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 its hitmen.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    34 min

  2. 2 DAYS AGO

    Sinn Féin’s woes – self-inflicted, a media pile on, or a lack of professionalism?

    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 acast.com/privacy for more information.

    23 min

  3. 4 DAYS AGO

    Serial killer Uel ‘Cookie’ Cooke and the brutal murder of Anne-Marie Smyth

    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 information.

    23 min

  4. 17 OCT

    The RIC murders of the McMahon family, which changed Belfast forever

    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.

    28 min

  5. 16 OCT

    EXTRA - Sinn Féin: Mary Lou McDonald attempts to quell crises – did she succeed?

    Mary Lou McDonald has been accused of orchestrating an “elaborate cover-up” after admitting didn’t divulge why former Sinn Féin senator Niall Ó Donnghaile resigned from the Seanad. The former Belfast Lord Mayor has now admitted he had resigned over inappropriate texts to a teen. What will all of this mean for the Republic’s looming election?    Ciarán Dunbar joined by the Irish Independent’s political editor – Philip Ryan.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    20 min

  6. 15 OCT

    “What has gone wrong?”: Allison Morris on Northern Ireland’s femicide problem

    In the past six weeks, four women have been killed in NI, bringing this year’s total of alleged femicides up to six. At the time of recording, a further two deaths from this weekend are under investigation. Why is femicide so high in Northern Ireland, how does the PSNI deal with domestic violence here, and can anything be done? Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Allison Morris.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    28 min
  7. ‘Peace at last’: The story of the Loyalist ceasefires 30 years on

    12 OCT

    ‘Peace at last’: The story of the Loyalist ceasefires 30 years on

    On the 13 October 1994, six weeks after the IRA announced a ‘complete cessation’, the Loyalist paramilitary groups declared their ceasefires. The UVF’s Gusty Spence announced loyalist violence was over, in a step that is seen as one of the vital steps towards a lasting peace in Northern Ireland. Ciarán Dunbar is joined by former PUP leader Billy Hutchinson, Historian Aaron Edwards, and journalists Allison Morris, Mark Simpson, and Vincent Kearney.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    29 min
  8. “The Manchester Bombing was an elaborate hoax”: why do some people believe terror victims are ‘crisis actors’?

    10 OCT

    “The Manchester Bombing was an elaborate hoax”: why do some people believe terror victims are ‘crisis actors’?

    22 people died in the 2017 Manchester Bombing, and over a thousand were injured. Former TV producer Richard Hall has been in court for allegedly harassing victims of the bombing to show that the event was an ‘elaborate hoax’. He believes that the bombing was staged, and the people involved were ‘crisis actors’. What are they, and why do so many people believe in them? Olivia Peden is joined by Belfast Telegraph journalist Kurtis Reid to find out why conspiracy theorists deny events like these.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    23 min
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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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  • Creator
    Belfast Telegraph
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    475
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Belfast Telegraph
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