The BelTel

By 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 b... more

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March 17, 2024 Red Army Faction member captured after 30 years, who were the terror gang?
An armed German terrorist has been captured after 30 years on the run – but the manhunt for others continues. Daniela Klette is one of three members of the “third generation” of the notorious urban guerrilla Red Army Faction (RAF) who had been in hiding since the 1990s. We look at the terror campaign by Germany's Baader-Meinhof Gang, whose members killed more than 30 people in the 1970s and ’80s and ask if the organisation is having a resurgence?

Host: Fionnán Sheahan. Guest: James Jackson

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19min
March 15, 2024 Eamonn Mallie: ‘Eyewitness to War and Peace’
Eamonn Mallie is one of NI’s best-known journalists. The south Armagh man has been a leading radio and television reporter since 1975, covering much of the Troubles and subsequent peace process.
The veteran journalist discusses his memoir with Ciarán Dunbar.

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30min
March 13, 2024 Sam McBride: What will PM Starmer mean for NI and a border poll?
A Labour general election victory means Sir Keir Starmer, who has a long history with NI, would become Prime Minister. Once in favour of a united Ireland, he’s now strongly unionist – would he rule out a border poll?

Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Sam McBride and Bill Bowring.

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27min
March 11, 2024 Britain’s worst mass murders – what drove the killers?
Despite tough firearms laws, the UK has seen several horrific gun massacres. Hungerford, Dunblane, and the Cumbria shootings, to name but a few. They were mass killings, carried out by a single man, who finally took his own life. Craig Jackson is a professor of psychology and performs ‘psychological autopsies’ on the mass killers responsible for Hungerford and Dunblane on stage. He spoke to Ciarán Dunbar.
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27min
March 09, 2024 Oscar drama: The scandals, snubs and controversies that shook Hollywood
As Cillian Murphy keeps his fingers crossed for an Oscar win, the Academy Awards looks forward to celebrating its 95th anniversary. However, Hollywood’s biggest night isn’t always without controversy and scandal. From violence to nudity and political protests, we look at the most shocking moments from the Academy Awards history.

Host: Fionnán Sheehan. Guest: Dave Hanratty
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24min
March 08, 2024 OnlyFans: NI 'pornstar' defends her work - but is it empowerment or exploitation?
Due to the rise of platforms like OnlyFans, Sex work has been subject to a media frenzy in recent years. The issue has long been met with outrage by religious groups and radical feminists alike, who believe that the trade exploits women. But a bill created by the DUP, which made paying for sexual services illegal, has only convicted one person in under a decade. Olivia Peden is joined by adult actress and OnlyFans content creator Meghan O’Neill, along with Belfast Telegraph columnist Fionola Meredith.
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25min
March 06, 2024 Alliance Party members begin to lean towards Irish unity
More Alliance members would now vote for Irish unity than to remain in UK. Almost 38% of Alliance members said they would vote for a united Ireland. So has Alliance fundamentally changed and will it be forced off the constitutional fence? Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Jon Tonge and Suzanne Breen.
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29min
March 04, 2024 Allison Morris: Antrim ATM raiders jailed – but where’s the money?
More than £2 million is missing after a string of ATM thefts carried out by the same notorious Co Antrim gang. They got away with it for two years encouraging many copy-cat raids. But after robbing an ATM machine beside a PSNI station – they got caught and banged up. But most of the money was never found.
Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Allison Morris.

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18min
March 01, 2024 How BDSM fetish chatroom led to mass murder in Fermanagh
WARNING: This episode of the BelTel contains graphic details which some listeners might find disturbing.
Daniel Allen admitted killing an entire family, including two children in Fermanagh in 2018. The Gossetts were a reclusive – constantly on the move to avoid social services. Denise Gossett begun a relationship with Allen after they met on a BDSM forum. Just two years later he killed her, her children and her grand-daughter.
Kurtis Reid spoke with Ciarán Dunbar.

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February 29, 2024 Allison Morris: Supergrass Haggarty's evidence 'unreliable' as UVF man not guilty of Convie & Fox murders
James Smyth has been found not guilty of killing Eamon Fox (41) and 24-year-old Gary Convie. Mr Convie and Mr Fox were in a parked car awhen they were shot dead in May 1994. Mr Justice O'Hara said it could not be proven beyond reasonable doubt that Smyth was the gunman. Allison Morris reports.
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