The BelTel

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September 08, 2024 Enoch Burke: Has ‘woke’ Ireland really jailed a Christian teacher who challenged ‘trans’ ideology?
Enoch Burke is back in Mountjoy prison after returning to the Christian Wilson’s Hospital School in Westmeath, despite being barred from the premises. His family and multiple international outlets say he is doing time because he’s a Christian standing up to the so-called woke ‘trans agenda’. Why exactly is Enoch Burke behind bars, and how much of his life could he end up spending there? Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Journalist Shane Phelan, who has been following the story.
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22 min
September 05, 2024 Lucy Letby: Why are there growing doubts over her conviction?
Former nurse Lucy Letby is serving a whole life sentence for the murder of 7 babies and the attempted murder of 7 others. But now there are calls, including one from former Tory Brexit minister David Davis, for her case to be re-examined. Are there valid reasons to question the evidence against her and could the case be reopened?
Kevin Doyle is joined by legal journalist and commentator Joshua Rozenberg.

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23 min
September 04, 2024 EXTRA: Ulster Rugby sponsor Kingspan heavily criticised in Grenfell fire report
Kingspan has been heavily criticised in the final report into the Grenfell disaster. 72 people died in the 2017 blaze. The report found Kingspan and two other firms engaged in a deliberate strategy to mislead the market about their products. The Irish company produced only 5% of the tower’s combustible foam but has been accused of “knowingly” misleading authorities about the results of tests done on the product. Kingspan sponsors Ulster Rugby and Cavan GAA.

Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Belfast Telegraph reporter Liam Tunney.

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15 min
September 03, 2024 Captain Robert Nairac: The IRA murder and the stories surrounding it
‘Captain Nairac’ was an exceptional but eccentric British Army officer abducted and murdered by the IRA in May 1977. He was snatched from a pub car park in South Armagh – a place he had gone alone – posing as a Belfast Republican. A search is continuing for his body.

Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Alistair Kerr, author of ‘Betrayal: The Murder of Robert Nairac GC’
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26 min
September 03, 2024 Oasis fans’ are ripping over ‘price gouging’ - but who's to blame?
Oasis fans across the island were left angry, disappointed and waiting in digital queues of nearly three-quarters of a million people, as they tried to buy tickets for the Gallagher brothers’ reunion tour dates, in Croke Park next August.

Many would-be concert-goers were offered standard ‘in demand’ tickets for sums reaching close to £500, leaving many accusing Ticketmaster of ‘price gouging’ and of touting their own concert tickets.

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23 min
September 01, 2024 NI's £20m Crypto scams: "He was someone I could trust"
A Tyrone man has lost over £12,000 in a cryptocurrency scam after an account claiming to be his friend roped him into what was a supposedly ‘low risk’ investment. Last year over 5,000 investment scams like this were reported to the PSNI – amounting to over £20 million. Olivia Peden is joined by Kurtis Reid, who spoke to a victim of crypto fraud.
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26 min
August 29, 2024 'It’s Over’: 30 years on from the IRA ‘ceasefire’
After 25 years of what it termed ‘Armed Struggle’ and the ‘Long War’ , the Provisional IRA called a “complete cessation of military operations” on 31st August 1994 – 30 years ago. By that stage, the organisation was responsible for the deaths of 1,700 people. Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Journalists Brian Rowan and Allison Morris, Former Belfast Telegraph Editor Ed Curran and historian Fearghal Mac Bhloscaidh.
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33 min
August 29, 2024 Colum Eastwood steps down as SDLP leader and backs Claire Hanna
Foyle MP Colum Eastwood is to step down as SDLP leader. He has backed South Belfast MP Claire Hanna to take over the leadership of the party. Colum Eastwood, who has been leader for 9 years, said the "moment has come to step aside".

Ciarán Dunbar is joined by the Belfast Telegraph’s Foyle reporter, Garrett Hargan.

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12 min
August 27, 2024 Sinn Féin soaring, UUP struggling, unionists and nationalists completely divided on immigration
The Belfast Telegraph’s latest LucidTalk polling took Northern Ireland’s pulse on the levels of support for the parties, immigration and funding for the Casement Park rebuild. And after the resignation of Doug Beattie – is the UUP simply unleadable?
Commentators David McCann and Sarah Creighton join Ciarán Dunbar.

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32 min
August 25, 2024 Allison Morris: Harry Holland murderer McKee had 'chance to change' but is back behind bars
West Belfast greengrocer Harry Holland was murdered in September 2007. In an attempt to steal Harry Holland’s van, then 16-year-old Stephen McKee stabbed him in the head with a screwdriver, leaving the pensioner to die later in hospital. McKee was given 12 years behind bars for the murder but was eligible for pre-release back in 2016. To the relief of Harry Holland’s family, the now 33-year-old has been sent back to prison following his suspected involvement of ‘very serious’ reoffending.

Allison Morris joins Ciarán Dunbar.
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23 min

About The BelTel

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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…