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January 26, 2024 Sinn Féin: Where does the party stand on immigration?
Immigration has become a big talking point in the Republic of Ireland in a very short space of time - and it's likely to become a key electoral issue. The main opposition party, Sinn Féin, is widely tipped to win forthcoming elections. So where does Mary Lou McDonald and her party stand on the issue of the moment, and could they make a move to the right if that's what voters want?

Host; Tabitha Monahan, Guests; Gabija Gataveckaite & John Downing
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19 min
January 25, 2024 DUP Update: Sir Jeffrey throws down the gauntlet
In a passionate speech earlier this week Jeffrey Donaldson said threats wouldn’t stop him from engaging with the UK government. Is the DUP leader ready to face down his opponents or will he continue to condemn the Windsor Framework and to boycott Stormont? Will his party agree with him or is it set to split? Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Belfast Telegraph Journalist Andrew Madden, along with commentators Sarah Creighton and Owen Polley.
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31 min
January 24, 2024 Europe 2024: What's lies ahead for the EU with Donald Trump on the horizon?
Against a backdrop of a rising far right and war across the globe, Europe goes to the polls in June. Why is Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán seen as the ‘black sheep’ of the EU? How will Trump’s likely return to the White House affect the Union? And as war in Gaza rages on, will the EU stand with Israel no matter what? Shona Murray, Euronews Europe correspondent, joins Ciarán Dunbar.
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27 min
January 22, 2024 Margaret Perry and the IRA’s execution of her alleged murderer
The body of Portadown woman Margaret Perry was found a year after she went missing, the bodies of three men the IRA itself accused of her murder were found three days later. The IRA also accused them, all members or former members, of being British agents. Why was Margaret murdered? Who were her murderers and did one British agent kill three others?
Allison Morris joins Ciarán Dunbar

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30 min
January 19, 2024 Rose Dugdale: The English millionaire debutante who joined the IRA
Born in England into immense wealth and luxury, Rose Dugdale turned her back on riches to become a bombmaker, a thief and a terrorist. But why did she abandon her life of privilege for the IRA?
Host: Fionnán Sheahan, Guest: Liam Collins
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22 min
January 17, 2024 The United Nations: Why is it so powerless as wars continue to rage?
Prof Jussi Hanhimäki argues the international body is still important, despite the challenges it faces.
But what exactly is the UN? What is its role today?
And with the body impotent in the face of wars from the Congo to Gaza – has the time come for major reform?

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30 min
January 15, 2024 General Sir Frank Kitson: The legacy of the British officer most associated with the Troubles
Was Kitson responsible for enflaming the Troubles or did his own books leave him a convenient scapegoat?
Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Edward Burke, a military historian in University College Dublin, and by Fearghal Mac Bhloscaidh, a senior lecturer in History in St Mary’s University college in Belfast.

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30 min
January 12, 2024 The Foundlings: Three siblings abandoned alone search for fourth ‘foundling’
This is the story of three long-lost siblings, all abandoned in mysterious circumstances in Lisburn, Dundalk and Drogheda, who unbelievably found their way back to each other many years later. But there could be a fourth ‘foundling’ and they need your help to find them…

Host: Kevin Doyle Guests: Catherine Fegan, Helen Ward & David McBride

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28 min
January 10, 2024 Kevin Conway: ‘Firm’ member slain in west Belfast gangland murder
Kevin Conway, originally from the Lurgan area, was shot dead in Belfast on 9th January. Linked to ‘The Firm’ he was one of three men charged in relation to the murder of Shane Whitla in Lurgan in January 2023. The area has seen several high-profile assassinations in recent years linked to a single dissident republican gunman. Allison Morris reports.
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15 min
January 10, 2024 Post Office scandal: “They knew what was going on”
Described as one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in UK history, between 1999 and 2015 over 700 postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of stealing money from their branches. Some were bankrupted, losing their houses, livelihoods and life savings, and others served prison sentences. It was later revealed the missing money was due to a fault in a computer program. Kurtis Reid joins Ciarán Dunbar.
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29 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…