In the summer of 2020, 14-year-old Noah Donohoe went missing in Belfast. Six days later his body was found in a storm drain. His disappearance and death have dominated headlines for five and a half years. The inquest into his death will, for the first time, lay out the facts and evidence in this case. In this special series from The State of Us podcast, Tara Mills and Declan Harvey take you inside the courtroom, bringing you the evidence as it unfolds each day. Today the jurors heard from eyewitnesses who saw Noah fall off his bike as he cycled through north Belfast on the day he disappeared. Questions were also raised about the police appeal that suggested Noah had suffered a head injury when he fell.

In the summer of 2020, 14-year-old Noah Donohoe went missing in Belfast. Six days later his body was found in a storm drain. His disappearance and death have dominated headlines for five and a half years. The inquest into his death will, for the first time, lay out the facts and evidence in this case. In this special series from The State of Us podcast, Tara Mills and Declan Harvey take you inside the courtroom, bringing you the evidence as it unfolds each day. Today, the jury saw CCTV footage of Noah falling off his bike on the day he disappeared. And the court heard how Noah was preoccupied with psychologist Jordan Peterson’s book ’12 Rules for Life’.

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In the summer of 2020, 14-year-old Noah Donohoe went missing in Belfast. Six days later his body was found in a storm drain. His disappearance and death have dominated headlines for five and a half years. The inquest into his death will, for the first time, lay out the facts and evidence in this case. In this special series from The State of Us podcast, Tara Mills and Declan Harvey take you inside the courtroom, bringing you the evidence as it unfolds each day. Today, the inquest heard about the days before Noah died from his best friend Jay Tierney.

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The desperate 999 call made by Noah Donohoe’s mother Fiona on the day he disappeared in June 2020 is played to the court during day 4 of the inquest examining his death.

In the summer of 2020, 14-year-old Noah Donohoe went missing in Belfast. Six days later his body was found in a storm drain. His disappearance and death have dominated headlines for five and a half years. The inquest into his death will, for the first time, lay out the facts and evidence in this case. In this special series from The State of Us podcast, Tara Mills and Declan Harvey take you inside the courtroom, bringing you the evidence as it unfolds each day. An emergency evacuation of Laganside courthouse interrupted jury selection.

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In the summer of 2020, 14-year-old Noah Donohoe went missing in Belfast. Six days later his body was found in a storm drain. His disappearance and death have dominated headlines for five and a half years. The inquest into his death will, for the first time, lay out the facts and evidence in this case. In this special series from The State of Us podcast, Tara Mills and Declan Harvey take you inside the courtroom, bringing you the evidence as it unfolds each day. Meet Northern Ireland’s most senior coroner as he whittles down the jury pool for a second day.

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In the summer of 2020, 14-year-old Noah Donohoe went missing in Belfast. Six days later his body was found in a storm drain. His disappearance and death have dominated headlines for five and a half years. The inquest into his death will, for the first time, lay out the facts and evidence in this case. In this special series from The State of Us podcast, Tara Mills and Declan Harvey take you inside the courtroom, bringing you the evidence as it unfolds each day. Jury selection begins.

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In the summer of 2020, 14-year-old Noah Donohoe went missing in Belfast. Six days later his body was found in a storm drain. His disappearance and death have dominated headlines for five and a half years. The inquest into his death will, for the first time, lay out the facts and evidence in this case.

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Fourteen year old Belfast teenager Noah Donohoe went missing in June 2020 and six days later his body was found in a storm drain in the north of the city.

His disappearance and death has dominated headlines for the last five and a half years.

Noah’s long awaited inquest is now due to begin. It’s the first time the facts in this case will be laid out, in full and in public.

In this episode lawyer Paul Dougan takes us through what an inquest is, why it’s held and how the system works.

For nearly forty years John Linehan has played the Queen of the one liners May McFettridge. It’s a role he assumed almost by accident after a chance invitation on to a radio phone-in show from presenter at the time, Eamonn Holmes. In this Christmas edition of The State of Us, John takes time out from the annual pantomime at the Grand Opera House in Belfast and joins Tara and Declan to reflect on his long and successful career.