The BelTel
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Gerry Adams accused BBC barrister of trying to persuade a jury he has “no reputation whatsoever”
20 mins; May 10, 2025
SĂ©amus Ruddy: The Newry man ‘disappeared’ by INLA in Paris
29 mins; May 08, 2025
Conclave: White smoke and dark secrets, Catholic cardinals are choosing the next pope
24 mins; May 08, 2025
Kew Files: Sam McBride on what secret files reveal about David Ervine, Gerry Kelly and the UDA
42 mins; May 06, 2025
Meet the ‘freemen of the land’ who believe they are above the law
27 mins; May 04, 2025
Kneecap: Terror cops confirm 'grounds for further investigation', politicians push for bans, musicians rally
26 mins; May 01, 2025
Officials say minister wrong to suggest opinion polls will trigger Irish border vote – who is right?
27 mins; April 29, 2025
Austin Stack: ‘The IRA couldn’t admit my father’s murder was sanctioned because of political repercussions’
32 mins; April 27, 2025
Sallins Train Robbery: Osgur Breatnach, a false confession, the Garda 'Heavy Gang', and convicted by a sleeping judge (Part 2)
34 mins; April 24, 2025
Sallins Train Robbery: The IRSP members wrongly imprisoned for IRA heist (Part 1)
30 mins; April 22, 2025
What is MicheĂĄl Martin saying (or not) about a United Ireland?
39 mins; April 20, 2025
‘Every one of them looks like someone’s grandfather’: Belfast pensioners sentenced for running grooming gang
28 mins; April 17, 2025
The National Front, Tartan gangs and Combat 18: Loyalism and the far-right
31 mins; April 15, 2025
Rory McIlroy achieves sporting immortality with Masters victory
36 mins; April 14, 2025
Joe Lynskey and Robert Nairac: 'Bodies will never be found’, IRA source admits
24 mins; April 13, 2025
'Burn them out': The long history of fascism and the far-right in Ireland
34 mins; April 10, 2025
Sam McBride: Paul Givan and the case of the missing civil servant
30 mins; April 08, 2025
SSPX Resistance: Who are the group behind masses Catholic Church in Derry says are ‘illicit’?
23 mins; April 06, 2025
Controversial Ballymena ‘brand builder’ Darren Campbell quits after months of controversy
28 mins; April 03, 2025
Trump's tariffs: 'Brexit means NI could pay more for some goods if we're stuck in the middle of a trade war'
18 mins; April 03, 2025
Internment without trial: ‘The single biggest mistake that the British state makes in the Northern Ireland conflict’
37 mins; April 01, 2025
Secret JFK Files reveal how the CIA spied on Irish and British intelligence services
29 mins; March 30, 2025
One year on, Jeffrey Donaldson’s shock resignation and its impact on the DUP
30 mins; March 27, 2025
Sam McBride: Secret files suggest Robert Nairac was meeting with an informant before disappearance
47 mins; March 25, 2025
The MAGA Manosphere: Why are Conor McGregor and the UFC punching right?
30 mins; March 24, 2025
Flights from hell: Do we need to clamp down on alcohol at 30,000ft?
35 mins; March 23, 2025
Portadown teacher Niamh Farrell denies being ‘GAA catfish’ as she wins an injunction against Dublin school
27 mins; March 20, 2025
How Basil McCrea's career and party ended in utter chaos | NI21 (Part 2) - the downfall
24 mins; March 18, 2025
How two UUP MLAs broke away to find a new 'confident' path for unionism | NI21 (Part 1) - the rise
29 mins; March 16, 2025
Rosemary Nelson: RUC ‘threats’, Red Hand Defenders and alleged collusion, the murder of a Lurgan solicitor
28 mins; March 13, 2025
On-the-run Magilligan prisoner before courts in Rhode Island after alleged $800,000 scam
20 mins; March 11, 2025
Gerard Conway inquest: 32-year-old disappeared in 2007 – witnesses testimony weaves a complex story
27 mins; March 09, 2025
PSNI Chief Con denies intrusive surveillance on journalist investigating Noah Donohoe death, Sam McBride reports
21 mins; March 07, 2025
Allison Morris on the New IRA’s potential ceasefire after secret peace talks
30 mins; March 06, 2025
Noah Donohoe: PSNI accused of spying on journalist investigating teen’s death
29 mins; March 04, 2025
Martin Dillon: “There’s no evidence for the ‘Say Nothing’ ending” and Mairead Farrell was "addicted to romantic nationalism"
38 mins; March 02, 2025
Alliance: From liberal Unionism, to the agnostic ‘middle ground’
44 mins; February 27, 2025
Suzanne Breen: Irish unity, Sinn FĂ©in’s White House dilemma and MLA pay rises
35 mins; February 25, 2025
Allison Morris on attempted murder of Sean O’Reilly as ONH feud boils over
17 mins; February 24, 2025
William Hampton: The eccentric English millionaire who left his wealth to Sinn Féin
22 mins; February 23, 2025
‘King Con’: Belfast conman Cartmill who scammed Stephen Nolan and Eamonn Holmes faces jail
24 mins; February 20, 2025
The East Tyrone IRA, Loughgall, Clonoe, and the SAS
31 mins; February 18, 2025
The IRA’s La Mon Bombing and the victims’ quest for justice
26 mins; February 16, 2025
The Official IRA’s ‘training’ trip to North Korea
26 mins; February 13, 2025
Allison Morris: The origins of the PSNI and the challenge of recruiting Catholics
31 mins; February 11, 2025
Ciaran Barnes: Why UDA shot pensioner after Bulgarian brothel raid in Coleraine
22 mins; February 09, 2025
Top Belfast school Methody apologises after rugby hazing leaves boy ‘traumatised’
29 mins; February 06, 2025
How I caught the catfish who took my identity
52 mins; February 05, 2025
“The starting point is to is to name people”: Sam McBride talks to legacy chief Sir Declan Morgan
38 mins; February 04, 2025
Why was Big Brother's Seany O’Kane turned back from Moscow?
30 mins; February 02, 2025
The murder of Robert McCartney, the IRA cover-up, and his sisters’ fight for justice
36 mins; January 30, 2025
‘Operation Torpedo’: Allison Morris reveals new details on Bryson’s mole and the plotters inside the DUP
30 mins; January 28, 2025
Rev Harold Good: Decommissioning IRA weapons, secret talks and Martin McGuinness
24 mins; January 26, 2025
The 'GAA Catfish': "She would have needed at least 25 different phone numbers to pull this off"
40 mins; January 23, 2025
SAS: Rogue Heroes - Should ‘Paddy’ Mayne get the Victoria Cross and yet another terrible NI accent
29 mins; January 21, 2025
Sorcha Eastwood takes on Andrew and Tristan Tate
36 mins; January 19, 2025
The IRA’s infamous escape from Belfast’s prison ship, the HMS Maidstone
25 mins; January 16, 2025
Allison Morris: John George’s return flight from Alicante was “booked after he was dead”
29 mins; January 14, 2025
Jarlath Burns and Rory Gallagher row: Does the GAA have a problem with double standards?
29 mins; January 14, 2025
Revealed: Sam McBride on secret unionist unity talks between DUP and UUP
22 mins; January 12, 2025
Sam McBride: Files revealed on Ian Paisley, DUP’s sex education panic and the plans to dam Strangford Lough
34 mins; January 09, 2025
What Dublin’s secret files reveal about NI, Trimble, Bruton, JFK and Casement
31 mins; January 07, 2025
Lion tamer, street-fighter and 'sectarian murderer': The life and crimes of Buck Alec Robinson
21 mins; January 05, 2025
Belfast: Killing Edgar (P2) - The IRA murder of Edgar Graham at Queen’s University Belfast
31 mins; January 02, 2025
Belfast: Killing Edgar (P1) The IRA murder of Edgar Graham at Queen’s University
31 mins; December 31, 2024
2024: The year of political scandals, returns and bizarre plot twists
47 mins; December 29, 2024
Belfast: Rosaleen O’Kane and the murder the RUC didn't investigate
20 mins; December 26, 2024
Belfast: The Falls Road Curfew - the raid on the Official IRA which turned west Belfast against British Army
27 mins; December 24, 2024
Belfast: Bloody Friday – What impact did the IRA’s Blitz have?
25 mins; December 22, 2024
Sam McBride: The IRA’s Northern Bank Robbery and how it almost shattered the peace process
45 mins; December 19, 2024
BelTel Football: NI star Gareth McAuley reveals all about his incredible career
50 mins; December 19, 2024
‘Say Nothing’: The ‘Disappeared’ of Andersonstown, John McClory and Brian McKinney
28 mins; December 17, 2024
40 years of Band Aid: Christmas, charity and controversy
35 mins; December 15, 2024
Left, right, populism and woke – why are the working classes not voting socialist?
28 mins; December 14, 2024
Don Anderson: The NI journalist who escaped fall of Saigon as airport burned tells the story of reporting Vietnam
27 mins; December 12, 2024
‘Peace’ game is up for UVF chief Winston “Winkie” Irvine as he finally admits gun charges
22 mins; December 10, 2024
'Revolutionary Years' : 1913 to 1923, 10 years which changed Ireland
27 mins; December 08, 2024
MasterChef's Gregg Wallace: What is being alleged?
26 mins; December 08, 2024
‘Mr-Fix-it': Newry's Rory Trainor facing jail for EncroChat money laundering, Ciaran Barnes reports
18 mins; December 05, 2024
The chicken farmer, the ‘Triads’ , and the cannabis in the shed, Sam McBride reports
23 mins; December 03, 2024
Ian Ogle: Ciaran Barnes on the murder that rocked the East Belfast UVF
21 mins; December 01, 2024
'Notorious' - Conor McGregor’s career and legacy is in freefall – what next?
26 mins; November 30, 2024
Joe Lynskey: The monk who joined the IRA and was 'disappeared' by it over trying to kill his love rival
28 mins; November 28, 2024
The life and crimes of UFF hitman and Johnny ‘Mad Dog’ Adair sidekick Gary ‘Smickers’ Smith
22 mins; November 26, 2024
‘Say Nothing’: Allison Morris on what really happened when she met Dolours Price
32 mins; November 24, 2024
Double Cross: The Ardoyne murder of Robbie Lawlor, and the brutal feud that led to his death
26 mins; November 23, 2024
Boxing stars Barry McGuigan, Carl Frampton and the ÂŁ6 million lawsuit
26 mins; November 21, 2024
‘Ulster-Scot Hillbilly’ JD Vance is ‘one heartbeat away from the presidency’ - who is he?
22 mins; November 19, 2024
The LVF murder of journalist Martin O’Hagan and the struggle for justice
29 mins; November 17, 2024
Suzanne Breen: NI split over DUP meetings with LCC, O’Neill suffers from McMonagle fall-out but Sinn FĂ©in’s support solid
26 mins; November 14, 2024
Allison Morris: "PSNI failed to do even the most basic police work" in Katie Simpson murder investigation
27 mins; November 12, 2024
The Newry actress, the Iraqi businessman and the multi-million-pound gangster film scam
27 mins; November 10, 2024
EXTRA: Ex-Sinn Féin man McMonagle jailed for child sex offences
10 mins; November 08, 2024
Enniskillen Bombing: "30 people involved, yet Nobody has been brought to justice”, Denzil McDaniel
26 mins; November 07, 2024
Trump triumphant by a landslide – how and why did he win the American people?
39 mins; November 06, 2024
Loughinisland Massacre: Trevor Birney on the PSNI’s "Stasi" tactics, and his arrest
32 mins; November 05, 2024
Alf McCreary: Journalism, a lucky break, Ian Paisley and faith
28 mins; November 02, 2024
The UVF and the savage '70s: Shankill Butchers, Gusty Spence, and the Dublin Monaghan Bombings
28 mins; October 31, 2024
BONUS: The 'Angel of Death' who terrified Irish town and captivated the world
26 mins; October 30, 2024
Alexander McCartney: “Nothing but a disgusting child predator”
32 mins; October 29, 2024