The BelTel Podcast
1) Massive Nama fraud trial begins with dramatic evidence: Sam McBride reports
The so-called Nama trial is underway in Belfast, more than a decade after police first began an exceptionally complex and significant investigaton. Frank Cushnahan – a former banker and senior bu...Show More
2) The Maze / Long Kesh prison: History still resonates from derelict site 25-years after paramilitaries walked out the door
The peace process saw the release of paramilitary prisoners from HMP Maze, aka the Maze, the H-Blocks, Long Kesh, an Cheis Fhada. The maximum-security prison held thousands during the Troubles. I...Show More
3) The IRA Kidnapping of Dutch Industrialist Dr Tiede Herrema that shocked the world
50 years ago, a pair of desperate Provisional IRA members etched their names in history as a crime driven by personal passion went astray. Their victim however would be a much shrewder hostage th...Show More
4) Onlyfans model Madison Allen: Wife of John George’s alleged killer arrested after crystal meth find
An Onlyfans model married to John George’s alleged killer has been arrested after allegedly being found with drugs in Spain. Belfast man John George’s body was discovered in January near Torrevieja. M...Show More
5) Concerns some kids might be vulnerable because education system doesn’t know where they are
Northern Ireland’s education system has no idea how many children it’s responsible for and there's no legal requirement for parents to tell education authorities they have a child. Stormont doesn’t kn...Show More
6) Kneecap’s Mo Chara says ‘it was always about Gaza’ as terror case thrown out
The terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh has been thrown out. The magistrate dismissed the case over a technical error. Ó hAnnaidh said the case “was always about Gaza”. ...Show More
7) Guinness: The Earl of Iveagh on his famous family and the drink which made their fortune
The Guinness dynasty is the subject of a new Netflix series ‘House of Guinness’. Ned Guinness, the Earl of Iveagh, is the great-great-great-great grandson of Arthur Guinness himself and the author of ...Show More
8) Notorious evangelical Christian Burke family confront the DUP over LGBT ‘support’ - why?
Two members the Burke family have confronted the education minister Paul Givan accusing him ‘promoting sodomy’ and ‘deceiving the people of Northern Ireland’. The Burkes have also confronted Edwin Poo...Show More
9) From H-Blocks to the pulpit: how IRA gunman Mark Lenaghan became a Catholic cleric
The funeral of 65-year-old Mark Lenaghan in Castlewellan attracted a large crowd and plenty of well-wishes for the beloved local deacon, but not everyone present knew about his former life as an IRA g...Show More
10) Stephen Walker: ‘There would have been no Good Friday Agreement without David Trimble’
Sam McBride sits down with Stephen Walker who has published a biography on the Nobel Peace Prize winner, entitled ‘Peacemaker’. ‘David Trimble: Peacemaker’ is based on 100 interviews, including w...Show More