The State of Us Podcast
1) What the **** is happening in golf?
Has the world of golf gone mad?Swearing, shouting, and lobbing pints – that was the Ryder Cup 2025.Stephen Watson is one of the closest journalists to NI golfer Rory McIlroy. He's just back from Bethp...Show More
2) Fighting poverty in NI: The minister defends his plan
Following on from our chat with Rachel and Louise, two mothers living in poverty in Northern Ireland, the minister heading up the executive anti-poverty strategy defends his plan.Minister Gordon Lyons...Show More
3) Bonus: Kneecap’s Mo Chara terrorism case thrown out
A bonus episode of the State of Us after the terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh was thrown out.Kelly Bonner joins Declan from outside Woolwich Crown Court to bring us how the cas...Show More
4) Was the PSNI spying on journalists?
Julian O’Neill joins Tara and Declan on The State of Us after new details were revealed on how the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) unlawfully used covert surveillance powers. A report has ...Show More
5) Irish presidential election hots up
Nominations for the next president of Ireland close on Wednesday. Already there has been some controversy around this race to the Áras.BBC NI’s new Dublin correspondent Gabija Gataveckaitė joins Decla...Show More
6) Blue Lights – the new series
Action, some laughs and a lot of tears are to be expected as BBC One's police drama Blue Lights returns for its "most emotive season yet".The long-anticipated third season of the show, which follows r...Show More
7) Uncovering the truth about Katie Simpson’s death
It was a case that shook the equestrian community. Now a new series explores the secret investigation that led to a murder trial. Tara Mills speaks to Rachel Hooper and Natalie Maynes, producers from ...Show More
8) Stuart Robinson: ‘Behind enemy lines’ chatting about the Cool FM cash call, BBC licence fee & the biggest show in the country
Radio presenter Stuart Robinson started his broadcasting career 3 decades ago, as a wide-eyed 16 year old.He has risen through the ranks of commercial radio and is now controller of NI’s most successf...Show More
9) Tuam: Ireland’s secret burial shame
It was a story of institutional inhumanity – which, at first, many found unbelievable.Hundreds of babies and children, buried in an unmarked mass grave, at the site of an institution for unmarried mot...Show More
10) Ireland's missing children: Donabate & Kyran Durnin
Gardaí continue to search a site in Donabate, north county Dublin, for a missing child, who is presumed dead.Since the authorities last contact with the family - five years ago - the child disappeared...Show More