The BelTel

Even at the height of the Troubles, the murder of 10-year-old Brian McDermott was shocking. Brian’s body was eventually found in a sack in River Lagan. Bizarrely, the murder became part of a wider ‘black magic’ scare. Liam Tunney tells Brian’s story to Ciarán Dunbar.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Republicanism has different morals from the rest of us," Máiria Cahill has said as she spoke about her new book. She waived anonymity in 2014 when she detailed allegations of sexual abuse at the hands of an IRA member. As Sinn Fein’s political support brings it closer to power in the south, what does she count as the price of speaking out? Host: Ellen Coyne Guest: Máiria CahillSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tall tales of children ‘identifying as cats’ have gone viral in recent years. Journalists look into it, but somehow, they can never track down the school in question. Where are these stories coming from – how do they become so viral – and do people realise that they’re sharing nonsense? Belfast Telegraph technology reporter Kurtis Reid joins Ciarán Dunbar. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patrick Devaney, an 81-year-old Portaferry man, has been jailed after inflicting years of abuse on teens sentenced to a borstal. His cruelty included beating children with cricket bats, sustained racial abuse and sick games forcing boys to fight. Ciarán Dunbar is joined by victim Andrew Parsons and Belfast Telegraph Journalist Liam Tunney.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gerard Lawlor, a young father and Gaelic football player, was murdered in a drive-by shooting four years after the Good Friday Agreement. He was killed during a night of mayhem ordered by UDA boss Ihab Shoukri - his killing was the fifth gun attack in a four-mile radius that night as Loyalist paramilitaries searched for a Catholic victim. 21 years later, no one has been charged with the murder. Sunday Life Journalist Ciarán Barnes spoke to Ciarán Dunbar about the story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dan Wootton has been sacked by the MailOnline after he was suspended by GB News for his interview with actor Laurence Fox in which Fox made remarks about the appearance of a female journalist Ava Evans. Who are the men at the centre of the scandal and what's behind their thinking?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Suzanne Breen joins Ciarán Dunbar with her assessment of what’s going on behind the scenes in the DUP as the party’s boycott of Stormont continues. The party has been refusing to take part in the Assembly until issues over the Windsor Framework post-Brexit trading arrangements are addressed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clogher is a quiet and peaceful close-knit community. But it was, on a Saturday morning in 2019, the scene of a harrowing murder. Father of four, Pat Ward, was beaten to death, who did it and why? Fionnán Sheehan is joined Kurtis Reid.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jay Miller, aka ‘Jay the Barber’, is an entrepreneur with a successful barbering company and TikTok star. But his life was not always this way. Childhood tragedies saw Jays life spiral into drug addiction. But now he spends his life helping those in most in need. Jay Miller joins Sharon O’Neill to tell his incredible story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Belfast Telegraph journalist Andrew Madden has met Sean Quinn in his Fermanagh home. Seán Quinn says he wants to tell his version of how he lost his business empire. Meanwhile Gardaí continue to hunt for the ‘paymaster’ who ordered the attack on Kevin Lunney – one of the men who took over the Quinn businesses. Sean Quinn has always condemned the incident.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.