The BelTel

There’s a split in professional golf with a small number of the top players having been lured into the new Saudi-backed LIV tour. Are the golfers taking blood money and what do the Saudi’s hope to achieve? Host Ciarán Dunbar. Guests: Belfast Telegraph journalists Gareth Hanna and Andrew Madden. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

40 years on we look back on how Gerry Armstrong’s goal against World Cup ’82 hosts Spain managed to unite Northern Ireland during some very dark times. Host: Steven Beacom; Guests: Gerry Armstong, Jim Shaw and Mike Nesbitt See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Could Donald Trump end up in jail?The big revelations from the first House Select committee hearing into the January 6th attack on the US Capitol including the president’s daughter Ivanka and the former Attorney General Bill Barr stating that there was no election fraud. HOST: Fionnan Sheahan GUEST: Gina London Columnist with the Sunday Independent, Founder of ‘Language of Leadership’ and former White House Correspondent for CNNSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Although critically damaged in the crackdown following their murder of Lyra McKee the dissident the New IRA continue to operate in Derry. What drives them, who leads them and what are they capable of? Host: Ciarán Dunbar, Guest: Ciaran Barnes, chief reporter with The Sunday Life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Belfast Telegraph's Northern Ireland Editor Sam McBride has an in depth conversation with Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the European Commission, to get the EU's reaction to UK moves to unilaterally change the Northern Ireland Protocol. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

28 years since the loyalist ceasefires the UDA is still armed, still involved in crime and has continued to murder people. Host: Ciarán Dunbar, Guest: Ciaran Barnes, chief reporter with The Sunday Life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Murdered by men and their bodies secretly buried: Arlene Arkinson, Caroline Graham, Charlotte Murray, Lisa Dorrian and Saoirse Smyth, are the Northern Ireland’s other Disappeared. Allison Morris tells their stories and their families’ quest to find them. Host Ciarán Dunbar. Guest: Allison Morris. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For so many of us Love Island is a guilty pleasure. The Indo Daily finds out why. Host Denise Calnan. Guest: Deirdre MolumbySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vladimir Putin has never hidden his contempt for Ukraine but on the 24th of February, rhetoric turned to action as Russian tanks rumbled in. War has raged since. What was Putin thinking and what sort of Russia has he created? Host: Ciarán Dunbar. Guest: Mattia Bagnoli, former ANSA bureau chief in Moscow and author of a book on Putinism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2002 the IRA walked into a Belfast PSNI station and walked out with the secret security files they were looking for. Who planned it and why? And what did the IRA do with the information they found?Host: Ciarán Dunbar. Guest: Belfast Telegraph security correspondent, Allison Morris. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.