The BelTel

When journalist Siobhan Fenton was headhunted by Sinn Féin in 2020 she was an outsider.

Entering the party press office in Dublin, she was from Belfast, and didn’t support IRA violence.

At the time Sinn Fein was soaring, with Mary Lou McDonald expected to eventually become Ireland’s first female Taoiseach.

But that hasn’t happened. Instead, the party’s momentum faltered – although it remains the biggest party on the island.

What goes on inside of one of Ireland’s most secretive party, and how is the new generation of Sinn Féin staff changing the party?

After five years working for Sinn Fein, Siobhán Fenton was ruthlessly dumped, learning that she was being ditched through a media report in 2025.

She has released the book ‘Ourselves alone: Sinn Féin behind closed doors’ - and she joined Sam McBride on the BelTel.
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The Parades Commission has given go ahead for Drumcree Orange march down the Garvaghy Road - but with stringent conditions.
Permission has been granted for no more than 35 people, including five named marshals, to take part in the parade, which will depart Drumcree Church at 8am on Sunday September 27.
Nationalists are outraged by the decision; unionists have welcomed it.
Ciarán Dunbar is joined by the Belfast Telegraph's security correspondent, Allison Morris.
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The former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson should serve at least 10 years in prison, a court in Newry has heard.
The remarks were made during a submission hearing for disgraced former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson.
The former MP was convicted of a series of historical sexual offences earlier this year.
He was brought from Maghaberry high security prison to court for the hearing.
Submissions were made from prosecutors about the length of prison term he should serve.
Donaldson (63) had already been warned to expect a significant custodial term.
Allison Morris was in court.
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Gary Anderson is a dangerous murderer –and he’s on the run. The Derry man had been granted compassionate leave for his father's funeral, even though his brother Sean, guilty of the same murder, wasn’t.

The 29-year-old was sentenced to a minimum tariff of 15 years for his role in the murder of father-of-five Karol Kelly in 2018.

The manhunt continues on both sides of the border as we wonder why Anderson was granted the leave in the first place.

Olivia Peden is joined by our crime correspondent Allison Morris.

This episode was recorded on the afternoon of Tuesday 22nd September.
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“We’ll forget her soon enough.” That is the extraordinary comment Charles Spencer, Princess Diana's brother, claims King Charles made in the days following her death. Now, Spencer’s new book has reignited old tensions and prompted a rare response from Buckingham Palace.

Daily Mail features writer Fred Kelly joins Kevin Doyle to ask why Spencer is speaking out now, whether his claims stack up and what this latest royal row means for Diana’s enduring legacy.
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