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    Drumcree: Orange Order to march Garvaghy road again after 28 years

    25/09/2026 | 27 mins.
    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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    'Donaldson should get 10 years', court hears

    25/09/2026 | 10 mins.
    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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    Manhunt continues as Derry murderer remains on the run

    22/09/2026 | 22 mins.
    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’ - Earl Spencer’s explosive claims about Princess Diana and King Charles

    22/09/2026 | 26 mins.
    “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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    Johnny ‘Mad dog’ Adair: “He created the mad dog persona”

    20/09/2026 | 32 mins.
    Johnny Adair, commonly referred to as ‘Mad dog Adair’, was one the most well-known terror bosses of the Troubles. He said his war was aimed at the IRA, but innocent Catholics were more often than not his real victims.

    His C Company of the west Belfast UDA also turned their guns on their fellow loyalists.

    Who is Mad dog Adair, what does he believe, and how does he view his murderous reign?

    Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Aaron Edwards, a Senior Lecturer in Defence and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and author of ‘Enemies within: The explosive true story of Johnny ‘Mad dog’ Adair’.
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About The BelTel
The BelTel brings you some of Northern Ireland's top journalists, Allison Morris, Sam McBride and Suzanne Breen to name but a few, giving you the inside stories behind what is in the news. Presented by Ciarán Dunbar, the Bel Tel investigates, debates and informs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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