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- He was once known as the Right Honourable Sir Jeffrey Donaldson but is now known as inmate number E5032.
Donaldson once proudly walked the corridors of Westminster, ate in fancy restaurants, and commanded media attention.
But now he spends his days behind bars in Maghaberry, reading, doing jigsaws and doing art.
The home in Dromore, in which he lived in with wife Eleanor, who was found to have aided and abetting child sexual abuse, has appeared on the market for a modest £650,000.
Donaldson was convicted of 18 charges concerning child sexual abuse in June. Prosecution lawyers want him to serve at least ten years in prison.
To talk about Donaldson’s new life, Ciarán Dunbar is joined by the Belfast. Telegraph’s Kurtis Reid
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ‘They’ve got Marty’: the unsolved murder of Sunday World journalist Martin O’Hagan
03/10/2026 | 22 mins.A fearless investigative reporter who exposed the criminal underworld behind Northern Ireland’s paramilitaries, O’Hagan had made dangerous enemies on both sides, but no one has ever been convicted of his murder.
Joining Fionnán Sheehan is Sunday World Northern editor Richard Sullivan and Irish Independent special correspondent Paul Williams, as they remember their friend and colleague and examine why, 25 years on, his killing remains unsolved.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.- The standoff between the Orangemen on Drumcree and the residents of the Garvaghy Road continues in Portadown.
Negotiations involving the Secretary of State Chris Bryant, the Orange Order and Garvaghy Road residents have so far failed to reach an agreement.
Garvaghy Road residents' spokesman Breandán Mac Cionnaith, confirmed on Wednesday that there was a document on the table. However, both Jamie Bryson and Carla Lockhart said the Portadown district won’t be accepting any deal that sees them walk away from their right to parade down the Garvaghy Road.
Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald and First Minister Michelle O’Neill were back on the Garvaghy road with residents on Wednesday – with the First Minister saying that standing on the road with residents on Sunday was "the right thing to do".
Meanwhile, the leaders of the DUP and UUP say they expect to see prosecutions over the protest in the next few days.
Ciarán Dunbar is joined by the Belfast Telegraph’s Kevin Scott, Kurtis Reid, and Allison Morris.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. - In 1990, Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy lost his seminal libel case against the Sunday Times.
But formerly secret files reveal the south Armagh republican was actually expected to win it – and that the paper was considering throwing in the towel.
But a tactical error by Murphy led to the paper deciding to fight – and not settle, costing him a fortune.
Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Sam McBride.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Drumcree: nationalist and unionist camps completely divided over Garvaghy march
28/09/2026 | 41 mins.There is a stalemate in Portadown and deep division in Stormont.
On the Orange side, the issue is the rights of a small number of people to march their traditional route – backed by a legal ruling.
On the Garvaghy Road, a community feels that march is sectarian harassment - and a relic of another age.
This is a local issue, but one which deep historical resonances, and one which many fear has brought Northern Ireland to the political brink.
Unionists accuse nationalists of not accepting the rule of law, while nationalists accuse unionists of unnecessarily opening an old wound.
Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Sam McBride and Allison Morris and hears from Claire Dickson in Portadown, and from Andrew Madden in Stormont.
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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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