The BelTel

At 37, Jason Arday became the University of Cambridge’s youngest black professor.

However, he is now at the center of a plagiarism accusations which have cast a shadow over his career – and thrust him into the international limelight.
Parts of his CV have been rubbished, and his most implausible claims about his personal life and achievements have been ridiculed.

Arday resigned from Cambridge last week saying he was under an "unrelenting level of public scrutiny and personal attack".
The controversy has sparked intense debate. While allegations against Arday have become a focal point for right-wing press and far-right groups online, many academics argue the case has been caught up in a wider culture war.

Ciaran Dunbar is joined by Kurtis Reid, to talk about Jason Arday – what he says, and what his detractors and defenders say.
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Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann took over Belfast City Centre for over a week drawing huge crowds.

The all-Ireland traditional Irish music competition and festival has been near universally hailed as an enormous success.

It has been cited as having made a massive cultural, social, and economic impact on the city.

How much money was made? What impact will it have on the Fleadh, and can any lessons be learned?

Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Belfast Telegraph reporter, and fleadh veteran, Liam Tunney, and by Business Editor Margaret Canning.
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Daniel Kinahan sounded bemused when he described the frenzy around his life as “movie stuff”, but the scenes that accompanied his trip back to Ireland were undeniably cinematic.

A trip on a €53m government jet that was tracked by the public in real-time, a ring of steel around parts of Dublin as he was escorted in a bomb-proof convoy, and a long-awaited appointment at the Criminal Courts of Justice.

Perhaps the most surprising aspect, however, was the alleged criminal kingpin’s affable back and forth with the judge.

So, where does Daniel Kinahan go from here?

The Irish Independent’s news and security correspondent, Robin Schiller, was present to see it all unfold. He joined Kevin Doyle to break it down.
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The Protestant exodus from Londonderry's cityside was ‘largely ignored or denied’ according to a new report.

Its authors say they would like to see 'acknowledgement’ and 'acceptance' of the massive population shift and its causes.

A report says the mass movement from the west to the east bank of the Foyle was not down to "one event or cause” — but violence had a “major impact”.

The report is called “Where have all the Prods gone?” Conflict and Displacement — The PUL Exodus and its impact in Londonderry.

Ciarán Dunbar spoke to the report's author Terry Wright, and to Brian Dougherty, CEO of the North-West Cultural Partnership which commissioned and published it.
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Ben Lowry is no longer the editor of the News Letter. The outspoken commentator was removed from his position without explanation.

Mr Lowry had spent 19 years at what is the world's oldest continuously published English language daily newspaper.

The 288-year-old unionist paper now appears to be drifting without an editor at the helm.

The Belfast Telegraph has been told that staff are shocked and dismayed by the departure but the paper’s new owner has declined to answer questions about what is going on amid claims there was a row about possible Irish Government funding.

I’m joined by the Belfast Telegraph’s Northern Ireland editor, and former political editor at the News Letter, Sam McBride.
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