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The BelTel

The BelTel

By: Belfast Telegraph
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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.

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Belfast Telegraph
Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Rory McIlroy cements place in sporting history with Masters double
    Apr 13 2026

    Rory McIlroy has joined Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods in the exclusive club of men who have won the Masters back-to-back. At Augusta National on Sunday night the co. Down man produced an assured performance to win by a single shot.

    Can Northern Ireland’s most famous son add more majors to his CV and where does he rank in the grand pantheon of golfing greats?

    Keith Bailie is joined by Belfast Telegraph Chief Sportswriter Steven Beacom and Chief Audience Editor Gareth Hanna.


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    29 mins
  • Sex, lies and video tape: Julie McGinley and the murder of husband Gerry McGinley
    Apr 11 2026

    On a spring morning in June 2001 an eight-year-old girl gathers moss for her grandmother’s hanging baskets in a forest near Ballinamore in Co Leitrim. The child lets out a scream, she had discovered a body. The remains belonged to Enniskillen businessman, Gerry McGinley and it was clear that he been murdered. He had been killed by his own wife Julie and her lover, in fact they were already in custody over it. But it wasn’t a simple tale of adultery. It involved hotel sex with strangers, lies, blackmail and videotape – and included many prominent people in Fermanagh.


    Andrew Madden researched this sordid story for the Belfast Telegraph.

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    24 mins
  • Black Widow Part 2: The trial of Catherine Nevin and the media sensation that followed
    Apr 9 2026

    30 years on from the violent killing of publican Tom Nevin, part two of this special podcast looks at how Nevin's wife, Catherine Nevin, emerged as the prime suspect; the murder trial and media blitz that followed; and why Ireland’s ‘Black Widow’ still fascinates us to this day.


    Host: Fionnán Sheahan

    Guest: Mary Wilson

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    36 mins
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