Sam McBride Northern Ireland Editor
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Sam McBride is the Northern Ireland Editor of the Belfast Telegraph and the Sunday Independent. His 2019 book Burned: The Inside Story of the Cash-for-Ash Scandal and Northern Ireland’s Secretive New Elite became a Sunday Times and Irish Times bestseller and was shortlisted for the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize. He is a regular presence on radio and television, giving analysis of events which impact on Northern Irish politics and society.

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Belfast Telegraph, Sunday Independent

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  • Northern Ireland

840 Articles
about 1 month ago
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Despite Sinn Féin now denouncing Troubles amnesty, it secretly pressed for an amnesty...but just ...

For years, Sinn Féin has been at the forefront of the campaign against the Government’s Troubles amnesty.

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about 1 month ago
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Jeffrey Donaldson privately vowed to stand ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with David Trimble — even if th...

Despite his hardline public stance, Jeffrey Donaldson privately said if the IRA allowed its arms dumps to be inspecte...

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about 1 month ago
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Peter Robinson ‘well aware’ DUP was handing seat to Sinn Féin by splitting unionist vote in 2001

Peter Robinson was “well aware” that DUP support for an independent unionist candidate in the 2001 General Election w...

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about 1 month ago
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Government’s ‘private understanding with Sinn Féin’ revealed – and NIO won’t say if it remains in...

The Government had a “private understanding with Sinn Féin” – and recorded it in written form – that it would set up ...

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about 1 month ago
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South Armagh watchtowers had function so secretive that security agencies wouldn’t even tell America

The south Armagh watchtowers had a function which was so secretive that British security agencies did not even tell A...

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about 1 month ago
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Tony Blair worked behind scenes to thwart Pat Finucane public inquiry after discussion with MI5 boss

Tony Blair worked behind the scenes to avoid a full public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane after a conversati...

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about 1 month ago
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Leo Varadkar praises Michelle O’Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly at meeting of North-South Minister...

In his last major engagement as Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar has praised the “very good impression” which the First and De...

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about 1 month ago
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Thefts linked to Belfast missile factory sparked fears loyalists were exporting secrets

A series of thefts linked to a Belfast missile factory caused the intervention of the Ministry of Defence and MI5, pr...

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about 1 month ago
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Emma Little-Pengelly’s father was ‘leading UDA man’ who was key to missiles-for-arms plot, MI5 be...

Despite his denials, secret documents discovered by the Belfast Telegraph show that the Government believed Noel Litt...

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about 1 month ago
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Rather than Britain plotting to murder Peter Robinson, as he claimed, officials worked to protect...

Contrary to Peter Robinson’s claim that the UK Government was hiring a mercenary to murder him after his ‘invasion’ o...

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about 1 month ago
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Garda officer saved Peter Robinson from being put in handcuffs and carted off to prison

A Garda officer saved Peter Robinson from being handcuffed and taken to Mountjoy Prison after a court appearance rela...

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about 1 month ago
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Trimble told SoS how ‘police officers waved their warrant cards at UUP representatives after they...

The reform of policing was more damaging to the UUP than the lack of IRA decommissioning, the UUP told the Government.

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