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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Sinn Fein appear to have broken Assembly rules when paying former press officer Michael McMonagle

Sinn Féin appears to have broken Assembly rules in how it claimed taxpayers’ money to pay Michael McMonagle, a man wh...

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Head of British Heart Foundation NI, Fearghal McKinney says Sinn Fein's actions undermined charit...

Fearghal McKinney says Sinn Fein's actions undermined charity's work

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Sinn Fein’s silence, secrecy and misleading statements contrast with openness of British Heart Fo...

As the biggest party on the island of Ireland, Sinn Fein has a formidable reputation for communicating its message, b...

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Sinn Fein’s attempt to shift paedophile blame on to charity has left its staff wounded and reelin...

Sinn Féin’s unfair besmirching of the British Heart Foundation undermined its work and left its staff wounded and dis...

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Tragedy of tribalism ensures loathsome people can hide in plain sight

In a world teeming with overwhelming challenges, we can sometimes feel helpless. In theory, democracy empowers us; in...

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PM authorised top secret use of SAS to thwart previously-unknown plot against NI’s top officer, f...

Almost half a century ago, the Prime Minister received an exceptionally unusual and urgent memo with the highest secu...

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Sinn Fein’s top Stormont spin doctor never told charity it was hiring child sex suspect

Sinn Fein’s most senior spin doctor in Northern Ireland did not warn a charity that the man he was recommending for a...

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Anger of abandoned RHI claimants over Foster cashing in as a green energy ‘expert’

Arlene Foster’s willingness to take £10,000 to speak about green energy shows how politicians involved in the RHI sca...

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Baroness For Hire: Arlene Foster is asking for £10,000 a day to advise firms on green energy

Former First Minister Arlene Foster has been advertising herself as a renewable energy expert at a cost of more than ...

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RHI pledge torn up: I’ve only contempt for politicians who set up scheme, says farmer as every cl...

Nine years ago, insider information from the Stormont department running the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme made its...

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Skilled manual labourers are the real stars of Notre Dame restoration. It's time we all gave trad...

It’s a long way from the thick limestone walls of Notre Dame de Paris to the conurbations across this island yearning...

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Department of Health’s bungling over forced vaccinations is dangerous — but not for the reasons c...

The front page of yesterday’s Belfast Telegraph conveyed a story which indicates how political debate is shifting in ...

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