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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Niall Ó Donnghaile was happy to slur us when we were investigating his own misbehaviour

Six days ago, Niall Ó Donnghaile engaged in what for him was typical behaviour: self-righteous denunciation of those ...

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3 días
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Stormont hasn’t implemented 40% of RHI Inquiry findings – and it is getting worse in some areas

More than four years after the costly Inquiry into the Renewable Heat Initiative concluded, auditors have concluded t...

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4 días
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Key discrimination against NI passengers on Enterprise train to be ended within days

A longstanding discrimination against Northern Ireland passengers on the Belfast-Dublin train is to be ended in a for...

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5 días
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Anybody buying a house near NI’s coasts or rivers should consult Stormont’s flood maps

Even from afar, watching the power of nature turbocharged by mankind’s hubris is increasingly sobering.

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6 días
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Indefensibly, the Covid Inquiry is hiding key Stormont evidence from public — and that is not jus...

Did you know that the public inquiry into the Covid pandemic is hiding a huge volume of evidence from the public who ...

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10 días
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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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11 días
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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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12 días
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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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13 días
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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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