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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922 Articles
7 months
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Donaldson’s deal leaves NI in ‘colonial’ situation, says Dodds as DUP peers dismiss their leader’...

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson faced ferocious criticism from senior party colleagues on Tuesday night, as his claims about th...

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In a near-empty chamber, DUP leader trips himself up while his internal critics get louder

It was the moment the DUP was meant to trumpet its great victory for the Union — but instead visually demonstrated ho...

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Dramatic rise in NI Catholics identifying as evangelical — but growing number of people never rea...

For years the term ‘evangelical’ has been associated with right-wing republicans in the US and the DUP in Northern Ir...

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Gerry Kelly pursues libel case against writer despite damning judgment last month

Gerry Kelly is continuing with a libel action against a critic of Sinn Féin, despite a similar case being thrown out ...

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The ghost of Roger Casement is still beating on Britain’s door

It’s a work of captivating genius which conveys the entwined complexity and contradiction of Britain and Ireland’s lo...

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NI has been key to shaping Keir Starmer... who as PM will be key to shaping NI’s future

A year from now, Sir Keir Starmer will almost certainly be Prime Minister. If rumours of a May 2 election are true, h...

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8 months
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Sinn Féin could revive NI’s fortunes with a move that would be a big shift for the party

On his first day as Ireland’s finance minister in 1957, James Ryan was given a stark message by his top civil servant...

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Ten ways to judge if Stormont has really changed for better after two-year hiatus

A week ago the Assembly met for its first substantive session in two years. The speeches were mostly filled with opti...

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Building work at Larne border post stepped up despite DUP deal as residents fear homes may be dam...

Work on the Larne border control post is pushing ahead despite last week’s DUP deal to return to Stormont.

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It’s becoming clearer that Stormont’s route to getting more money is likely to involve us paying ...

If the new Executive does what it says, it’s going to be a real break with the past in one area — populism.

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In unionism’s lofty citadel, there has been a revolution – but it might be purely symbolic

The Parliament Buildings sit on the top of a hill that dominates Belfast. James Craig, the leader of the ideology whi...

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Despite the DUP’s Trumpian claims, this deal has embedded the sea border rather than removed it

So long, winding and wearisome has the road from Brexit been that it is easy to lose sight of where we’ve come from a...

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