Sam McBride Northern Ireland Editor
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  • Belfast Telegraph

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

914 Articles
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Trip back to the 60s

Nostalgic memories of the heady 60s are the focus of a new exhibition by Northern Ireland artist Jonathan Aiken.

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Choir sing of the eternal feminine

The National Chamber Choir of Ireland is to perform part of its summer series in Belfast.

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Postal strike is hit by sinister twist

The postal crisis deepened today with strikers steadfastly refusing to return to work amid allegations of sinister th...

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Deadlock in postal strike

By Sam McBride

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Plans to dump radio theme out of tune say MPs

MPs from Northern Ireland have added their voice to the chorus of criticism over BBC Radio 4's decision to remove the...

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Man dies in city flats stabbing

A WEST Belfast man who died after being stabbed had been involved in a dispute, his uncle said today.

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Mail disruption set to continue

By Brian Hutton and Sam McBride

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Postman: we're at the end of our tether

A 39 year-old west Belfast postman told the Belfast Telegraph that he was living on handouts from friends and family,...

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Angry ex-worker rejects Richardson's pension offer

A former worker at a Belfast factory which closed leaving a £21m pension shortfall last night rejected a compensation...

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Twins make it a magic Christmas

An Ulster family is celebrating the birth of Christmas twins. Dianne and Mark Innes from Holywood Road in Belfast rec...

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Fiasco over washed up war weapons

Second World War weapons washed up on Ulster beaches in 1993 were left by the Government to put the public in danger ...

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Road tragedy leaves girls battling for their lives

Two young girls lay fighting for their lives in hospital last night after a fatal accident in the hills above Belfast.

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