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

Focus Areas

  • Northern Ireland

844 Articles
almost 16 years ago
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Dickey takes career break

THE Ulster archaeologist who stunned the world last week when he discovered a new tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings...

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Ulster property auction tops £20m

Over £20m worth of property and land was sold in less than two hours yesterday at Northern Ireland's biggest ever pub...

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almost 16 years ago
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Balmy days on Rathlin as the mainland shivers

While Northern Ireland has been frozen by Arctic conditions for the last week, one part of Ulster has enjoyed warm, s...

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almost 16 years ago
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£45m sewerage scheme resumes

A massive oil rig-like structure has returned to the north coast as work resumes on the construction of a £45m sewera...

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almost 16 years ago
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UU catering campus to be switched off

Plans are under way to close the University of Ulster's Portrush campus and move catering courses to Belfast, it can ...

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almost 16 years ago
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Councils using computer chips to track bin use

Computer chips capable of tracking movement are being used in some bins in some Northern Ireland councils, the Belfas...

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almost 16 years ago
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Attracta campaign gathering pace

Coleraine supports curb on remission

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Bin me up Scotty!

Computer chips capable of tracking movement are being used in some bins in some Northern Ireland councils, the Belfas...

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almost 16 years ago
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Unionists praise GAA club

Unionists praise GAA club

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Football. . . it's a broad church!

Football. . . it's a broad church!

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almost 16 years ago
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52 demolition orders - but only 13 are carried out

The Planning Service has ordered that 52 buildings be demolished in the last five years - but only 13 have been removed.

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almost 16 years ago
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Now freedom of information will come at a price from university

The University of Ulster is to introduce fees for releasing information under the Freedom of Information Act, the Bel...

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