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

834 Articles
3 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Would Mary Lou McDonald dare to please the Sinn Féin faithful by snubbing Joe Biden over Gaza?

Sinn Féin is facing an awkward decision that will demonstrate how much it’s prepared to annoy its base in pursuit of ...

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3 months ago
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SF’s Gerry Kelly facing huge financial hit as he opts not to appeal stinging libel verdict

Gerry Kelly has accepted a devastating judgment which leaves him liable for a huge legal bill over what a judge said ...

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3 months ago
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Jeffrey Donaldson’s in too deep to back away from deal – but he’s acutely vulnerable

A fortnight before Christmas, a senior unionist rang about the DUP’s talks with the Government. At the end of the con...

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3 months ago
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DUP rupture coming if deal accepted, says man who was party councillor until last week

A councillor who quit the DUP last week has said that the party is “obviously divided” over whether to return to Stor...

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4 months ago
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NI Assembly top brass get up to 15% pay rises while public sector gets nothing

Senior figures at the Northern Ireland Assembly have received pay increases of up to 15%, it can be revealed — despit...

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4 months ago
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Even if censoring the news was ever desirable, it’s no longer possible

On a Thursday night a few weeks ago, I was sitting in Studio B in BBC Broadcasting House in Belfast. As a guest on Th...

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4 months ago
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The DUP’s boycott is not about a nationalist First Minister and claims to the contrary are acutel...

After coming to Belfast to interview Michelle O’Neill in mid-2022, Henry Mance of the Financial Times observed: “Havi...

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4 months ago
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DUP councillor quits after four months, saying stress of party spats left him hospitalised

A DUP councillor has quit the party just months into his political career, days after being hospitalised with a heart...

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4 months ago
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Amber alert on NI’s electricity grid as wind doesn’t blow and loss of Kilroot slashes margins

An emergency alert has been triggered on Northern Ireland’s electricity grid, sending it into an amber warning at tea...

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4 months ago
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Sinn Féin is seeking an authoritarian society where criticism is not allowed

Not since Gerry Kelly blew up the Old Bailey in London half a century ago has he caused so much damage. But whereas t...

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4 months ago
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Strike by 80% of public sector will be devastating –but it’s just the start, with civil disobedie...

Few people yet comprehend the scale of the mass strike which is going to cripple Northern Ireland’s public and privat...

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4 months ago
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DAERA’s top official refuses to explain why department has broken the law by failing to publish a...

Stormont’s agriculture department has failed to explain why it hasn’t filed its accounts more than nine months after ...

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