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

844 Articles
almost 16 years ago
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Derry family fear Aaron was killed in plane crash

An Ulster family were last night desperately hoping their son survived a horrific plane crash on the other side of th...

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almost 16 years ago
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Youths attack centre during DPP meeting

Youths have attacked a community centre while a District Policing Partnership (DPP) meeting took place inside.

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almost 16 years ago
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Warning over blocked drains in wake of floods

Some drains in parts of Belfast are so badly blocked with dirt and concrete they are barely visible, despite a Roads ...

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almost 16 years ago
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Children attack worshippers in church

An Ulster minister today hit out at the police after officers were unable to find his church to stop children attacki...

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almost 16 years ago
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Flood-hit residents' fury over drains

Almost three months after flood waters enveloped swathes of east Belfast, drains are still filled with litter, reside...

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almost 16 years ago
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Invest NI's Freedom of Information failures rapped

Invest NI has been told by a regulator to get its house in order, urgently, after it took more than a year to release...

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almost 16 years ago
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Council dangerous dog policy queried

Questions were raised today over a local council's dangerous dog policy after a woman claimed staff told her to grab ...

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almost 16 years ago
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Death of baby girl inspired business

When Lorna and Peter Loughran's daughter, Morgan Melissa, died, Peter began writing poems about the ordeal.

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almost 16 years ago
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'Boot out park stadium bid'

Politicians who support Belfast as the site for a national stadium have joined calls to reject Ormeau Park as a suita...

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almost 16 years ago
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Licence threat student with no TV

An Ulster man has hit back at a series of "threatening" letters from TV Licensing claiming he is in danger of prosecu...

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almost 16 years ago
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Family pet is savaged in pit bull attack

A young child may be killed if fighting dogs are not taken off the streets, an east Belfast woman warned today after ...

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