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

Focus Areas

  • Northern Ireland

910 Articles
about 16 years
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The exotic items HM customs have seized

Items seized at by Ulster's customs officers in recent years include a bear's head and exotic tortoise shell.

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Ex-KGB agent due at conference

A KGB agent turned preacher and a miraculous survivor of Cambodia's killing fields have arrived in Northern Ireland t...

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New arts festival kicks off in Enniskillen

Ulster's newest arts festival, organised by ambitious young musicians, was due to begin today - far from the city str...

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about 16 years
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War at pumps brings relief to hard-pressed Ulster drivers

War at pumps brings relief to hard-pressed Ulster drivers

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Learners waiting 48 days for driving test

Learners waiting 48 days for driving test

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MoT waiting times reach crisis point

Motorists in the North West are being forced to endure the most lengthy delays across Northern Ireland's test centres...

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MoT waiting times reach crisis point

Waiting times for MoT tests are still rising and vary greatly across Northern Ireland's 15 test centres, the Belfast ...

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Ulster failing to click with broadband access

Homes in Northern Ireland have the lowest rate of broadband internet access in the UK, despite being the first countr...

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about 16 years
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Police urged not to adopt 'lethal' Tasers in Ulster

TASER stun guns are potentially lethal and should not be adopted by the PSNI, prominent human rights advocates have c...

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More ambulances miss emergency response targets

BY SAM McBRIDE

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Man held as police quell a near-riot at designer outlet

A groundbreaking retail promotion - which attracted a half-mile queue and prompted a near riot - will be repeated, th...

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Classroom assistants start all out strike action

More than 3,000 classroom assistants began all out strike action today after efforts to broker a deal between managem...

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