Crisis talks at Stormont today - can they find a way out of welfare reform stalemate? #BBCNolan
Crisis talks at Stormont today. Can they find a way out of the welfare reform stalemate? Theresa Villiers is hosting the talks. She's taking a tough line today. In an Irish News article, she launches a thinly veiled attack on Sinn Fein and the SDLP for blocking welfare reform legislation. And she says their approach threatens havoc for public services here. Stephen spoke to the DUP MLA and Fina...
18m Jun 02, 2015
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BBC comes under fire over new reality show blasted as 'poverty porn' #BBCNolan
The BBC has come under fire for a new reality TV show that has been blasted as 'poverty porn'. Britain's Hardest Grafters pits 25 low paid workers against each other to try and win a cash prize of £15,500 - equivalent to the minimum annual wage for workers outside London. The BBC has defended it as "a serious social experiment for BBC2 which investigates just how hard people in the low wage eco...
9m Jun 02, 2015
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'Political broken heart killed him' - former Lib Dem MP @lembitopik #BBCNolan
You'll be waking up to the news this morning that the former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has died. He was 55. He was found dead at his home, and his death is not being treated as suspicious by police. The cause of death has yet to be confirmed, but he was known to have battled problems with alcohol for many years. Stephen talks to former Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik
2m Jun 02, 2015
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'People loved him' – Alastair Campbell @campbellclaret tribute to Charles Kennedy
You'll be waking up to the news this morning that the former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has died. He was 55. He was found dead at his home, and his death is not being treated as suspicious by police. The cause of death has yet to be confirmed, but he was known to have battled problems with alcohol for many years. Stephen talks to Alastair Campbell, former Director of Communications...
7m Jun 02, 2015
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'Real tragedy' - former business secretary @vincecable tributes to Charles Kennedy
You'll be waking up to the news this morning that the former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has died. He was 55. He was found dead at his home, and his death is not being treated as suspicious by police. The cause of death has yet to be confirmed, but he was known to have battled problems with alcohol for many years. Stephen was joined by former Lib Dem MP and Business Secretary, Vince...
3m Jun 02, 2015
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Do tractors on the roads grind your gears?
If you get frustrated trundling at the back of a queue of traffic following a slow-moving tractor, there's good news... A consultation has begun about raising the speed limit for tractors from 20mph to 25mph -- a big jump of 5 miles per hour! Patrick McNicholl is a sheep farmer who's out on the roads quite a lot at this time of the year - and Robert the taxi driver is with me too
8m Jun 01, 2015
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Cancer specialist on shock obesity link statisics
On the front page of the papers at the weekend - a story claiming that one in five cancer deaths is now caused by obesity and experts in America says it's on course to be the main cause of the disease, ahead of smoking. Earlier I spoke to DR CLIFFORD HUDIS, a cancer specialist in New York and I began by asking him about these findings that obesity could cause more cancer than smoking
15m Jun 01, 2015
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BGT goes barking mad for Matisse
Last night, dog act Jules O'Dwyer and Matisse was the shock winner of this years Britain's Got Talent. The border collie pocketed the £250,000 prize as well as getting the chance to perform at the Royal Variety show.The rescue dog walked across a tightrope in a performance described by Simon Cowell as "one of the best dog acts we've ever seen".They finished ahead of magician Jamie Raven and Wel...
3m Jun 01, 2015
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#BBCNolan Callers react to loyalist gangsterism claims
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22m Jun 01, 2015
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Police link loyalists to human trafficking – PUP respond
Last week you might have heard my interview with PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton. He revealed something surprising when we discussed the activities of loyalist paramilitaries. He told this programme they are one of the organised crime gangs involved in Human Trafficking.Well I have been speaking to Winston Irvine, who is the PUP's director of communications. I began by asking him what his ...
17m Jun 01, 2015
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Paying for sex now illegal in Northern Ireland
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14m Jun 01, 2015
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A Pug in a dress. Not @StephenNolan, but @vinnybelfast at the Belfast doggie meet up #BBCNolan
On Vinnys show on Radio Ulster on Monday night he was talking about DOGS! Stephen wants a dog! Vinny has two - he should give Stephen his poodle... We can become very attached to our pets and for many of us - they provide companionship and love. Vinny took his PUG 'Thor' - to the regular 'Belfast Pug Meet' up in Lady Dixon Park...
7m May 29, 2015
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'Where is the Secretary of State?' - Relatives for Justice react to @BBCPanorama investigations
Mark Thompson, Director of Relatives for Justice reacts to last night's BBC Panorama investigations
5m May 29, 2015
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Big interview - Senator George Mitchell talking peace and latest Stormont crisis
Our big Friday interview this week is with someone who played a major role in the peace process. Former Senator George Mitchell was appointed US Special Envoy for Northern Ireland under President Bill Clinton, and I had the pleasure of talking to him earlier this week. He has a new book out about his life called The Negotiator, so Stephen began by asking him just how hard the negotiating proces...
19m May 29, 2015
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Fallout from @BBCPanorama collusion investigations #BBCNolan
The collusion allegations could hardly be more serious. Last night's BBC Panorama programme shone a light on the actions of security force agents and informants within loyalist and republican terror groups. Former Police Ombudsman Baroness Nuala O'Loan said state agents were allowed to get away with murder. Stephen got reaction this morning from Danny Morrison, Basil McCrea, former police offic...
21m May 29, 2015
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Brother of murdered journalist Martin O'Hagan reacts to @BBCPanorama investigation
The collusion allegations could hardly be more serious. Last night's BBC Panorama programme shone a light on the actions of security force agents and informants within loyalist and republican terror groups. Former Police Ombudsman Baroness Nuala O'Loan said state agents were allowed to get away with murder. One of the cases featured on the programme last night was the LVF killing of Sunday Worl...
19m May 29, 2015
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Free Presbyterian Minister defends comments on ISIS and gay 'threats' #BBCNolan
A Free Presbyterian Minister has said that God is using ISIS and homosexuality to punish Europe for its wickedness. Rev. Ian Brown, from the Martyrs' Memorial Free Presbyterian Church, in Belfast, made the comments in a sermon in the wake of the Ashers Bakery verdict last week. He spoke to Stephen this morning
19m May 28, 2015
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‘Loyalist paramilitaries involved in human trafficking’ @ChiefConPSNI tells #BBCNolan
‘Loyalist paramilitaries involved in human trafficking’ - PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton tells BBC Nolan
2m May 28, 2015
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Part Two - @ChiefConPSNI George Hamilton joins @StephenNolan in studio #BBCNolan
We've a big, big interview this morning. It's nearly a year since George Hamilton became the PSNI's Chief Constable. It's one of Northern Ireland's toughest jobs. So just how is he doing? Mr Hamilton joined Stephen in studio this morning
26m May 28, 2015
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Part One - @ChiefConPSNI George Hamilton joins @StephenNolan in studio #BBCNolan
We've a big, big interview this morning. It's nearly a year since George Hamilton became the PSNI's Chief Constable. It's one of Northern Ireland's toughest jobs. So just how is he doing? Mr Hamilton joined Stephen in studio
29m May 28, 2015
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New law change bid in assisted dying debate #BBCNolan
The debate around assisted dying has reignited after a father-of-three who had developed a tumour has died at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland. Jeffrey Spector, who was 54 and from Lancashire, died on Friday following a six-year illness. He had an inoperable growth on his spine and faced being paralysed from the neck down. Now the former Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, says he will attempt to...
15m May 27, 2015
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.@nweir1 talks to traders who say roadworks are putting businesses under threat
Shop owners in the Belmont Road and Arches areas of East Belfast say their businesses are being put under threat by a road closure. Mersey street is currently closed, as work is being carried out to water pipes. Originally it was meant to take a few weeks.. But it's now believed the work will continue until Christmas. However business owners claim that since it started their takings have been s...
6m May 27, 2015
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‘Ball now in British government's court’ – Health Minister on welfare reform #BBCNolan
Stormont on the brink. As expected, the controversial Welfare Reform Bill has been defeated. We're told that means a massive black hole in the budget. And there's political stalemate on what to do next. Will a civil servant have to take charge and impose massive cuts. Or will London step in, strip welfare powers from Stormont and impose the controversial benefit reforms over the heads of MLAs? ...
7m May 27, 2015
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Stormont on the brink - #BBCNolan callers hit out at welfare reform bill defeat
Stormont on the brink - BBC Nolan callers hit out at welfare reform bill defeat
10m May 27, 2015
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'It is untenable' - commentator Seamus Close hits out at Stormont welfare stalemate #BBCNolan
Stormont on the brink. As expected, the controversial Welfare Reform Bill has been defeated. We're told that means a massive black hole in the budget. And there's political stalemate on what to do next. Will a civil servant have to take charge and impose massive cuts. Or will London step in, strip welfare powers from Stormont and impose the controversial benefit reforms over the heads of MLAs? ...
5m May 27, 2015
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Sinn Fein defiant on Stormont Welfare reform crisis #BBCNolan
Stormont on the brink. As expected, the controversial Welfare Reform Bill has been defeated. We're told that means a massive black hole in the budget. And there's political stalemate on what to do next. Will a civil servant have to take charge and impose massive cuts. Or will London step in, strip welfare powers from Stormont and impose the controversial benefit reforms over the heads of MLAs? ...
18m May 27, 2015
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Marathon man running to keep his wife's memory alive
Sometimes in life, remarkable things come from devastating events. In November last year Philip Anderson had to bury his mother, Brigid, and wife, Mary, within days of each other after they both lost their battles with cancer. Mary was just 40 years old and had been diagnosed with brain cancer in 2002. Many would crumble in the face of such grief but Philip has decided to take on a remarkable c...
25m May 26, 2015
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D-Day on Stormont welfare reform bill
It's decision day at Stormont. MLAs are due to vote on the welfare reform bill today. The DUP says the welfare reform legislation has to be passed, to avoid a massive budget black hole crisis. But Sinn Fein and the SDLP have vowed to block it.
23m May 26, 2015
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Inheritance - Is cutting children off for their own good?
Will you leave your children your wealth when you die? Comedian Lenny Henry has said it is 'right' for rich parents to cut their children out of inheritance - so they can learn to 'stick up for themselves'. Tough love that will help your children in the future, or totally unfair?
14m May 26, 2015
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Should the police prioritise the most serious crimes at the expense of other offences? @TheMrLoophole discusses
Should the police prioritise the most serious crimes at the expense of other offences?Top lawyer Nick Freeman - famously known as Mr Loophole - says it is a "scandalous waste of tax payers' money" when the police and prosecutors go after what he has called "soft option" motoring offences.He made the claim after a Cheshire motorist - whom he did not represent - was ordered to pay more than £10,0...
13m May 25, 2015
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NI Water confirm unions have agreed to formally end the industrial dispute
Details have emerged of the pay deal struck by NI Water employees following a five week work to rule strike during the winter. Unions are claiming a huge victory saying the deal exceeds the Stormont pay cap and secures additional pension protections. Thousands of customers were affected by disruption to their domestic water supply during the industrial action in December and January. At one ...
7m May 25, 2015
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#bbcnolan Nolan callers clash over same sex marriage
#bbcnolan Nolan callers clash over same sex marriage
25m May 25, 2015
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#bbcnolan callers react to same sex marriage referendum
#bbcnolan callers react to same sex marriage referendum
22m May 25, 2015
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Ireland says yes to gay marriage. Is Northern Ireland being left behind?
The Republic of Ireland has made history by becoming the first country in the world to introduce gay marriage by popular vote, with 62.1% of voters backing the reform giving same-sex couples the right to marry.A total of 1,201,607 votes were cast in favour, while 734,300 votes were cast against.And the Taoiseach Enda Kennedy hailed the result as "a piece of history" after the Yes campaign secur...
6m May 25, 2015
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First Minister Peter Robinson rushed to hospital
Reports have emerged that First Minster Peter Robinson has been admitted to hospital this morning.
9m May 25, 2015
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Callers clash in benefits cut row #BBCNolan
BBC Nolan callers Alex and Roisin clash in benefits cuts row
14m May 22, 2015
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Gay cake row - anger over petition to get Ashers products off shelves #BBCNolan
It's the controversy which won't go away. Earlier this week the Ashers gay cake row came to a head when a judge ruled the Christian-run bakery discriminated against a gay customer. Now some of those who were critical of Ashers have started an online campaign urging Tesco not to sell the bakery's products. A rival petition has also been started urging tescos to stick with the company. Stephen ta...
24m May 22, 2015
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Can Stormont survive the welfare crisis?
Yesterday this show revealed the warning from Finance Minister Arlene Foster of a potential £2.8 billion budget black hole.That's if the Assembly rejects the welfare reform bill next Tuesday.Strip away all the technical talk - a £2.8 billion black hole means a meltdown - Ministers resigning, government falling.Writing in the Belfast Telegraph today, DUP First Minister Peter Robinson says the st...
30m May 22, 2015
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Should Rory’s hometown Holywood embrace Brand McIlroy?
On Monday, in a local bakery in my home town, Holywood, I bought two biscuits that had an image on them of Rory McIlroy holding a cup - one of his many trophies. On Sunday he won again on the PGA Tour in the States, yet another million-dollar-plus victory confirming his place as the world's number one. That's what he is. The best player in the world, arguably the finest sportsman to emerge fr...
9m May 21, 2015
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Desperate plea from local mother to stop her son being deported
A desperate mother and father from Belfast are facing a race against time to keep their 22 year old son in the country. Richard, who's from Northern Ireland, and his South African born wife, Tracy, came back to live in Belfast in 2004 with Tracy's 11 year old son, Dyllan, who's from a previous marriage. But after living, working and raising two further children here the family has been left she...
8m May 21, 2015
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‘It will not be direct rule come Wednesday morning.’ – commentator Alex Kane on Budget Crisis
Alex Kane comments on Budget Crisis
6m May 21, 2015
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Stormont House Disagreement – a reminder of our musical #BBCNolan
A musical look back at the Stormont House talks
6m May 21, 2015
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#BBCNolan callers react to Stormont budget meltdown warning
DUP Finance Minister Arlene Foster has circulated a really stark document to Ministerial colleagues .This memo - we're calling it the doomsday document - paints a nightmare scenario of a senior civil servant imposing a budget with a 2.8 billion shortfall.
9m May 21, 2015
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Breaking - Finance Minister Arlene Foster warns of £2.8bn black hole
On Nolan today - Arlene Foster's doomsday document.The Finance Minister has warned of a potential £2.8 billion black hole in Government funding here. It's her direst warning yet about a meltdown at Stormont. We have the leaked document. We have the story
27m May 21, 2015
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Court’s verdict is in, but Ashers #GayCake debate rages on
A judge has ruled that Christian-run bakery 'Ashers' DID discriminate against gay customer - Gareth Lee - by refusing to make a cake with a pro-gay marriage slogan iced onto it. A Belfast judge said, as a business, Ashers was not exempt from discrimination law. The firm's general manager said they were "extremely disappointed" by the ruling and are considering an appeal.
20m May 20, 2015
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#BBCNolan benefits bust-up – callers clash on welfare cuts
Callers debate possible benefits reform for Northern Ireland
27m May 20, 2015
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Stormont crisis – could it really all come crashing down next week?
Yet more warnings of the Assembly collapsing over welfare reform. We've been hearing similar threats for sometime. First Minister Peter Robinson is now saying Stormont could fall next week if a solution can't be found. DUP's MP Sammy Wilson And Sinn Fein's Conor Murphy talked to Stephen.
19m May 20, 2015
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The amount of empty shops in NI is on the rise. What can be done to fix the problem?
Have you noticed the amount of empty shops now on our high streets? New figures show that one in six shops here are currently empty and the vacancy rate continues to be the highest of any part of the UK and shows a growing gap between the fortunes of high streets in Great Britain. So what needs be done?
9m May 19, 2015
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Autistic teenager hasn't been to school in five months due to bullying
Warning - some language in the audio may offend A couple of weeks ago we broadcast an interview with a teenage girl who told us she'd been forced to leave Glengormley High School because of a campaign of bullying. After that interview was aired we were contacted by other people claiming they'd been bullied at the same school. One of the messages was from a mother of a boy who hasn't attended G...
8m May 19, 2015
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#BBCNolan callers react to Prince Charles/Gerry Adams meeting
#BBCNolan callers react to Prince Charles/Gerry Adams meeting
13m May 19, 2015
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