PSNI in pavement parking crackdown - they tell @StephenNolan about the plan
The PSNI are going to crackdown on people parking on pavements. They have said that parked cars and vans are forcing pedestrians off the pavement and into danger on busy roads. A joint campaign by the police and charities has been launched to urge drivers to consider the needs of those with disabilities. Stephen spoke to the PSNI's Inspector Rosie Leech and guide dog owner Elaine Orwin.
25m Feb 01, 2017
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Fury over phone-in debate - callers discuss attitudes of NI people to Muslims #BBCNolan
Yesterday, the Nolan Show had a caller which outraged many of you. Many people were saying that we should not have taken her off air. That it was a fringe view. The calls had been prompted by a conversation on Donald Trump's "extreme vetting" travel ban. But we have been looking at the most recent survey into social attitudes here in Northern Ireland and it may shock you. The Northern Ireland L...
27m Feb 01, 2017
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.@StephenNolan clashes with @KTHopkins #BBCNolan
Stephen Nolan clashes with Katie Hopkins
1m Feb 01, 2017
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Attitudes of NI people to Muslims under spotlight - @mshafiquk and @KTHopkins discuss
Yesterday, the Nolan Show had a caller which outraged many of you. Many people were saying that we should not have taken her off air. That it was a fringe view. The calls had been prompted by a conversation on Donald Trump's "extreme vetting" travel ban. But we have been looking at the most recent survey into social attitudes here in Northern Ireland and it may shock you. The Northern Ireland L...
25m Feb 01, 2017
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Huge reaction to caller's Muslim remarks #BBCNolan
Huge reaction to caller's Muslim remarks
24m Jan 31, 2017
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Somali offers to meet controversial caller #BBCNolan
Suleiman, originally from Somalia, contacted the show this morning to react to controversial caller
8m Jan 31, 2017
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Shocked Nolan clashes with caller over Muslims #BBCNolan
Shocked Nolan clashes with caller over Muslims
15m Jan 31, 2017
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Callers clash over @POTUS travel ban #TrumpBan #BBCNolan
Donald Trump has sacked his top lawyer - after she said her department wouldn't defend his controversial temporary travel bans. Sally Yates, who was acting attorney general, had told her staff she didn't think the 90 day ban on visitors from seven mainly-Muslim countries was lawful. Here, more than one-and-a-half million people have signed a petition calling for Donald Trump's state visit to th...
26m Jan 31, 2017
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British passport holder detained and interrogated at American border after @POTUS #TrumpBan
The Trump administration is standing firm over its ban on immigration from seven countries despite court rulings and mass protests against it. In a statement, President Trump said visas would once again be issued once "the most secure policies" were in place, and denied it was a Muslim ban. Last night on 5 Live Stephen spoke to Ali Hamedani a British passport holder, who works for the BBC World...
9m Jan 30, 2017
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Latest developments in RHI controversy - @malodoherty and @AllisonMorris1 discuss #NolanRHI
The DUP have come out on the attack over RHI - accusing the BBC of bias and having a go at Sinn Fein. Their MP Sammy Wilson has alleged the "BBC aided and abetted the political enemies of the DUP to create a crisis". The party have also published an election leaflet in which they claim a number of facts, including that there will be "no future overspend". That statement is at odds with what DUP...
9m Jan 30, 2017
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'We need a full independent inquiry' – Alliance’s David Ford reacts to DUP and SF RHI claims #NolanRHI
The DUP have come out on the attack over RHI - accusing the BBC of bias and having a go at Sinn Fein. Their MP Sammy Wilson has alleged the "BBC aided and abetted the political enemies of the DUP to create a crisis". The party have also published an election leaflet in which they claim a number of facts, including that there will be "no future overspend". That statement is at odds with what DUP...
2m Jan 30, 2017
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Sinn Fein MLA Conor Murphy hits back at DUP 'deflection' over RHI controversy #NolanRHI
The DUP have come out on the attack over RHI - accusing the BBC of bias and having a go at Sinn Fein. Their MP Sammy Wilson has alleged the "BBC aided and abetted the political enemies of the DUP to create a crisis". The party have also published an election leaflet in which they claim a number of facts, including that there will be "no future overspend". That statement is at odds with what DUP...
12m Jan 30, 2017
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Sammy Wilson MP blasts BBC and Sinn Fein over controversial RHI scheme #NolanRHI
The DUP have come out on the attack over RHI - accusing the BBC of bias and having a go at Sinn Fein. Their MP Sammy Wilson has alleged the "BBC aided and abetted the political enemies of the DUP to create a crisis". The party have also published an election leaflet in which they claim a number of facts, including that there will be "no future overspend". That statement is at odds with what DUP...
30m Jan 30, 2017
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Plans to boost Belfast’s population – are you a city slicker or do you prefer keeping it country?
Belfast City Council have launched a plan to bring the population of the city back up to pre-Trouble levels. It is estimated that about 100,000 people moved out of Belfast in the 1970s and 1980s. Now the council is trying to encourage people to come back and hopes 66,000 more people will move into the city.
12m Jan 27, 2017
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As Carl 'The Jackal' Frampton defends his world title - everyone is behind the Belfast boy
Carl 'The Jackal' Frampton will defend his world title in Las Vegas in the early hours of Sunday morning against Leo Santa Cruz.
5m Jan 27, 2017
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Arlene Foster confirms she knew about claims regarding a DUP SpAd at time of her Stormont speech. #NolanRHI
Arlene Foster has confirmed that she did know about the permanent secretary's claims regarding a DUP special advisor and yet did not reveal this to the public in her speech to the assembly on 19th December last year.
8m Jan 27, 2017
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A Tory MP, who was an army officer here, says torture was "sometimes" justified. Can it ever be acceptable? #BBCNolan
A conservative MP and former soldier has sparked controversy after he said he was a "kind of torturer" while serving in Northern Ireland in the 1970s. Colonel Bob Stewart was being interviewed by the BBC after President Donald Trump said he believed torture worked.
26m Jan 27, 2017
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Members of the Renewable Heat Association want their identities protected. Michael Doran spoke to Stephen.
On Tuesday hundreds of RHI beneficiaries won a temporary injunction to stop their names being made public. Those recipients are members of the Renewable Heat Association of Northern Ireland
15m Jan 26, 2017
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The questions @BBCNolan put to the DUP
Here are the questions the DUP are refusing to answer.
20m Jan 26, 2017
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Bus lane extension plans: Our Vinny and Nicola checked out the roads at 7am
Yesterday, the Transport Minister, Chris Hazzard, outlined his proposals to extend the times of bus lanes on some of Belfast's busiest commuting routes. We sent our Vinny and our Nicola to find out if traffic is as bad as the minister thinks....
17m Jan 26, 2017
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Alliance Leader @naomi_long responds to claims in @BelTel of ageism and racism within party #BBCNolan
Alliance Leader Naomi Long responds to claims in the Belfast Telegraph of ageism and racism within her party
6m Jan 26, 2017
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What Arlene Foster knew on day of Assembly speech over RHI
Another new development in the RHI story that goes to the heart of our democracy and how politics operates here in Northern Ireland.
19m Jan 26, 2017
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Campaigners clash over claims '100,000 people alive today' because of NI abortion law
You may have noticed a new billboard in Belfast claiming that 100,000 people are alive in Northern Ireland today because the Abortion Act 1967 was not implemented here. It's part of a campaign called Both Lives Matter a new collaborative movement of individuals and organisations seeking to reframe the abortion debate in Northern Ireland. Stephen talks to Dawn McAvoy who is part of the campaign ...
5m Jan 25, 2017
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Chairman of Charter NI says he’s not retiring over CEO Dee Stitt controversy
The chairman of the east Belfast community organisation Charter NI has resigned. Drew Haire has said he has left for health reasons and his decision is not connected to the on-going controversy surrounding its chief executive Dee Stitt. Charter NI received £1.7m from Stormont's Social Investment Fund. Assistant Chief Constable Stephen Martin told me in December that some individuals in Charter ...
12m Jan 25, 2017
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"F*** Stephen Nolan" - east Belfast bonfire collectors hit out at @StephenNolan
"F*** Stephen Nolan" - that was the message to Stephen after yesterday's show. It came after we reported how people had already started collecting wood for the annual eleventh night bonfires, in January, six months before the twelfth. Pallets were left at two places in east Belfast - the Connswater Greenway near Avoneil and the Cregagh estate. But some people aren't happy that we were highlight...
11m Jan 25, 2017
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Man involved in fitting biomass boilers talks to @StephenNolan #NolanRHI
Let's bring you another interview now around the Cash for Ash scandal. This is an interview with a man involved in fitting the non domestic biomass boilers at the heart of this story. Stephen has been speaking to Paddy, and began by asking him about what he used to do.
5m Jan 25, 2017
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Are proposals for longer bus lanes hours in Belfast a good idea? #BBCNolan
The Transport Minister Chris Hazzard is proposing to extend the times of bus lanes on some of Belfast's busiest commuting routes. In a bid to develop a faster public transport route from west to east Belfast through the city centre as part of the Belfast Rapid Transit scheme. Stephen gets the views of environmental campaigner Jeff Gazzard, businessman Frank Shivers and we take your calls.
23m Jan 25, 2017
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Proposals for longer bus lanes hours in Belfast – @ChrisHazzardSF sets out the plan
The Transport Minister Chris Hazzard is proposing to extend the times of bus lanes on some of Belfast's busiest commuting routes. In a bid to develop a faster public transport route from west to east Belfast through the city centre as part of the Belfast Rapid Transit scheme.
12m Jan 25, 2017
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'...it was the worst low of my life....but many people supported me when I needed it...'
Former UUP MLA Ross Hussey on dealing with the aftermath of naked pictures which appeared in a paper. LISTEN: To the interview in full - https://audioboom.com/posts/5528923-emotional-ross-hussey-talks-for-first-and-only-time-about-being-victim-of-a-tabloid-sting?t=0
1m Jan 24, 2017
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'I would wake up and I couldn't breathe...but it was my own fault and I paid the price'
The UUP's Ross Hussey on life after being the target of a tabloid sting LISTEN: To the interview in full - https://audioboom.com/posts/5528923-emotional-ross-hussey-talks-for-first-and-only-time-about-being-victim-of-a-tabloid-sting?t=0
1m Jan 24, 2017
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Emotional Ross Hussey talks for first and only time about being victim of a tabloid sting
The snap election has seen some big decisions by our politicians on whether they will stand or not. The most high profile decision not to run was made, of course, by Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness last week. Another MLA who is stepping down is Ulster Unionist Ross Hussey.
19m Jan 24, 2017
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Supreme Court says Parliament needs to vote on triggering Article 50 AND devolved regions DO NOT have a veto
Parliament must vote on whether the government can start the Brexit process, the Supreme Court has ruled. It also says that there is no role for devolved institutions.
10m Jan 24, 2017
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Listener Sean contacted us about a dangerous footpath in Stranmillis
Sean has been in touch via Twitter over an incident that happened outside his barber shop.
5m Jan 24, 2017
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Plans to extend cycle lane network in Belfast City centre - on yer bike or on your nerves?
Plans are afoot to add significantly to our existing cycle lane network. Proposals from Minister Hazzard outline the potential for around 130 kilometres of what he calls 'convenient, comfortable, continuous and coherent bicycle routes for the city'.
8m Jan 24, 2017
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Pallets dumped at bonfire sites in east Belfast - six months before the annual Eleventh Night event in July
It's January, only six months to the eleventh night and people have already started collecting wood for the annual bonfires. Pallets have been left at two places in east Belfast - the Connswater greenway near Avoneil and the Cregagh Estate .Groups can get up to £5000 for bonfire events for the Twelfth from the council - but they have to stick to a set of rules.
27m Jan 24, 2017
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Equestrian centre faces closure over health and safety concerns at Castlewellan Forest Park. @nweir1 reports.
A business that has been operating in County Down for nearly half a century is in danger of closing because it has been locked out of Castlewellan Forest Park.
7m Jan 23, 2017
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Parking mad? Fears that price hike to park your car will be bad news for businesses.
From 20th February prices to park on the street in Belfast, Newry and Lisburn are set to rise by up to 40pence per hour.
7m Jan 23, 2017
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Donald Trump and his “war” with the media – @georgegalloway and @CharlieSeaWolf discuss
President Donald Trump has accused the media of dishonesty over the number of people attending his inauguration.
11m Jan 23, 2017
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Is plan by Simon Hamilton to release RHI names in the public interest or welching on an agreement?
The DUP's Jim Wells says his brother, two cousins and the husband of a third cousin all have wood pellet boilers under the RHI scheme .
23m Jan 23, 2017
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Stephen defends himself after caller, John, accuses him of bringing down Stormont.
Stephen defends himself after caller, John, accuses him of bringing down Stormont.
5m Jan 23, 2017
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George Hamilton @ChiefConPSNI speaks out after gun attack on his officer
The PSNI say they believe "violent dissident republicans" were behind a murder bid on their officers last night.One officer was inches away from death after being shot twice in the arm. He is in a stable condition in hospital. It's a throwback to our troubled past and comes a week after Stormont's collapse.
11m Jan 23, 2017
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Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry report set for publication. What will it mean for survivors? #BBCNolan
Earlier this month The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (HIA) submitted its report to the first and deputy first ministers. Men and women, who were vulnerable children in care in Northern Ireland between 1922 and 1995, have come before the inquiry to give accounts of abuse in their childhood. Today - that report will be formally published. Listen back to the full programme: http://www.b...
6m Jan 20, 2017
6m
Martin McGuinness: from paramilitary to peacemaker #BBCNolan
Martin McGuinness announced his retirement from frontline politics yesterday.It marks the end of a remarkable journey from guns to government. Listen back to the full programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b088j15x
17m Jan 20, 2017
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.@conormurphysf on potential SF leadership bid #BBCNolan
Following the announcement that Martin McGuinness was not seeking re-election, Stephen asks Conor if he is in the running to replace McGuinness as Sinn Fein leader. Listen back to the full programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b088j15x
1m Jan 20, 2017
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.@conormurphysf is unable to say sorry to IRA victims #BBCNolan
Conor Murphy reacts to comments made by DUP's Ian Paisley about Martin McGuinness' retirement from frontline politics . Listen back to the full programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b088j15x
9m Jan 20, 2017
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.@ianpaisleymp pays tribute to @M_McGuinness_SF #BBCNolan
Listen back to the full programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b088j15x
11m Jan 20, 2017
11m
‘Ian Paisley’s comments were disrespectful’ – @JimAllister on Paisley’s McGuinness comments
Jim Allister reacts to comments made by DUP's Ian Paisley about Martin McGuinness' retirement from frontline politics . Listen back to the full programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b088j15x
4m Jan 20, 2017
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‘We need a public inquiry led by Secretary of State’ – UUP’s Steve Aiken on latest #RHI revelations #NolanRHI
Heat is back on the DUP's special advisers following explosive revelations from top civil servant. Listen back to the full programm here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b088j12v
4m Jan 19, 2017
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‘The responsibility goes to the top’ – TUV’s Jim Allister on latest #RHI revelations #NolanRHI
Heat is back on the DUP's special advisers following explosive revelations from top civil servant. Listen back to the full programm here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b088j12v
8m Jan 19, 2017
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‘There is no such thing as a rogue special adviser’ – Alliance’s Stephen Farry on latest #RHI revelations #NolanRHI
Heat is back on the DUP's special advisers following explosive revelations from top civil servant. Listen back to the full programm here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b088j12v
3m Jan 19, 2017
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