Teacher union warning over budget despite cash promise from SoS
Teacher union NASUWT warning over budget despite cash promise from SoS
3m Nov 14, 2017
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Patricia McKeown from Unison reacts to Secretary of State NI Budget Bill
Patricia McKeown from Unison reacts to Secretary of State Northern Ireland Budget Bill
4m Nov 14, 2017
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SDLP MLA @ColinSDLP on Secretary of State £50 million announcement
SDLP MLA Colin McGrath on Secretary of State £50 million announcement
6m Nov 14, 2017
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Are Sinn Fein happy with £50 million announcement from James Brokenshire? Máirtín Ó Muilleoir @newbelfast reacts
Are Sinn Fein happy with £50 million announcement from James Brokenshire? Sinn Fein MLA Máirtín Ó Muilleoir reacts
6m Nov 14, 2017
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Remember the £1billion Tory-DUP deal? The Secretary of State announced yesterday the first £50m to go to health and education
£50 million from the £1 billion deal agreed between the Conservatives and the DUP will be released in this financial year. But is it too little too late? The Northern Ireland Budget Bill is to go before the House of Lords later today. The bill passed through the House of Commons yesterday, backed by all parties without a vote. Secretary of State James Brokenshire said that public services would...
6m Nov 14, 2017
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Tractors don’t need MOT if used within 15 miles of the owner’s farm - is that fair on other road users? #BBCNolan
It might surprise some people to know that The Department of Infrastructure have confirmedthat agricultural or horticultural vehicles working within 15 miles of their operating base will not be subject to MOT! Do you think that's fair when other road users have to put their vehicles through an MOT every year?
14m Nov 13, 2017
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Reaction to heartbreak for #GAWA after Northern Ireland misses out on World Cup place #BBCNolan
So it wasn't to be for Northern Ireland last night in Basel, despite a battling performance they couldn't manage to break through the Switzerland defence with the game finishing 0-0. Ultimately the penalty decision at Windsor park in the 1st leg ended Northern Ireland's World Cup dream.
13m Nov 13, 2017
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Is it Direct rule or not? James Brokenshire prepares budget for NI #BBCNolan
Secretary of State James Brokenshire gets ready to bring a Northern Ireland budget to Westminster later today. After 10 months without a devolved executive at Stormont something had to be done to keep the money flowing. The SDLP says the move means direct rule, and blames the DUP and Sinn Féin.Alliance says it is a "slippery slope" towards direct rule, but both James Brokenshire and Theresa Ma...
5m Nov 13, 2017
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Sinn Fein's @splancmc calls for Easter Lily to be sold at Belfast City Hall just like the Poppy #BBCNolan
Sinn Fein Belfast City Councillor Jim McVeigh has said he "will be requesting the Easter Lily be on sale next Easter" at City Hall. Easter Lily badges are worn to commemorate those who died during the Easter Rising but they are also worn by republicans to remember IRA members killed before and during the Troubles. Mr McVeigh says he wants to see the republican symbol sold in the same way as t...
29m Nov 13, 2017
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Wee buns - @StephenNolan talks to Bake Off winner @BegumNadiya ahead of @BBCGoodFoodShow in Belfast
This weekend sees the BBC Good Food show return to Northern Ireland at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast. The show will feature fantastic food, a great range of some of Northern Ireland's very best producers of food and drink and an array of celebrity chefs. One who joined Stephen this morning, 2015 Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain.
5m Nov 10, 2017
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RHI inquiry - @SJAMcBride reflects on the revelations from the first week of the public inquiry
The public inquiry into a flawed green energy scheme which contributed to the collapse of devolution kicked off on Tuesday. Retired appeal court judge Sir Patrick Coghlin opened the RHI inquiry at Stormont. In the coming months it will hear from many, including former First Minister Arlene Foster. Stephen spoke to journalist Sam McBride, he's been following the inquiry.
8m Nov 10, 2017
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Day Three of the #BBCNolan investigation into the #ParadisePapers
It's been a big week of investigative journalism with the Nolan Show's Paradise Papers series. Our producer David Thompson has spent weeks and weeks delving through thousands of leaked documents detailing offshore finance and Northern Ireland links to tax dodging. Here's the third and final story from our week of coverage.
11m Nov 10, 2017
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Heartfelt plea for a permanent memorial to 12 people killed in Enniskillen Remembrance Day bombing
A memorial to the 12 people killed in the Enniskillen Remembrance Day bombing was unveiled on Wednesday, to mark the 30th anniversary of the atrocity. But as soon as the service was over the memorial was taken away and put into storage. It was to be put on land beside the town's Clinton Centre. Planning permission was granted in July. However the catholic church trust which owns the land says i...
23m Nov 10, 2017
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We were robbed! NI fans left furious after dubious penalty gifted Switzerland 1-0 win at Windsor
"A disgraceful decision". That's how Northern Ireland's Corey Evens described a dodgy penalty against him in last night's World Cup qualifier. Now the team's hopes of progressing to the tournament in russia next year are hanging by a thread. But all's not lost with everything to play for in the second leg on Sunday. Stephen got reaction from sports journalist Steven Beacom, BBC football pundit ...
27m Nov 10, 2017
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Swinging both ways - how many of you will be supporting NI and ROI in World Cup qualifying? #nolansbw
Swinging both ways - how many of you will be supporting NI and ROI in World Cup qualifying?
12m Nov 09, 2017
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Church condemned following removal of memorial commemorating 12 people killed in Enniskillen bomb
A memorial to the 12 people killed in the Enniskillen Remembrance Day bombing was unveiled yesterday during a service to mark the 30th anniversary of the atrocity. But as soon as the service was over the memorial was taken away and put into storage. It was to be put on land beside the town's Clinton Centre. Planning permission was granted in July. However the catholic church trust which owns th...
21m Nov 09, 2017
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Sports journalist @StevenBeacom5 looks ahead to tonight's World Cup qualifier
Tonight Northern Ireland take on Switzerland in the 1st leg of the World Cup play-off at the National Stadium at Windsor park. They are just two games away from qualification and a good result tonight could give Northern Ireland one foot in the World Cup. Northern Ireland haven't qualified for a World Cup since 1986. Stephen spoke to sports journalist Steven Beacom.
4m Nov 09, 2017
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TUV MLA @JimAllister reacts to #BBCNolan #ParadisePapers revelations
TUV MLA Jim Allister reacts to Nolan Show Paradise Papers revelations
11m Nov 09, 2017
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Day Two of the Nolan Show investigation into the #ParadisePapers
Our team has been working on this story for months, and today we will to reveal to you what we know. This morning we reveal our investigation into another tax dodger in Northern Ireland.
14m Nov 09, 2017
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Debate around tax avoidance rages on - it's not illegal, but critics say it is immoral. Where do you stand? @Kevin_Maguire and @CharlieSeaWolf debate
So the Nolan Show this morning has broken the first in our series of tax dodging stories from our Paradise Papers investigation. Since Panorama kicked off the coverage on Sunday the Paradise Papers scandal has sent shockwaves around the world of the rich and famous and the establishment. It has also meant the debate around tax avoidance has kept raging on - it's not illegal, but critics say it ...
11m Nov 08, 2017
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30 years to the day since an IRA bomb ripped through the heart of Enniskillen - @csbuckler reports from the town
30 years to the day since an IRA bomb ripped through the heart of Enniskillen on Remembrance Sunday, killing 11 people and injured dozens of others. A 12th victim died 13 years later, having never woken from a coma. Today during a special remembrance service a memorial will be unveiled. BBC Ireland correspondent Chris Buckler reports from Enniskillen, and Stephen spoke to UUP councillor Robert ...
9m Nov 08, 2017
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CEO of Oxfam Ireland Jim Clarken reacts to #BBCNolan #ParadisePapers investigation
CEO of Oxfam Ireland Jim Clarken reacts to Nolan Show Paradise Papers investigation
7m Nov 08, 2017
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Commentator @NewtonEmerson on #BBCNolan #ParadisePapers investigation
Commentator Newton Emerson on Nolan Show Paradise Papers investigation
3m Nov 08, 2017
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#BBCNolan #ParadisePapers investigation - SDLP MLA @ClaireHanna reacts
Nolan Paradise Papers investigation - SDLP MLA Claire Hanna reacts
5m Nov 08, 2017
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A special #BBCNolan investigation into tax avoidance in NI - we look at NI business owners in #ParadisePapers leak
A special Nolan Show investigation into tax avoidance in NI - we look at NI business owners in Paradise Papers leak
21m Nov 08, 2017
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Tyrone man who punched his six-year-old granddaughter in the head six times not sent to jail
A Tyrone man who punched his 6 year old granddaughter in the head six times has been given a suspended sentence. He got angry after she poured his bottle of alcohol down the sink during a family dinner. The judge warned he would "go straight to jail" if the behaviour was repeated. To protect the identity of the child the man cannot be named. He received a four-month sentence, suspended for two ...
8m Nov 07, 2017
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@StephenNolan celebrates 200,000 twitter follower landmark - good excuse for cake?
We've just passed a huge milestone - over 200,000 followers on Twitter. To celebrate we're having CAKE!!!!
7m Nov 07, 2017
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@StephenNolan talks to @BBCPanorama reporter Richard Bilton about #ParadisePapers revelations
Its been a huge week of revelations so far from the Paradise Papers. The Queen, Lewis Hamilton, Bono and the cast of Mrs Brown's Boys have all hit the headlines this week as their offshore secrets were revealed. And there's more to come - as the massive leak shines a light on some dark corners of the financial world. Tomorrow we have a special investigation into the Northern Irish business peop...
10m Nov 07, 2017
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A mum has been criticised for asking family members to give her kids cash instead of toys for Christmas
One mum has been criticised for asking her family members NOT to give her children toys for Christmas. But CASH instead...! She doesn't want relatives buying her kids gifts as they clutter up the house - prompting her sister in law to complain on the Mumsnet website. But is she being crass or crafty? Stephen and Vinny got the views of commentator Heidi McAlpin.
4m Nov 07, 2017
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Fresh revelations from #ParadisePapers show three stars of hit BBC show Mrs Brown's Boys diverted more than £2m in offshore tax dodge
Further revelations from the Paradise Papers this morning. They're the 13.4 million leaked documents which show how the rich and famous have avoided paying taxes. This morning three actors of the hit BBC sitcom, Mrs Brown's Boys, are in the spotlight. Patrick Houlihan and Martin and Fiona Delany diverted more than £2 million into an offshore tax-avoidance scheme. The actors have not responded t...
25m Nov 07, 2017
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A Belfast man says he was sexually assaulted by disgraced Hollywood star Kevin Spacey
A local man has claimed that he was sexually assaulted by Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey when he was working as a barman in London 10 years ago. Kris Nixon from Belfast said he was grabbed in the crotch and groped when he was invited to a party in the actor's apartment in 2007. He has waived his right to anonymity. Just a warning before you play this that some of the details are graphic and not s...
19m Nov 07, 2017
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Fresh appeal for information on case of 18 yo German backpacker Inga Maria Hauser, murdered 29 years ago
That was the haunting singing voice of a German backpacker who was brutally murdered in Northern Ireland 29 years ago. Inga Maria Hauser's family in Munich have released it in the hopes that it will prick the conscience of those who carried out the killing. Keeley Moss, author of online blog The Keeley Chronicles who campaigns on behalf of seeking truth and justice for Inga Maria Hauser spoke t...
4m Nov 06, 2017
4m
Row at local council over a bid to remove prayers at the start of meetings
A row has erupted at North Down and Ards Borough Council after a motion to remove prayers at the start of council meetings was put forward. The Green Party introduced the motion saying it was "not inclusive of those of different religions and beliefs" to have prayers at each meeting. But the DUP Mayor Robert Adair hit back, accusing the Green Party of attacking Christian values as reported by t...
20m Nov 06, 2017
20m
Cookstown man paralysed after an accident 10 months ago has been unable to get home because he can't get a care package
On the 11th of January this year life changed forever for one County Tyrone man. 52 year old Noel Wilkinson was working in London when an accident left him paralysed from the neck down. The Cookstown father of three received months of treatment in the Royal and Musgrave Hospitals but was then sent to a nursing home because no care package was available. 10 months later - and despite his home be...
11m Nov 06, 2017
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Bill to lower voting age to 16 defeated in Westminster - former MPs @Edwina_Currie and @lembitopik debate
A bill to lower the voting age to 16 was defeated in Westminster on Friday. The Private Members Bill, brought by Labour's Jim McMahon, was debated in the House of Commons with the Tory's accused of sabotaging the bill during often heated exchanges across the floor. So should 16 and 17 years old be allowed the vote or do you think they're just to young to form intelligent political opinions? For...
15m Nov 06, 2017
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BBC investigation reveals millions of pounds of the Queen's money invested offshore #ParadisePapers
Confidential documents seen by the BBC's Panorama programme have revealed that £10m from the Queen's estate has been invested in offshore funds based in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda. The Queen's investments are handled by the Duchy of Lancaster who told Panorama: 'All of our investments are fully audited and legitimate.' It is perfectly legal, and there's no suggestion tax was being avoided, ...
28m Nov 06, 2017
28m
Co. Tyrone pensioner says her life is a misery following flooding outside her home #BBCNolan
A County Tyrone pensioner says her life is being made a misery by a blocked drain that is continually flooding the outside of her home. Dolores Lynch is a widow and lives in Artigarvan beside her daughter and son in law. And our reporter, Nicola Weir has been to see Dolores and her son in law, Donal Cairns.
7m Nov 03, 2017
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‘We should not MLA pay’ – Shadow Secretary of State for NI Owen Smith #BBCNolan
The Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Smith has criticised the government over its handling of the talks process. Owen Smith said it was inexplicable that the Prime Minister had only visited Northern Ireland once in recent months and claimed she had done little to move the talks process forward. He called on the Prime Minister to "get stuck in ". Mr Smith, also, told the House that the S...
25m Nov 03, 2017
25m
Is it time for Westminster to start legislating for NI? #BBCNolan
Following the failure of talks to restore an executive at Stormont, is it time for Westminster to start legislating for Northern Ireland? Amnesty International has called on the government to extend same sex marriage rights to couples here. And the Irish Language campaign group, Conradh na Gaeilge says it's time for the British Government to implement an Irish language Act in Northern Ireland...
16m Nov 03, 2017
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‘He locked me in my own office.’ - Christine Hamilton reveals what happened to her in Westminster #BBCNolan
Another day and more revelations about sexual harassment in the corridors of power at Westminster.The former Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon says he "categorically denies" allegations that he made inappropriate sexual comments to Commons Leader Andrea LeadsomReports in the Sun and the Daily Mail say Mrs Leadsom complained to Number 10 about her cabinet colleague, accusing him of making "le...
11m Nov 03, 2017
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Will the current harassment scandal change behaviour at Westminster? #BBCNolan
The Prime Minister is to appoint a new Defence Secretary after last night's resignation of Sir Michael Fallon for inappropriate sexual behaviour. He said his conduct had fallen short of the standards now expected. And there's speculation that other political careers may be about to end over allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct.
19m Nov 02, 2017
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‘If you’re not happy, slam the door’ – PSNI’s Simon Walls’ advice on how to tackle potential rouge traders
Earlier this week we heard from 100 year old Patsy Gillespie from Strabane who was robbed and assaulted by three men in his home. Callers were outraged at an attack on a vulnerable older man. Now a 79 year old man has been targeted by rogue traders in Lurgan who charged him £1,000 to clean his driveway. And they didn't even carry out the work. Vinny talked to PSNI Chief Superintendent Simon ...
19m Nov 02, 2017
19m
NI Police Fed fury at dissident rocket in Poleglass #BBCNolan
Police have recovered what they have described as an extremely dangerous rocket following a three day security alert in Poleglass in west Belfast. They believe it was left by dissident republicans.
8m Nov 02, 2017
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No return to Direct Rule. That’s the message from the PM and Taoiseach. But is it too little, too late? #BBCNolan
The Prime Minister and Taoiseach have agreed there should be no return to direct rule. Theresa May and Leo Varadkar spoke in a phone call last night. Both leaders expressed the view that it is still possible to form an Executive. The DUP leader Arlene Foster said the decision to go ahead with a budget did not mean that the negotiations on restoring Stormont are over.
27m Nov 02, 2017
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Should we be positive about Stormont’s future? @NewtonEmerson and @AlexKane221b disagree.
The stormont talks deadline slips again. The secretary of state had said he would give the commons an update today. That's now been cancelled. What's going on? To listen to the full programme visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09c09vp
20m Nov 01, 2017
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Should NI players be allowed to choose whether to wear the poppy or not? #BBCNolan
Should the IFA allow individual players to choose whether or not to they wear a poppy on their shirt during the upcoming World cup qualifier? The build up is underway to Northern Ireland's two crucial qualifying matches against Switzerland next week. And after a climb-down by FIFA, it's expected that the players will be allowed to wear poppies on their shirts during the games. Last year, whe...
23m Nov 01, 2017
23m
No commons statement from @JBrokenshire – what is going on at Stormont? #BBCNolan
The Stormont talks deadline slips again. The secretary of state had said he would give the commons an update today. That's now been cancelled. What's going on? To listen to the full programme visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09c09vp
6m Nov 01, 2017
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Where is the 1 billion pounds promised to the DUP? #BBCNolan
Another deadline slipped last night as the talks to save devolution were given a stay of execution of 24 hours. The DUP and Sinn Féin left Stormont last night without reaching an agreement. But the Secretary of State James Brokenshire extended the deadline for our two main parties to reach a deal to restore power-sharing. However the DUP and Sinn Fein have made "further progress" in the nego...
17m Oct 31, 2017
17m
Mr Perfection @jvofficialjv opens up about his gambling addiction, failed marriages and his struggle to reach the top in snooker.
Known as Mr Perfection, John Virgo has known the highs and lows of sport and life. And he's been close to some of the greatest sporting names in the world - including Northern Ireland's Alex Hurricane Higgins and George Best. Known as Mr Perfection, John Virgo has known the highs and lows of sport and life. And he's been close to some of the greatest sporting names in the world - including N...
21m Oct 31, 2017
21m
An Irish Language Act – 10 years on has anything changed?
So another 24 hours to save stormont. The latest impasse has been dragging on for 10 months now. But, of course, there have been problems at stormont for longer than that. To listen to the full programme visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09c09r8
24m Oct 31, 2017
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