#BBCNolan Callers' anger after Titanic Half Marathon
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11m Jul 14, 2015
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Titanic Half Marathon organiser defends race complaints
It's two days on from the Titanic Half Marathon and some of the runners are still angry. We heard from two people on the programme yesterday who claimed the event was a shambles. No proper first aid, not enough marshalls, a shortage of water and only two portaloos for hundreds of runners. Now the organiser, William Anderson, has hit back and he is here to respond to the criticism. #BBCNolan
18m Jul 14, 2015
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Police in firing line after more violence at Ardoyne flashpoint.
Trouble in North Belfast - where police were pelted with bottles, bricks and bolts after they prevented an Orange parade from walking past the Ardoyne shops. Nine police officers were injured. One needed stitches to a finger after being bitten. A teenager girl was also hurt when a car ran into pedestrians. She was trapped under the vehicle until police and other bystanders managed to lift the c...
9m Jul 14, 2015
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Ardoyne violence - what can be done to resolve the annual Twelfth parade stand-off?
Not for the first time police bear the brunt of loyalist anger in Ardoyne over a blocked parade....nine officers injured, water cannons deployed and a 16-year-old girl hit by a car in the mayhem. What can and should be done to find a resolution to this annual stand-off? #BBCNolan
26m Jul 14, 2015
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Should we fine people who don't recycle enough?
Would you welcome a fine for those of us who DON'T recycle enough? New European parliament proposals would increase the amount we recycle to 70%. But with a possible fine for the UK if we don't hit our targets - should fines be passed onto households who don't clean up their act?
17m Jul 13, 2015
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Which hero of yours do YOU believe has earned a statue?
Which hero of yours do YOU believe has earned a statue? PLANNERS have recommended approval for a life-size statue in Coleraine of former Manchester United and Northern Ireland goalkeeper Harry Gregg - the hero of the Munich air crash in 1958 when he helped save several passengers from the burning wreckage. But who else? Alex Higgins? Liam Neeson or Ken Branagh? George Best got his own Airport ...
7m Jul 13, 2015
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Should fox hunting be banned? John Carmody and Gus O'Driscoll discuss
MPs will be asked to vote on changes to fox hunting laws in England and Wales this week.They're expected to be given a free vote on whether to adopt similar measures to Scotland, where an unlimited number of dogs can be used to find foxes.Currently it is illegal for dogs to kill foxes instead one or two dogs can be used to 'flush out' a fox from cover Should this vote be used to change the rul...
25m Jul 13, 2015
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Stormont stalemate - Will the letter from London push us any closer to a deal?
The Stormont stalemate turmoil continues! DUP leader and our First Minister - Peter Robinson, has revealed The Treasury has expressed "formal concern" over the stalemate at Stormont and are ready to take over the Executive's finances. Stormont has currently agreed a spending plan that has a £600 million black hole - mainly due to their failure to implement last year's Stormont House Agreement...
17m Jul 13, 2015
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Ligoniel lodge’s parade passes peacefully - Our reporter @nweir1 reports live
Thousands of Orangemen and bands will be on the march at demonstrations right across Northern Ireland today.Twelfth parades will be concentrated at 18 venues with the flagship event in Bessbrook, Co Armagh.But all eyes will be on north Belfast later where a contentious parade has been barred from returning along part of the Crumlin Road in north Belfast for the third year in a row. The morning...
4m Jul 13, 2015
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From Stormont to Sierra Leone... Davy Adams’ story.
Once a loyalist politician - but Davy Adams has spent months of the last year fighting ebola in the danger-zone of Sierra Leone. We hear about his amazing experiences. #BBCNolan
19m Jul 10, 2015
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Should Stormont introduce legislation for bonfires?
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24m Jul 10, 2015
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Concerns over bonfire’s proximity to homes.
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21m Jul 10, 2015
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The latest on that investigation into the huge NAMA property deal
It was announced yesterday that the National Crime Agency is taking over the investigation into the circumstances surrounding that huge £1.3billion NAMA property deal. As is now known millions of pounds was found in an Isle of Man bank account apparently intended for so-called fixers or influencers. And aside from the criminal investigation parliamentary committees both sides of the border are ...
9m Jul 10, 2015
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What's the worst chat up line you've ever heard? #bbcnolan
On today's show @nweir1 @vinnybelfast and our presenter Chris Buckler discuss the best and worst chat up lines they've ever heard.
8m Jul 09, 2015
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Should cannabis be legalised?
Should cannabis be legalised? A survey has shown that 52 percent of young people think it SHOULD be.The Student Money Saver surveyed 1000 people ages 18 to 30 about their use of and attitude towards drugs and alcohol, and the results are strongly in marijuana's favour.Would legalising cannabis help or would it create more problems? #BBCNolan
25m Jul 09, 2015
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Budget welfare cuts – should Stormont fight them or accept them?
Budget - Experts say Northern Ireland is going to be among the areas where the changes have the most impact. #BBCNolan
26m Jul 09, 2015
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First Tory budget for 18 years - how will welfare cuts affect families here?
Is Welfare fairer - or have the poor been targeted in the first Conservative-only budget for close to two decades? #BBCNolan
24m Jul 09, 2015
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Tax crackdown – Should we ban cash-in-hand payments?
Should there be a crackdown on paying cash-in-hand to plumbers, decorators, builders and the like?Action against tax dodging is expected to feature in Chancellor George Osborne's budget statement on Wednesday.But how far should it go?Tax evasion and avoidance can involve small-time traders as well as big fat cat companies.Should tougher action be taken against cash-in-hand payments? Is it immor...
15m Jul 08, 2015
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Mother’s search for ‘Coppers’ one night stand... 12 years on.
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8m Jul 08, 2015
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Children moved as hospital ward ‘closes for summer’
It's hard enough coping with an seriously ill newborn baby. But what if you were in hospital and you were told the ward your child was being treated on was closing down for the summer?Well that's what's happened to Leeanne Priestly and Alvin Bell. Their six week old baby son, Jordan, was admitted to the Maynard Sinclair Ward at the Ulster Hospital on the 9th of May.But a few weeks later they we...
9m Jul 08, 2015
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Sunday shopping - Should opening hours be extended?
They used to use the phrase - Never on a Sunday. Well for shopping that's certainly not true now. However there are still pretty strict restrictions on how long big stores and supermarkets can open on the Sabbath. Well that looks to be changing in England and Wales. Tomorrow's budget is expected to propose longer trading hours there. So what about here? Is it time to open all hours? #BBCNolan
25m Jul 08, 2015
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Crumlin Road parade ban for a third year – Is it the right decision?
The Parades Commission yesterday barred a Twelfth parade from returning along part of the Crumlin Road in north Belfast for the third year in a row.Last year the decision caused talks at Stormont to collapse with fears power sharing could be at risk.There was also a joint unionist statement promising a "graduated response".In comparison the reaction this year has been much more low key with opt...
23m Jul 07, 2015
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Can NI families afford a £20,000 benefits cap?
Is it right to cut welfare payments? Welfare is of course a devolved issue. But as Stormont is well aware that if benefit cuts aren't put in place here the Assembly needs to pay the difference. #BBCNolan
25m Jul 07, 2015
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How will welfare cuts in the budget affect NI families?
It's a big budget for George Osborne and the Conservative party tomorrow - the first budget by a Tory-only government for the guts of two decades. And the Chancellor has already made clear that he intends to cut the cost of welfare. Part of those savings are expected to come from a reduction of the benefits cap. Currently the cap is £26,000 - that's £500 a month for a working household... In Lo...
24m Jul 07, 2015
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Should we scrap free TV licences for over 75's?
Should we scrap free TV licences for pensioners? It's been reported that the chancellor George Osborne is planning to announce on Budget day that the BBC will have to meet the cost of free TV licences for over-75s. It's thought to come at a staggering cost of 650 million pounds. This has led to calls for freebie TV licences for pensioners to be scrapped. What do you think? Should the elderly c...
5m Jul 06, 2015
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Tall Ships castaways – traders have sinking feeling over market footfall.
So the Tall Ships sailed off into the sunset yesterday, leaving an estimated half a million visitors basking in the atmosphere of the successful three day festival. #BBCNolan
16m Jul 06, 2015
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[2/2] Reaction to proposed MLA crackdown on expenses, flags and Assembly attendance.
[Part 2.] MLAs face a major clampdown on rules around their offices and expenses. Among the proposals is a ban on displaying any flags, party emblems or memorials at their offices.The Independent financial review panel is also proposing that members expenses should be docked if they don't register their attendance at parliament buildings for at least 99 days a year and recommends a ban on home ...
19m Jul 06, 2015
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[1/2] Reaction to proposed MLA crackdown on expenses, flags and Assembly attendance.
MLAs face a major clampdown on rules around their offices and expenses.Among the proposals is a ban on displaying any flags, party emblems or memorials at their offices.The Independent financial review panel is also proposing that members expenses should be docked if they don't register their attendance at parliament buildings for at least 99 days a year and recommends a ban on home to office m...
21m Jul 06, 2015
21m
NAMA - Questions and concerns over billion pound property deal
MLAs face a major clampdown on rules around their offices and expenses.Among the proposals is a ban on displaying any flags, party emblems or memorials at their offices.The Independent financial review panel is also proposing that members expenses should be docked if they don't register their attendance at parliament buildings for at least 99 days a year and recommends a ban on home to office m...
15m Jul 06, 2015
15m
Our reporter and resident culchie @nweir1 goes sheep shearing #bbcnolan
Our reporter, Nicola Weir, is a proper culchie and decided it was high time she mastered the art of sheep shearing... So off she went to Ballycastle at the weekend to complete a two day sheep sheering course... Vinny went too but he couldn't hack it and bolted after two hours.. But was our Nicola a cut above the competition or was she like a lamb to the slaughter?
6m Jul 03, 2015
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Riverdance legend Michael Flately on hanging up his shoes for the last time.
MICHAEL FLATLEY is one of the dance icons of the 20th century. From humble beginnings in Chicago he found worldwide fame with Riverdance and Lord of the Dance.But fame has come at a price for Michael and the gruelling tours have taken a toll on his body, leaving him in a lot of pain. So, after 30 years of dancing, he is hanging up his tap shoes for the last time at the end of his current world ...
20m Jul 03, 2015
20m
Do we need harsher fines for litter louts?
Should fines for littering be increased? A group of peers has said that the middle classes no longer see stigma with dropping rubbish! Labour peer Lord Judd said there was no social class division in littering as "so called yuppies" were just as likely to do it. What do you think - is littering a serious problem?
6m Jul 03, 2015
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Should smacking your kids be illegal?
Should smacking be banned? Parents should be completely banned from smacking, Britain's children's commissioners have insisted. In a report sent to the UN, the commissioners, representing England, Scotland, Wales and NI say the government should 'immediately prohibit all corporal punishment in the family.'
19m Jul 03, 2015
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Assembly off on summer holidays - is there any point in it coming back? #BBCNolan
So, the Stormont Assembly is off on its summer holidays. But here's the question - is there any point in it coming back? Can it actually survive - we have the welfare reforms stalemate, the fantasy budget, and further spending cuts coming from London? Stephen gets the views of commentators Chris Donnelly and Sam McBride
6m Jul 03, 2015
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Call for probe into property deal claims #BBCNolan
Our top story this morning, allegations in the Dail yesterday about a major property deal in Northern Ireland. Independent TD Mick Wallace claimed Belfast law firm, Tughans, had 7 million pounds in a bank account reportedly earmarked for a politician after the deal. Tughans has denied the allegation. Mr Wallace was raising concerns over the sale of the Northern Ireland property portfolio of the...
14m Jul 03, 2015
14m
Shear goodness - our reporter @nweir1 goes sheep shearing
Biggest Show in the Country to THE COUNTRY! Our reporter, Nicola Weir, is a proper culchie and decided it was high time she mastered the art of sheep shearing... So off she went to Ballycastle at the weekend to complete a two day sheep sheering course... Here's how she got on....
5m Jul 02, 2015
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Our reporter @nweir1 climbs aboard Belfast’s Tall Ships.
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8m Jul 02, 2015
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Loneliness in old age - @vinnybelfast chats to Skainos Centre members
Do we do enough to look after our elderly friends and relatives? The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said 'the health and social care system must do a much better job at looking after them. But so too must all of us as citizens as well'. 1 in 10 older people do not see their family even monthly. So do we all need to do more? On Vinny's Monday night show a few weeks ago he went to the Skainos ...
5m Jul 02, 2015
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Should gay characters appear on children's TV shows?
Is it time lesbian and gay characters started appearing on children's TV shows? One politician thinks so - Lib Dem's leadership contender Norman Lamb says gay cartoon characters should 'not be out of bounds.' Mr Lamb said having a gay character on Peppa Pig, a programme aimed at young children, should 'absolutely not be out of the question'. #BBCNolan
8m Jul 02, 2015
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Family’s plea to health service for vital treatment
Laura Smith is on the line - She contacted the show about her son Callum, who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
12m Jul 02, 2015
12m
Why do Stormont special advisers cost so much more than elsewhere?
Why do special advisers at Stormont cost so much more here than elsewhere? These are the top party political advisers for Ministers.And the bill for their salaries at Stormont last year came to £2m. Jim Allister wants to slash the number of advisers and their pay...He's on the line. So too is commentator Brendan Mulgrew - a former special adviser himself.
16m Jul 02, 2015
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DUP’s Edwin Poots agrees with Sinn Fein that Stormont ‘hangs by a thread’
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6m Jul 02, 2015
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Should police release photos of children suspected of rioting?
Lawyers for a Derry teenager whose photograph was published by the police in an attempt to identify rioters five years ago are to take their case to Europe after losing a Supreme Court challenge yesterday. It goes back to 2010 when the police printed images of dozens of young people they suspected of being involved in violence in the city. About 25-thousand leaflets were delivered to homes thro...
9m Jul 02, 2015
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Ex-BBC boss looks back on life at the Beeb
Nolan was joined today by Roger Mosey, who for years was a senior figure in the BBC.He has since left the corporation and penned his tell-all memoirs about his time at the Beeb called, interestingly, 'Getting Out Alive'.Revelations from the book have made the headlines in the past week, with claims from that the organisation has been 'dogged by liberal bias'. #BBCNolan
15m Jul 01, 2015
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Police chief urges calm at interface areas.
Police call for calm as interface tensions rise. The PSNI are asking parents to be more aware of the whereabouts of their children as officers clamp down on antisocial behaviour. The message comes following an upsurge in sectarian tension at flash point interface areas across the city. #BBCNolan
10m Jul 01, 2015
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Another day, another flags row – this time in South Belfast
Fresh controversy over the flying of flags - this time in South Belfast. Sinn Fein have criticised the Police over their attitude to loyalist flags on the Ormeau road. But is it a matter for police? Or should the politicians come up with the answer to this problem which rears its head time and time again? The PSNI have denied a U-turn over their response to the flying of unionist flags on the ...
27m Jul 01, 2015
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Councillors heading to USA to promote a Co. Antrim path
A row is brewing over a planned trip by Mid & East Antrim Borough Council to America, to promote THE GOBBINS! 5 councillors and 1 council staff member are being flown at the ratepayers expense to staff a promotional stand. The Gobbins is a north coast cliffside-walkway, which has recently had work done to regenerate the tourist attraction. But is this 4 day trip to Milwaukee Irish Festival in...
24m Jul 01, 2015
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Parents logging on to their phones before talking to their kids, Are we addicted to our phones?
Are you addicted to your phone? I'm an absolute nightmare. I must spend half my day on it, checking texts and Twitter and all the rest.Well a new study says the average adult checks their smartphone 240 times a day - that's the equivalent to FOUR HOURS of time.It also says half of parents surveyed log on to social media before talking to their kids.
8m Jun 30, 2015
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Carnlough residents’ fury after the town goes missing from a suggested holiday route #bbcnolan
Residents of County Antrim costal town Carnlough are furious after the town went missing from a suggested holiday route. Tourism Ireland's website is trying to get more people along the Causeway Coastal Route. It tells visitors to detour inland from Glenarm to Ballymena and to head back to the Antrim Coast Road via Glenariff Forest Park, leaving out Carnlough entirely. The town has been in the ...
14m Jun 30, 2015
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DUP confirm they WILL be using a Petition of Concern to block a censure motion against Sammy Wilson.
The DUP have confirmed to the Nolan Show that they WILL be using a Petition of Concern to block a censure motion against Sammy Wilson.The DUP MLA had called TUV leader Jim Allister a "thug" during a social development committee hearing into evidence from Stephen Brimstone.Sammy Wilson was found guilty of breaking Stormont's code of conduct by the assembly's commissioner for standards and privil...
7m Jun 30, 2015
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