Talkback Podcast
Highlights from Talkback. William Crawley and guests discuss the news headlines, chat to the people making them and ask you, the audience, what you think? From 麻豆社 Radio Ulster
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Jeremy Corbyn wants the UK to stay in the customs union after Brexit. Is that the Brexit plan the country has been looking for?
Mon 26 Feb 2018
We ask Conservative MP Nigel Evans and Dugald McCullough from the NI Labour Party.
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Sinn F茅in calls for the two governments to re-form the Intergovernmental Conference and start making decisions about Stormont
Fri 23 Feb 2018
Is that now the best way out of our political impasse?
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We hear from a Belfast woman who can't walk down the street without getting abuse simply because she has a facial disfigurement
Thu 22 Feb 2018
Thirty-three year old Janine Howard shares her story.
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Should Westminster legislate for same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland over the heads of the collapsed Stormont Assembly?
Wed 21 Feb 2018
Devolution expert Alan Trench, Ged Killen MP and the Rainbow Project's Gavin Boyd discuss
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Is it time to take the power out of the hands of politicians and back into the people's? Is it time to call an election?
Tue 20 Feb 2018
Former SF MLA Daith铆 McKay, DUP MP Sammy Wilson and journalist Amanda Ferguson discuss.
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Boris Johnson makes a pitch to unite the UK saying those who voted to remain have nothing to fear from Brexit
Wed 14 Feb 2018
Do you believe him? We ask SDLP MLA Claire Hanna and Hugh Bennett of Brexit Central.
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With lack of agreement on an Irish Language Act, we examine how the language acts work in Scotland and Wales
Tue 13 Feb 2018
Experts in Gaelic and Welsh language acts, Conradh na Gaeilge, and Jim Allister discuss.
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The Taoiseach and the Prime Minister are at Stormont amid speculation that the DUP and Sinn F茅in may be close to a deal
Mon 12 Feb 2018
Our panel share their thoughts and ask what kind of deal may now be on the table.
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A film by an NI Christian group advocating 'gay cure therapy' is banned from a London cinema. Is this an attack on free speech?
Thu 8 Feb 2018
Gavin Boyd from the Rainbow Project and Luke Gittos from Spiked Online discuss.
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The government is offering 拢1 million a year to any community willing to host a nuclear waste dump, would you live next to one?
Wed 31 Jan 2018
We ask Green Party leader Steven Agnew MLA and businessman Irwin Armstrong.
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The Republic sets the date for the referendum on abortion laws...if you had a vote, how would you cast it?
Tue 30 Jan 2018
Marion Woods from Life NI and Grainne Teggert from Amnesty International discuss.
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Former UVF commander turned 'supergrass' Gary Haggarty has sentence reduced from 35 years to six and a half
Mon 29 Jan 2018
We hear from some of the relatives of Haggarty's victims and solicitor P谩draig 脫 Muirigh
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Campaigners call for an Irish government Passport Office in NI to cope with the surge in applications since Brexit
Thu 25 Jan 2018
We speak to Sinn F茅in senator Niall 脫 Donnghaile who is leading the campaign.
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As the next phase of Stormont talks begin, do new job advertisements indicate the NIO's Plan B?
Wed 24 Jan 2018
Prof. Rick Wilford, Brian Feeney, and journalists Sam McBride & Amanda Ferguson discuss.
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Is it the end of rural bus services in Northern Ireland?
Tue 23 Jan 2018
We discuss possible cuts to Translink rural bus services.
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Three former unionist politicians propose a referendum to tackle the Stormont impasse
Thu 18 Jan 2018
Would you support a public vote on Irish language, same-sex marriage and abortion laws?
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GAA pundit Joe Brolly says middle-class Catholics have given up on the idea of a shared Northern Ireland - is he right?
Wed 17 Jan 2018
Journalist David McCann, blogger Chris Donnelly and ex-politician Trevor Ringland discuss
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Is the by-election in West Tyrone a shoe-in for Sinn Fein, or are we likely to see a cross-community candidate emerging?
Tue 16 Jan 2018
We ask Nelson McCausland, journalist Allison Morris and victims campaigner Alan McBride.
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Sinn F茅in's Barry McElduff resigns as West Tyrone MP following the Kingsmills controversy
Mon 15 Jan 2018
Mr McElduff said he did "not want to be a barrier to the reconciliation process".
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A cartoon about the Kingsmills Massacre controversy provokes a storm of reaction after it was tweeted out by a DUP MLA
Thu 11 Jan 2018
Christopher Stalford MLA explains why he has since deleted the tweet.
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Row over royal garden party 'snub'
Wed 10 Jan 2018
We speak to the DUP's Drew Thompson and the UUP's Mary Hamilton.
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One year since Martin McGuinness resigned. What has changed?
Tue 9 Jan 2018
We speak to commentator Alex Kane, journalist Allison Morris and Prof. Rick Wilford.
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Response to Sinn F茅in MP Barry McElduff's Kingsmill video
Mon 8 Jan 2018
Former SF MLA Daithi McKay, victims campaigner Alan McBride & DUP's Gavin Robinson react.
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A free speech debate at Belfast city hall as councillors vote to introduce a ban on language that is considered offensive.
Fri 5 Jan 2018
Is this new ban a step forward for civilised debate or a barrier to free speech?
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Tony Blair challenges Labour over Brexit and pushes for a second referendum
Thu 4 Jan 2018
Ex-Blair advisor John McTernan and former chair of Labour NI Phil Kelly discuss.
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Three days into 2018, are the DUP & Sinn F茅in already in danger of breaking their New Year resolutions to bring Stormont back?
Wed 3 Jan 2018
We ask the DUP MP Gregory Campbell, and political commentators Brian Feeney & Alex Kane.
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We look back at some of the stories that made the headlines in the past twelve months and suggestions for person of the year
Fri 22 Dec 2017
Suzanne Breen,Tim McGarry, Thomas Copeland, and Amy Joyce give us their suggestions.
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A High Court judge says the Ombudsman's report of police collusion in the Loughinisland massacre is "unsustainable in law"
Thu 21 Dec 2017
We have reaction on what this means for the Loughinisland families' pursuit of justice.
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The 麻豆社 is to boost its coverage of all religions after criticisms that faith is too often sidelined
Wed 20 Dec 2017
In an increasingly secular society do you want to see more religious output?
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The civil service publishes the budget options facing Stormont with potentially more cuts, fewer services, and rates increases
Tue 19 Dec 2017
Would you be prepared to pay 10% more in your rates to help balance our books?
