Talkback Episodes Episode guide
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Church leaders plea to politicians to bring back Stormont
DUP MP Gregory Campbell, SF's Conor Murphy & Fr Martin Magill speak to Enda McClafferty.
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Church Child Photo Ban?
Some Catholic churches tell parents they can't take pictures of their children at...
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Christmas parties and gatherings
With the Omicron variant now in NI, will you be changing any of your Christmas plans?
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Chris Conway CEO Translink
Chief Executive of Translink Chris Conway taking your calls on public transport
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Children, flags and emblems
Research says children begin to relate to political symbols as early as the age of five.
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Child Poverty
A leading expert says our politicians are responsible for an epidemic of child poverty.
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Checks were suspended following threats to staff managing border posts at the Port of Larne and Belfast yesterday.
What needs to happen to deal with those threats and to bring some measure of calm here?
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Chaos over Covid travel passports
It's been a week of chaos for those trying to get covid passports to travel
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Changing attitudes to same-sex marriage
Willliam hears from Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn who has decided to support same-sex marriage
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Changes to state pension age
Is a rise in the state pension age unfair or a positive for gender equality?
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Census 2021: More from Catholic background in Northern Ireland than Protestant for the first time
An analysis into this new Census and its snapshot of today's Northern Ireland.
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Causeway Coast and Glens Council votes to fly union flag every day
Sinn Fein and DUP councillors debate the change along with Professor Dominic Bryan.
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Causeway and Glens Council flag debate
Unionists demand answers after an Irish tricolour is draped over a Mayor's desk.
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Catholic bishops wade into the debate on whether the transfer tests should go ahead during the pandemic.
They say running those tests in the Autumn would be "Cruel and unfair"
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Casement Park redevelopment
Will Casement Park host Euro 2028 matches now the UK and Ireland bid has been confirmed ?
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Carl Frampton hits out at social media trolls who've threatened his family
We also speak to Carl Frampton about politics and his next fight
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Cancer charity's head shaving campaign: Raising awareness or offensive?
We speak to cancer patient, Lyn Magill, and Aoife Conaghan who is taking part.
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Cancer care
We hear from a man who lost his 6 year old daughter to neuroblastoma in 2020
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Can you really be a Catholic if you disagree with the church on abortion?
Dr Gladys Ganiel and Rev David Lattimer debate with Malachi O'Doherty
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Can you live a good life without religion?
The British Humanist Association are offering free books to every school here.
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Can We Have A Shared History?
Mark speaks to guests about The Taoiseach's decision over pre-partition history.
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Can we get to a truce in Northern Ireland's culture wars?
Eamonn Mallie and Nelson McCausland discuss
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Can we debate the future of Northern Ireland with respect and sensitivity to one another's views without it turning toxic?
Has it become more difficult to discuss certain topics? How do we disagree better?
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Can we afford to keep offering free travel for everyone over the age of 60?
William is joined by trade unionist Lily Kerr and columnist Breidge Gadd.
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Can we afford not to have immigration?
We speak to Professor Jonathan Portes & Neil Anderson from Migration Watch UK.
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Can the Ulster Rugby players acquitted in the Belfast rape trial ever recover their professional careers?
Ex-player Paddy Wallace & Sarah Green from the lobby group EVAWC discuss the issue.
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Can the Ulster Rugby players acquitted in the Belfast rape trial EVER recover their professional careers?
Ex-player Paddy Wallace & Sarah Green from the lobby group EVAWC discuss the issue.
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Can the Orange Order achieve its aims of getting the protocol ditched?
Join William as he discusses the campaign with Grand Secretary Reverend Mervyn Gibson.
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Can the experience of black Americans at the hands of the police there be compared to policing here during The Troubles?
We discuss local comparisons that have been made.
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Can It Be Right That the State Should Give a Pension to Someone Who Was Injured While Planting a Bomb?
William speaks to guests about legislation brought forward by the Victims' Commissioner.