Best of Nolan Podcast
Stephen Nolan's no nonsense approach to confronting the biggest issues of the day: an unmissable mixture of news, phone ins and entertainment. From ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Ulster
Episodes to download
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Overpromise & underdeliver – Another broken promise of the NI Executive’s Programme for Government
Today
Also, NI slipping behind rest of the UK - No Mother & Baby units for new mums in crisis.
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Gerry Adams says his libel case was about ‘putting manners’ on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ – NUJ Irish secretary calls the comment ‘chilling’
Yesterday
Nolan talks to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ NI crime and justice correspondent Julian O'Neill.
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RVH patients ask for care to be moved to Dublin after mistaken concerns.
Friday
Nolan talks to John Compton, former chief executive of NI's Health and Social Care Board
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Working from home - MLAs told 'not enough space' for civil servants to return to office full time
Thursday
And - should schoolgirls in NI have the right to wear trousers as part of their uniform?
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Northern Ireland Prison Service give Winston Irvine paramilitary status in Maghaberry - Nolan Exclusive
Last Wednesday
Belfast Telegraph's Sam McBride, UUP MLA Doug Beattie and author Dr Aaron Edwards react.
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Questions remain over how leading loyalist Winston Irvine got half the minimum sentence for firearms offences
Last Tuesday
Belfast Telegraph's Sam McBride gives analysis
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A grandmother arrested for placing a sticker on an ATM machine in pro-Palestine protest
Last Monday
Also-Gary Lineker presents his final Match of the Day-will you miss him? Or glad he left?
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Liverpool FC cancel lifelong fan’s tickets accusing him of facilitating ticket touting – Nolan investigates
Fri 23 May 2025
Plus, dozens of rats scurrying around a popular walkway along in Londonderry.
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More calls for leading loyalist Winston Irvine's jail sentence to be increased for guns offences
Thu 22 May 2025
Nolan talks to Mick Fealty - Editor of political website Slugger O'Toole.
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Why was a leading loyalist, who admitted to firearm offences, only given half the minimum statutory sentence?
Wed 21 May 2025
UUP's Doug Beattie and Belfast Telegraph Crime Correspondent Allison Morris discuss.
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Doctors and Health Minister face off in row over funding and patient access to GPs
Tue 20 May 2025
Dr Frances O'Hagan from BMA NI and politicians talk to Nolan
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Weight loss jabs - are they really a medical game changer? Or too good to be true?
Mon 19 May 2025
Plus, reaction as UK and EU strike a new.
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Rising popularity of weight loss jabs – they sound to good to be true, are they?
Fri 16 May 2025
Nolan talks to Ulster University obesity expert Prof Alex Miras
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Unions slam practice of temporary contracts for classroom assistants
Thu 15 May 2025
Unison and Unite tell Nolan it is : "unacceptable, unjustifiable and exploitative".
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Sinn Féin councillor stays silent when asked to translate contribution in Irish at Belfast City Council meeting
Wed 14 May 2025
Also, is it time to bring booze back to the NI football terraces? Nolan discusses.
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Belfast City Airport 'no stop zones' row as one man fined £100 after friend forgot his bag
Tue 13 May 2025
Nolan also talks to listeners and hears about their experiences at airport.
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Row continues over how trans issues will be treated in Northern Ireland following Supreme Court ruling on definition of a woman
Mon 12 May 2025
Also - the camogie controversy over players being told to change from shorts to skorts.
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Local universities say they urgently need £1,000 a year more in tuition fees. Is it fair for students to foot the bill?
Fri 9 May 2025
Also - Pope Leo XIV is the first North American Pope – what can we expect?
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80th anniversary of VE day - one of the UK's oldest veterans speaks to the Nolan Show
Thu 8 May 2025
Listeners also tell Stephen of their memories of World War II
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Statue of IRA hunger striker being investigated by Belfast City Council after it was erected without planning permission
Wed 7 May 2025
Also, Stephen talks to a newly-wed couple who had 95 bridesmaids on their big day
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Is it time for a new flag in Northern Ireland? Something that represents us all?
Tue 6 May 2025
Also, home heating oil is at its lowest price since 2021. Is now the time to buy?
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Stephen Travers, who survived a UVF gun and bomb attack on the Miami Showband, tells of how that night changed his life
Mon 5 May 2025
Warning – includes graphic detail about violence & injuries that some may find upsetting.