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Stephen Nolan's no nonsense approach to confronting the biggest issues of the day: an unmissable mixture of news, phone ins and entertainment. From BBC Radio Ulster

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    • Jun 3, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Overpromise & underdeliver – Another broken promise of the NI Executive's Programme for Government

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 77:23


    Overpromise & underdeliver – Another broken promise of the NI Executive's Programme for Government

    Gerry Adams says his libel case was about ‘putting manners' on the BBC – NUJ Irish secretary calls the comment ‘chilling'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 78:31


    Nolan talks to BBC NI crime and justice correspondent Julian O'Neill.

    RVH patients ask for care to be moved to Dublin after mistaken concerns.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 78:53


    Nolan talks to John Compton, former chief executive of NI's Health and Social Care Board

    Working from home - MLAs told 'not enough space' for civil servants to return to office full time

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 79:30


    And - should schoolgirls in NI have the right to wear trousers as part of their uniform?

    Northern Ireland Prison Service give Winston Irvine paramilitary status in Maghaberry - Nolan Exclusive

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 81:02


    Belfast Telegraph's Sam McBride, UUP MLA Doug Beattie and author Dr Aaron Edwards react.

    Questions remain over how leading loyalist Winston Irvine got half the minimum sentence for firearms offences

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 78:53


    A grandmother arrested for placing a sticker on an ATM machine in pro-Palestine protest

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 79:47


    Also-Gary Lineker presents his final Match of the Day-will you miss him? Or glad he left?

    Liverpool FC cancel lifelong fan's tickets accusing him of facilitating ticket touting – Nolan investigates

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 79:31


    Plus, dozens of rats scurrying around a popular walkway along in Londonderry.

    More calls for leading loyalist Winston Irvine's jail sentence to be increased for guns offences

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 79:56


    Nolan talks to Mick Fealty - Editor of political website Slugger O'Toole.

    Why was a leading loyalist, who admitted to firearm offences, only given half the minimum statutory sentence?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 79:09


    UUP's Doug Beattie and Belfast Telegraph Crime Correspondent Allison Morris discuss.

    Doctors and Health Minister face off in row over funding and patient access to GPs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 77:28


    Dr Frances O'Hagan from BMA NI and politicians talk to Nolan

    Weight loss jabs - are they really a medical game changer? Or too good to be true?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 78:56


    Plus, reaction as UK and EU strike a new.

    Rising popularity of weight loss jabs – they sound to good to be true, are they?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 79:14


    Nolan talks to Ulster University obesity expert Prof Alex Miras

    Unions slam practice of temporary contracts for classroom assistants

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 79:42


    Unison and Unite tell Nolan it is : "unacceptable, unjustifiable and exploitative".

    Sinn Féin councillor stays silent when asked to translate contribution in Irish at Belfast City Council meeting

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 78:30


    Also, is it time to bring booze back to the NI football terraces? Nolan discusses.

    Belfast City Airport 'no stop zones' row as one man fined £100 after friend forgot his bag

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 78:23


    Nolan also talks to listeners and hears about their experiences at airport.

    Row continues over how trans issues will be treated in Northern Ireland following Supreme Court ruling on definition of a woman

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 82:13


    Also - the camogie controversy over players being told to change from shorts to skorts.

    Local universities say they urgently need £1,000 a year more in tuition fees. Is it fair for students to foot the bill?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 78:57


    Also - Pope Leo XIV is the first North American Pope – what can we expect?

    80th anniversary of VE day - one of the UK's oldest veterans speaks to the Nolan Show

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 78:32


    Listeners also tell Stephen of their memories of World War II

    Statue of IRA hunger striker being investigated by Belfast City Council after it was erected without planning permission

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 78:15


    Also, Stephen talks to a newly-wed couple who had 95 bridesmaids on their big day

    Is it time for a new flag in Northern Ireland? Something that represents us all?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 78:30


    Also, home heating oil is at its lowest price since 2021. Is now the time to buy?

    Stephen Travers, who survived a UVF gun and bomb attack on the Miami Showband, tells of how that night changed his life

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 80:12


    Warning – this episode includes graphic detail about violence and injuries that some listeners might find upsetting. Stephen Travers, who survived a UVF gun and bomb attack on the Miami Showband, tells of how that night changed his life.

    Victim of so-called IRA ‘kneecap attack' speaks for the first time and tells of the trauma…

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 81:02


    Liam Barker speaks alongside Prof Liam Kennedy. Stephen also speaks with Henry Robinson.

    The real impact of new post-Brexit paperwork requirements on some businesses spelt out on Nolan

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 79:19


    BBC NI Economics and Business Editor John Campbell explains

    Belfast City Councillor tells Nolan Show he wants Kneecap banned from performing on council property

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 79:34


    UUP Cllr Jim Rodgers says "under no circumstances" they should be allowed to perform

    Kneecap apologise to the families of two murdered MPs - but some say it does not go far enough

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 79:00


    Also - Spain and Portugal hit by massive power outage - could it ever happen here?

    Belfast rappers Kneecap under pressure as Met police assess 'kill your local MP' video

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 77:59


    John Campbell also discusses Liverpool FC becoming Premier League champions.

    Fermanagh & Omagh Council first to say they will implement provisions of Supreme Court ruling on same sex spaces

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 80:18


    John Campbell gets reaction from political representatives and the public

    Troubles legacy - can a price be put on truth and justice? Or is policing the past holding the PSNI back?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 78:43


    Former Police Ombudsman Baroness Nuala O'Loan and DUP MP Gavin Robinson are among guests

    Flags hung on lampposts in new mixed-use housing development in Lisburn leaves some families feeling unsafe.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 80:20


    More funding pressures for the PSNI - the Nolan Show can reveal it has to find another £7M from its cash strapped budget to pay for the rise in National Insurance contributions. And a former senior police officer warns about the impact on front line services and says Stormont must step in.

    Catholics come to terms with the death of Pope Francis - how much change was delivered under his papacy?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 78:42


    John Campbell get's reaction from religious & political figures who speak on his legacy

    A leading cancer expert says she 'feels sorry' for patients in NI and describes our cancer waiting times as 'shocking'

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 82:53


    And business owners hit out over closure of Belfast to Dublin trainline over Easter

    Concerns fake web address on rates bills contains malicious software - how did it happen?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 81:01


    BBC scam expert Nick Stapleton and Prof Kevin Curran cyber security expert discuss

    NIPSA threaten to bring Northern Ireland to a 'standstill' over welfare reforms.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 79:34


    NIPSA say they won't tolerate the changes, and they want mitigations from the Executive. But with Stormont finances stretched to breaking point is that possible?

    He's the man of the moment - so how should Northern Ireland celebrate Rory McIlroy's success?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 81:28


    Also- Katy Perry's trip to outer space - an inspiration for young girls around the world?

    Sporting immortality for Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy as Masters win etches his name in golf history

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 78:27


    McIlroy completes career grand slam with Masters win etching his name in sporting history

    Thousands more police officers for England and Wales - what about NI? Are the PSNI being failed?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 77:56


    Also- mum of four month old talks of her struggle to register her baby with a dentist.

    Dentistry squeeze - access for NHS patients will get worse as costs rise warns Dental Association.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 79:19


    Belfast proposes ban on emptying overfilled bins.

    If your bin won't close it's not getting lifted – Belfast City Council issue decree

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 80:00


    Green Party Councillor Anthony Flynn talks to Nolan about the plans.

    Pharmacists and GPs tell Nolan show they could be forced to cut staff over increased employer National Insurance contributions

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 79:36


    BBC NI Economics and Business Editor John Campbell and SDLP Cllr Carl Whyte discuss

    Financial markets around the world plunged into chaos from fallout of Trump's tariffs

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 78:40


    BBC NI Economics and Business Editor John Campbell talks to Nolan.

    Chief Constable left ‘speechless' by how little funding was offered to PSNI by Executive

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 79:24


    Jon Boutcher also tells Nolan people in NI will suffer because of the decision

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