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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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    Was the Executive ‘bounced' into approving Dept of Communities' home heating support package?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2026 77:54


    Also, who decides which flags & banners Belfast city council removes?

    Nolan Exclusive - Communities Minister Gordon Lyons sets out £100 heating oil support for households

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2026 79:21


    Also, 74-year-old with Parkinson's agony on 10-hour ambulance wait

    What did fuel protests in NI achieve beyond disrupting the public?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2026 77:41


    Nolan also talks about union flags on M&S bags & Translink's frozen fares.

    The Education Authority and Department of Health warn of fuel protests across NI but no guidance from the Stormont Executive

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2026 77:39


    Also, fuel prices shooting up but what are our MLAs doing to help tackle rising costs?

    He's done it again - Rory McIlroy masters the Masters - as he wins a second green jacket in a row

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2026 78:52


    Eve Rosato presents the show; also diving into fuel support the Good Jobs Bill & more.

    Stop calling us for updates - NI Ambulance Service in plea over 'duplicate calls'

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2026 78:57


    Also - Lidl has begun building its first ever pub at a site in Northern Ireland.

    No further action being taken over statue of Bobby Sands erected without planning permission - Belfast City Council

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2026 78:02


    Also, golfer Rory McIlroy begins defence of his Masters title - could he win again?

    Eleventh hour agreement between US and Iran sees conditional two-week ceasefire - can it hold?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2026 77:22


    Also, NI is first UK region to introduce two weeks miscarriage leave for bereaved parents

    NI housing and wastewater fix could cost households less than a weekly McDonald's coffee, says Build Homes NI

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2026 78:55


    John Campbell is in for Nolan, he also hears about a family losing their care package.

    HMOs, houses in multiple occupation, are being targeted by racists - Green Party Cllr Brian Smyth

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2026 78:50


    John Campbell presenting and discussing should Stormont plan for possible fuel shortages?

    Tensions rise over HMOs - what is driving the rise in houses of multiple occupancy in NI?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2026 79:06


    John Campbell is in the presenter's chair and also asks have we become too dog friendly?

    Mis-sold car finance? You could be in line for a £829 payout - have a listen

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2026 78:40


    Also, NI Ambulance Service prepares for new system aimed to free up crews more quickly.

    Cancelled then reinstated - what does debacle over summer schemes for SEN children say about relationships in the Executive?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2026 80:13


    Also, reports some forecourts have closed diesel and petrol pumps - what's behind it?

    An 82-year-old woman threatened to be shot by a ‘a serious criminal gang'

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2026 78:16


    Also, parents speak out as summer schemes at special schools will not go ahead.

    Chief Constable says he has significant concerns about police capacity to deal with violence against women and girls

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2026 79:30


    Nolan gets reaction from DUP leader Gavin Robinson and Alliance MLA Nuala McAllister

    Is there about to be a ‘Trans border' down the Irish Sea?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2026 78:04


    Also, fuel prices have risen due to Iran war - now price of food looks set to increase.

    Justice for Natalie McNally as her former partner and father of her unborn child is found guilty of her murder

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2026 77:44


    Also, Belfast City Council takes down Union flags and Jesus saves flags in East Belfast

    Alliance Party and DUP in war of words over wasteful public spending

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2026 77:02


    Strabane business cancels plans for Easter Market over rising energy cost pressures.

    Why did NI Secretary of State suggest 81-million-pound electricity fund could be used elsewhere?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2026 78:42


    Also - should electric vehicle drivers be allowed to use bus lanes to boost uptake?

    Young people ‘radicalised by ongoing hostility to the Irish language' – Irish language Commissioner Pól Deeds

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2026 77:41


    Also, gas prices rise, fly tipping, and will pensioners see a boost from inflation?

    Belfast City Centre could be closed to traffic for a week this summer for the Fleadh festival

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2026 80:04


    Also, NI student admitted to hospital with suspected disease that can lead to meningitis

    Pensioners afraid to put the heating on - meanwhile MLAs argue over how to distribute money to support them

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2026 77:46


    & does NI have too many public sector workers? Also Nolan talks about one pothole hotspot

    Sinn Féin and DUP clash in Economy Committee row - what does it say about relationships between the two biggest parties?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2026 78:30


    Also, how should home heating oil support be divided out?

    MLAs get their £14K pay rise - but why were politicians consulted, and not the public who will pay for it?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2026 78:33


    Plus, price of oil hits over £1K for 900 litres - doubling in the space of a month.

    Row over £81M to help with energy bills rumbles on as Sinn Féin and DUP squabble

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2026 77:52


    the DUP's Philip Brett and SDLP's Claire Hanna react & are fat jabs just for the rich?

    DUP call out Sinn Féin's Economy Minister over lack of plan to distribute £81M to people in NI to reduce energy bills

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2026 78:12


    Also, the PSNI are set to introduce a new taser. Nolan talks to former firearms officer

    Nolan understands Police Ombudsman investigating more than 100 incidents of alleged serious offences by former officer

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2026 78:13


    Also, NI gynaecology waiting lists are worst in UK - is there a crisis in our services?

    Weight loss jabs and the potential side effects - what are the risks? And the benefits?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2026 78:57


    Also, the price of oil passes $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022.

    First Minister Michelle O'Neill says MLA pay rise of £14k is ‘excessive' but will she take it?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2026 78:25


    Also, Iranian man speaks about Belfast protest and a former catholic PSNI officer talks

    A reduction in people on waiting lists for the first time in recent years - but surgeons raise questions about the drop

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2026 80:38


    Also, potholes, a vandalised statue and Nolan speaks with a man in Doha

    Hostility to Irish language does unionism no favours - Irish Language Commissioner Pól Deeds

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2026 76:07


    Also, dropping off at Belfast International Airport? From next Monday it will cost you £5

    Oil and fuel prices hike - are big companies profiteering and exploiting US-Israel war with Iran for profit?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2026 79:59


    Don't panic buy home heating oil - says the Consumer Council

    US-Israel attacks and Iran's retaliation - PM says he will allow US to use UK bases to strike Iranian missile sites

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2026 78:38


    Nolan talks to UUP's Steve Aiken, PBP's Gerry Carroll - and travel expert Simon Calder.

    MLA pay - why aren't any of our politicians publicly backing the proposed pay hike?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2026 78:25


    Also Former Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde says 50 /50 recruitment ship has probably sailed

    Questions remain for the PSNI after they admit to illegally obtaining a journalist's information

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2026 77:30


    MLA pay rise - no public consultation says Stormont - so the public were consulted on Nolan today

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2026 77:14


    Also, callers across NI tell Nolan about hearing a late night 'big bang'. What was it?

    New bye-laws for buskers and street preachers for Belfast blasted by some councillors and performers

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2026 79:10


    And, reaction to SF's call for 50:50 police recruitment to be re-introduced in the PSNI.

    When does the cut & thrust of political discourse go too far? New report highlights abuse & intimidation faced by politicians

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2026 78:16


    Also, weight loss jabs, puberty blockers trial & MLA pay

    Silence from the main parties at Stormont over a proposed £14K hike in MLAs' salaries

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2026 78:44


    and is it time NI followed others in introducing minimum pricing on alcohol?

    Lowest number of Catholics apply for PSNI in over a decade - what will police, political and community leaders do about it?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2026 79:35


    Belfast Telegraph Crime Correspondent Allison Morris and UUP's Doug Beattie give analysis

    Older people no longer feel protected by the health system which they've paid into all their lives - Commissioner

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2026 77:50


    Commissioner for Older People for NI Siobhan Casey speaks with Nolan.

    Protection Money - Justice Minister Naomi Long says it's not ok for businesses to have to price in extortion

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 78:13


    Also, disruption to Royal Mail deliveries.

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