The BelTel
Hosted by Ciarán Dunbar and Olivia Peden and Tessa Fleming · Belfast Telegraph
4.5from 205 ratings
- 920
- Episodes
- 600
- Transcribed
- 205
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About The BelTel
The BelTel brings you some of Northern Ireland's top journalists, Allison Morris, Sam McBride and Suzanne Breen to name but a few, giving you the inside stories behind what is in the news. Presented by Ciarán Dunbar, the Bel Tel investigates, debates and informs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Belfast Telegraph
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 21 Apr 2022
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
600 of 920 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Inside a recent episode
Bizarre details of juror's behaviour at Noah Donohoe Inquest revealed
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And that said, look, we have concerns about one juror who's been named in the judgment as Juror A. So the jurors were asked to go away and write down what those concerns were. And they came back with what can only be described as a bizarre set of circumstances, which I'm sure we'll go through here. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Lorcan Nyhan
- Scott Lucas
- Andrew Madden
- Ben Lowry
- Alex Kane
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 30 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.4 / 5
- 175 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 64 / 100
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- Quality
- 90
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 96
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Who hosts The BelTel?
Ciarán Dunbar and Olivia Peden and Tessa Fleming host the show. Published by Belfast Telegraph.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does The BelTel take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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