Talkback Episodes Episode guide
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Vaccine passports
Economy minister Gordon Lyons is not a fan of the vaccine passport scheme
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Vaccine passports
A political row at Stormont over vaccination passports - what is the solution?
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Vaccine certificates
Listener Dan got in touch with his struggle to get a certificate to allow him to travel.
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Vaccination incentives
How much room is there in law for employers and government to nudge people towards a jab?
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Vaccinating pregnant women
We speak to two pregnant women about their reservations regarding getting Covid vaccines.
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Vaccinating 12-15 year olds
Could vaccinating children be a game-changer in our journey out of the pandemic?
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UVF flags taken down as a 'good will gesture' says East Belfast Community Initiative spokesman Jamie Bryson
Claims that UVF Flags in Cantrell Close in East Belfast have been removed after talks
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UVF flags near mixed Belfast estates removed
Jamie Bryson, Michael Long, Dominica McGowan and Peter Osborne discuss the flags issue.
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UVF flags appear in a shared housing area of south Belfast. Should the authorities just take them down?
We heard from Claire Hanna, Dr John Kyle, Eric Hanvey and Peter Osborne
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UUP to leave the Executive
UUP leader Mike Nesbitt announces live on air that they intend to leave the Executive
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UUP leader Doug Beattie says "unionism needs to stop looking for lundies and start looking for converts"
Doug Beattie is live in studio to explore the future of unionism as a political tradition
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UUP leader asks why unionists are so bad at PR?
The Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt calls on unionism to get its PR act together
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US special forces kill the leader of the Islamic State terror group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Could that reverse the political fortunes of Donald Trump and gift him a second term
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Universal Credit roll out is to be slowed down but should it be stalled or scrapped?
It was billed as the solution to the 'benefits trap' but some families are down Β£48/week
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Unionism should embrace a united Ireland, says former PUP press officer, Sophie Long
We also hear from DUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson
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Unionism gets a new leader today when DUP MLAs and MPs cast their vote for either Edwin Poots or Jeffrey Donaldson.
We discuss the major issues facing the new leader of unionism
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Unaccompanied child refugees
Is a scheme to bring them to the UK "a pull" for traffickers as the government says?
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Ulster Rugby and poppies
Rugby players accused of being disrespectful after failing to wear poppies.
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UKIP leader Nigel Farage phone-in
Nigel Farage took listeners' calls and made the case for Britain leaving the EU.
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UK's Trident nuclear defence system
Is renewing Trident a good use of public money?
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UK government wants the Union Flag to fly from every government building every day of the year, but excludes Northern Ireland
The DUP want the government to include Northern Ireland in their plans.
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UEFA Super Cup in Belfast
Has NI sealed its place on the international event stage?
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Two years after Martin McGuinness's resignation triggered the fall of Stormont, should our Assembly now be given extra powers?
Mark Devenport speaks to Claire Sugden, John O'Dowd, Brian Feeney and Newton Emerson
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Two weeks until the Parliament vote that could determine the future of the UK in OR out of the EU. What is likely to happen?
Alliance leader Naomi Long, Professor John Curtice & David Campbell Bannerman MEP discuss
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Two very different Protocol stories in the news today, swings and roundabouts, ups and downs
But overall, across the entire economy in NI, is the protocol helping us or hurting us?
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Two more weeks to restore power-sharing - a lifeline or deadline?
Legislation to extend Stormont election deadline fast-tracked through Parliament
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Two leading science experts take your calls on coronavirus.
COVID-19 Q&A with leading experts.
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Two academics say the experience of the Troubles has, in some ways, prepared us for the disruption caused by Coronavirus.
We hear from Dr Michael Duffy and Dr Ciaran Mullholland from Queen's University Belfast
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Twenty-one days - that's how long Edwin Poots managed to stay in the top job at the DUP
We get reaction to a dramatic twenty-four hours in Northern Irish politics
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Twenty years after the creation of the PSNI, do we have the fully-inclusive police service we were promised?
William speaks to Lord Patten and other guests.