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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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Episodes

Belfast Pride – how inclusive is it if there’s a ban on some political parties attending?

Green Party Leader Mal O'Hara and DUP MLA Trevor Clarke discuss

Jul 25, 2025•1 hr 18 min

Clock ticking for PSNI - will they participate in Belfast Pride on Saturday?

DUP MLA Trevor Clarke, UUP MLA Doug Beattie and commentator Dermot Hamill discuss.

Jul 24, 2025•1 hr 18 min

Confusion and chaos in two day nightmare for some Northern Ireland passengers of Jet2

Travel journalist Simon Calder talks to Nolan.

Jul 23, 2025•1 hr 19 min

Man seriously ill after suffering over 70 percent burns at bonfire

Nolan talks to former senior PSNI officer Jon Burrows and Alliance MLA Eoin Tennyson.

Jul 22, 2025•1 hr 19 min

Do we need a 'Bonfire Commission' to address controversial issues around some bonfires?

Former SF election candidate Chris Donnelly and loyalist activist Jamie Bryson discuss

Jul 21, 2025•1 hr 20 min

Votes for 16 and 17 year olds at next general election - but are they mature enough to take part in political process?

Also, should parents be fined for taking their kids out of school for holidays?

Jul 18, 2025•1 hr 19 min

Golf fans and world media descend on Portrush for The Open Championship

Also - should your appearance ever prevent you from getting a job?

Jul 17, 2025•1 hr 20 min

Children's cross-community Comber sports camp cancelled over opposition to involvement of children from a GAA club

Also - should people involved in race riots last month be stripped of their benefits?

Jul 16, 2025•1 hr 20 min

Veterans protest over government plans to repeal act protecting them from Troubles prosecutions

Shadow Secretary of State for NI Alex Burghart and former SF MP Francie Malloy discuss.

Jul 15, 2025•1 hr 20 min

Is the Twelfth good for tourism? Or a disaster as an SDLP MLA has claimed?

Holly Hamilton steps in this week, discussing the weekend's events and weather.

Jul 14, 2025•1 hr 20 min

Was controversial bonfire too hot to handle for police and politicians?

Chris Buckler is in for Stephen.

Jul 11, 2025•1 hr 19 min

Political row rages over controversial bonfire - should action be taken to take it down?

Chris Buckler talks to former SF MP Francie Molloy and Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson.

Jul 10, 2025•1 hr 20 min

Heat grows on politicians over concerns of power supply to hospitals and presence of asbestos on a bonfire site

East Belfast Community worker Moore Holmes & SDLP Cllr Seamus De Faoite discuss.

Jul 09, 2025•1 hr 20 min

Eleventh night bonfire close to critical infrastructure raises power supply risk to two Belfast hospitals

Also - row erupts in Belfast City Hall over Pride stained glass window installed in May

Jul 08, 2025•1 hr 20 min

After decades of sectarian murder, racketeering and controlling communities- is the UVF really serious about leaving the stage?

Author Dr Aaron Edwards and Belfast Telegraph's Allison Morris discuss

Jul 07, 2025•1 hr 18 min

Exclusive – loyalist activist Jamie Bryson gives his first interview since his acquittal at Belfast Crown Court

Also - missed appointments are costing NI health service tens of millions of pounds.

Jul 04, 2025•1 hr 19 min

Are the sums adding up for a united Ireland?

Also - Translink ban Smartpass use if you plan to travel on special services to The Open

Jul 03, 2025•1 hr 17 min

Police Federation and Ministers at odds over money for PSNI recruitment

Chair of Police Federation Liam Kelly and UUP's Doug Beattie discuss with Nolan.

Jul 02, 2025•1 hr 19 min

Fresh questions over NI sentencing as mother who forced child’s face into cat faeces gets six months in jail

Also - cost rises to £4 for Express Drop Off and Pick Up area at Belfast City airport.

Jul 01, 2025•1 hr 20 min

Police probe two Glastonbury gigs – Ofcom says BBC ‘has questions to answer’

Also - NI charities call for Stormont's draft anti-poverty plan to be withdrawn

Jun 30, 2025•1 hr 20 min

Should the BBC televise controversial Belfast rap-group Kneecap’s performance at Glastonbury this weekend?

Also, wheelchair users excluded from Half Marathon due to "logistical challenges"

Jun 27, 2025•1 hr 20 min

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