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Best of Nolan

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

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Do the police need new powers to tackle paramilitary flags?
Also-NI ambulance workers and paramedics in Unite union have voted for industrial action
12 Mar 2025,77 mins
Targets missed - and patients put at risk - Audit Office report flags dramatic deterioration in ambulance handover times
How do we get to a point where we can fix it? Nolan discusses.
11 Mar 2025,79 mins
Row erupts at Belfast City Council over dual language street signs
Also, civil service reform, stamp duty rise, postage delivery delays & �鶹��'s impartiality
10 Mar 2025,78 mins
Damning statement from the Chief Constable Jon Boutcher on the Programme for Government
A row in the GAA over where an Ulster Senior Football Championship match will be played
07 Mar 2025,79 mins
Man police describe as one of UK's most prolific sex abusers studied in NI - could there be victims of him here?
Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly defends the Programme for Government
06 Mar 2025,79 mins
Show me the money - Health Minister calls out programme for government pledge of up to £215M for health service
Also, policing justice, violence against women & should older drivers have an 'S' plate?
05 Mar 2025,77 mins
Programme for government dangles money for health service - but without guarantees - where is it coming from?
Nolan discusses the details
04 Mar 2025,78 mins
Programme for government - the promises Stormont is making to you - how much detail is in it? And how much waffle?
Also - a factory in Belfast is to supply 5,000 air defence missiles to Ukraine.
03 Mar 2025,78 mins
Why has the victim of a suspected republican feud been denied medical treatment in Scotland?
Also - could we see robots as a regular fixture of everyday life? Nolan discusses.
28 Feb 2025,78 mins
Stormont is bringing in robots to exterminate some of the work low paid cleaners do
Plans to extend Belfast's Glider bus service in north and south of city are scaled back
27 Feb 2025,77 mins
Programme for government delay – A technical hiccup? Or a power struggle at the heart of Stormont?
Stephen gets your views
26 Feb 2025,78 mins
Should politicians be allowed anonymity over how they vote on certain issues if they fear for their safety?
Also, live facial recognition cameras - a good idea for safety-or attack on privacy?
25 Feb 2025,80 mins
West Belfast shooting - could it lead to an escalation in a dissident republican feud?
Also, 3 years since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine - what does the future hold?
24 Feb 2025,79 mins
DUP leader raises questions over whether enough is being done to prosecute IRA members he says escaped army ambush in 1992
And, four weeks after Storm Eowyn hundreds of people across NI still without internet.
21 Feb 2025,78 mins
Powerful and profoundly moving witness testimony as first stage of Omagh Bomb Inquiry concludes
We also hear about school uniform costs
20 Feb 2025,79 mins
Chief Constable says what you say on social media may affect your chances of joining the PSNI
Also - 12-year-old Alfie's story puts a spotlight on Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
19 Feb 2025,79 mins
Education Minister proposes new legislation for school uniforms - a first of its kind anywhere in the UK.
What will Paul Givan's proposed legislation require schools to do?
18 Feb 2025,80 mins
SDLP accuse DUP leader of ‘Trump-like rhetoric’ in row over police recruitment
Ex Sinn Féin MLA Máirtín Ó Muilleoir slams anti-paramilitary posters in Andersonstown
17 Feb 2025,78 mins
Are we already 'taxed to death' as the Communities Minister says, or is it time to charge those with big homes more?
What is going on with housing rates reform in Northern Ireland?
14 Feb 2025,81 mins
Should we name and shame benefits fraudsters? That's the decision from Communities Minister
But is the move by Minister Gordon Lyons the right one? Nolan discusses.
13 Feb 2025,79 mins
Nolan Exclusive - principal of Lisneal College speaks for first time about huge political row over school football pitch
Principal of Lisneal College Michael Allen spoke to Nolan.
12 Feb 2025,79 mins
Some people on benefits 'taking the mickey' says Labour minister.
Expert also gives views on President Trump's latest comments on Israeli/Gaza ceasefire.
11 Feb 2025,79 mins