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Talkback

Highlights from Talkback. William Crawley and guests discuss the news headlines, chat to the people making them and ask you, the audience, what you think? From BBC Radio Ulster

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Latest episode

Jun 26, 2026

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Episodes

How Stormont responded to the plight of Jewish refugees seeking to escape the Nazis during WWII. 17.09.2024

Williams speaks with Noel Russel on his new book 'The Saved and the Spurned'.

William and guests discuss the future of Casement Park Stadium. 16.09.2024

Will the Casement Park Stadium ever be built? And if so, who should pay?

It's 100 years since the BBC began broadcast services from Northern Ireland 13.09.2024

Talkback marks the milestone with a look at the role of the BBC in the story of NI.

Is the Ulster Unionist Party in disarray amid claims and counter-claims that Doug Beattie was ousted by party officers? 21.08.2024

William and guests discuss the future of the Ulster Unionist Party.

We’re talking about your summer reading picks. Have you discovered a great new book or rediscovered a classic? 16.08.2024

William and guests discuss their summer reads.

Should Keir Staermer's new government change the UK's policy and give immediate recognition to Palestine as a sovereign state? 14.08.2024

William and guests discuss if the UK should act now to recognise the State of Palestine

The arrival of a beard-wearing Prince William at the Olympics has inevitably riased a few eyebrows. But why? 13.08.2024

William and guests discuss the perceptions of facial hair.

Is the loss of a pet comparable with the death of a family member? Is it ok to grieve the passing of a pet? 12.08.2024

William and guests discuss the issues around grieving for four-legged friends.

Omagh bombing: What will an inquiry do? 02.02.2023

Professor Phil Scraton on truth-seeking inquiries, when and how they work best.

Is a breakthrough on Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trading arrangements on the cards? 01.02.2023

Our guests discuss what a deal would look like.

PSNI cuts number of police to lowest ever level 26.01.2023

Guests discuss how significant this shortfall in funding is.

Nine PSNI officers were sacked last year for misconduct which had a sexual or domestic element, there are 74 ongoing cases. 19.01.2023

What more does the PSNI need to do to restore public confidence?

Day Two of the co-ordinated big push to get our MLAs back to work. 12.01.2023

Can the two governments and the party leaders deliver us a government here again?

Is our health service now beyond repair, or can it be fixed? 10.01.2023

What should it look like? Should it include more cross-border co-operation?

Is it time for politicians here to take more risks? 09.01.2023

25 years ago, Mo Mowlam went into the Maze Prison to try to save the peace process.

Whose responsibility should it be to enforce Covid restrictions? 22.11.2021

Is there any point in having rules in place if they are not being enforced?

What should we do about homelessness? 24.09.2021

Two women share their first hand experiences of struggling to live without a home.

Chaos over Covid travel passports 30.07.2021

It's been a week of chaos for those trying to get covid passports to travel

The Labour Party says that after the decision to suspend parliament, the Prime Minister is behaving like a dictator? 29.08.2019

Do you agree? Is this a regime rather than a government?

Mary-Lou McDonald refers to Londonderry - has Sinn Féin launched a new charm offensive aimed at winning over unionists? 25.04.2018

Andrée Murphy, Rev David Latimer, Nelson McCausland and Pádraic Mac Coitir discuss.

Why should schools in Northern Ireland be permitted to employ teachers based on their religion? 18.04.2018

Alliance MLA Chris Lyttle and former school principal Michelle Markem discuss.

Why should schools in Northern Ireland be permitted to employ teachers based on their religion? 18.04.2018

Alliance MLA Chris Lyttle and former school principal Michelle Markem discuss.

Police say they are treating the distribution of anti-Islam pamphlets in south Belfast as a hate incident 05.04.2018

An extremist group calling itself Generation Sparta posted leaflets in the Ravenhill area

Should someone with a terrorist past be able to join the Victims & Survivors' Forum? 04.04.2018

Victims' campaigners Alan McBride and Kenny Donaldson and author Jude Collins discuss.

Has our deaf community been forgotten in the minority languages debate? 23.03.2018

Majella McAteer from the British Deaf Association joined us along with her interpreter.

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