# The Belfast race riots – The even uglier truth by a journalist who was there Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382/the-belfast-race-riots-the-even-uglier-truth-by-a-journalist-who-was-there Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382/the-belfast-race-riots-the-even-uglier-truth-by-a-journalist-who-was-there.md Podcast: [The Bunker – News without the nonsense](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382) Published: 2026-06-18T03:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/the-bunker/episodes/the-belfast-race-riots-the-even-uglier-truth-by-a-journalist Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2ad2e9440b9d7bbf6bde6b/e/6a32ad0a883f9289e91b09c2/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382/episodes/the-belfast-race-riots-the-even-uglier-truth-by-a-journalist-who-was-there Duration seconds: 1343 ## Resource What really triggered the horrific race riots in Northern Ireland earlier this month? Who were the agitators of the “modern-day pogrom” in which balaclava-clad rioters chased people from their homes and torched cars and buildings in overwhelmingly loyalist areas? Belfast-based journalist Amanda Ferguson was on the ground as the violence unfolded. She gives Gavin Esler her eyewitness account of the attacks, the aftermath and the mix of far-right agitation and experienced Loyalist paramilitaries behind these appalling scenes.   • Back us on Patreon –  www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Gavin Esler. Producer: James Liddell. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382/episodes/the-belfast-race-riots-the-even-uglier-truth-by-a-journalist-who-was-there/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382/the-belfast-race-riots-the-even-uglier-truth-by-a-journalist-who-was-there.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.