{"podcast":{"title":"The BelTel","slug":"the-beltel-5373912","podcast_index_feed_id":5373912,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324","website_url":"https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/show-cover.jpg","author":"Belfast Telegraph Podcasts","episode_count":825,"summary":"The BelTel brings you some of Northern Ireland's top journalists, Allison Morris, Sam McBride and Suzanne Breen to name but a few, giving you the inside stories behind what is in the news. Presented by Ciarán Dunbar, the Bel Tel investigates, debates and informs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T06:18:36.697495+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912"},"episode":{"title":"Kew Files: Gerry Adams the focus of declassified docs – including Workers Party sectarian claims","slug":"kew-files-gerry-adams-the-focus-of-declassified-docs-including-workers-party-sectarian-claims","published_at":"2026-04-15T00:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912/kew-files-gerry-adams-the-focus-of-declassified-docs-including-workers-party-sectarian-claims","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-beltel/episodes/kew-files-gerry-adams-the-focus-of-declassified-docs-includi","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/e/69dccf5194cbb214c3f843a2/media.mp3","summary":"Gerry Adams features heavily in now declassified documents and reveal that the British considered him, along with Martin McGuinness, to be the leaders of republicanism.  Mr Adams denies ever being a member of the IRA, but a formerly secret document includes a claim that he was re-elected to the Army Council in 1996.  Another document records a former IRA man, then a member of the Workers Party telling the Government that he was told by Adams in Long Kesh that he would be prepared ‘to wade up to my knees in Protestant blood to a united Ireland’ - something Adams says he never said or believed.    The Belfast Telegraph’s Northern Ireland Editor, Sam McBride, joins Ciarán Dunbar on the BelTel.    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Gerry Adams features heavily in now declassified documents and reveal that the British considered him, along with Martin McGuinness, to be&…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2150,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-beltel-5373912/episodes/kew-files-gerry-adams-the-focus-of-declassified-docs-including-workers-party-sectarian-claims/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912/kew-files-gerry-adams-the-focus-of-declassified-docs-including-workers-party-sectarian-claims.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}