{"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":"LucidTalk: Majority believe Gerry Adams was in IRA – but don’t care","slug":"lucidtalk-majority-believe-gerry-adams-was-in-ira-but-don-t-care","published_at":"2026-04-22T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912/lucidtalk-majority-believe-gerry-adams-was-in-ira-but-don-t-care","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-beltel/episodes/lucidtalk-majority-believe-gerry-adams-was-in-ira-but-dont-c","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/e/69e7ab68738b0d0aa5ad7acb/media.mp3","summary":"A majority of those polled&nbsp;in from the&nbsp;latest&nbsp;Belfast&nbsp;Telegraph&nbsp;/&nbsp;Lucidtalk&nbsp;polling&nbsp;believe that Gerry Adams was a member of the IRA.&nbsp;&nbsp;The former Sinn Féin leader&nbsp;has always denied being a member of the&nbsp;organisation.&nbsp;&nbsp;However,&nbsp;the overwhelming majority of&nbsp;people across the political spectrum say the matter has no impact on how&nbsp;they&nbsp;would&nbsp;vote.&nbsp;&nbsp;Sinn Féin&nbsp;remain&nbsp;as&nbsp;the most popular party, despite First Minister Michelle&nbsp;O’Neill’s&nbsp;personal&nbsp;popularity dropping.&nbsp;&nbsp; And over 60%&nbsp;don’t&nbsp;want&nbsp;US President Trump to&nbsp;visit – but unionists and nationalists sharply disagree on the Donald.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ciarán Dunbar is&nbsp;joined by&nbsp;the&nbsp;Belfast Telegraph’s Political Editor Suzanne Breen.&nbsp; Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"A majority of those polled in from the latest Belfast Telegraph / Lucidtalk polling believe that Gerry Adams was a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2059,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-beltel-5373912/episodes/lucidtalk-majority-believe-gerry-adams-was-in-ira-but-don-t-care/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/lucidtalk-majority-believe-gerry-adams-was-in-ira-but-don-t-care.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}