When Journalists report on political events, much of what’s in the papers is what politicians tell us.
But behind closed doors, much politicking, negotiating and attempted governing goes on.
This Christmas the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland made available papers which were previously classified.
The Belfast Telegraph’s Northern Ireland editor Sam McBride has been investigating these files and can now reveal what he has discovered – including new details of Ian Paisley’s relationship with developer Seymour Sweeney, an ambitious plan to dam Strangford Lough, and the DUP’s discomfort with sex education booklet for children that included “activities too foul to describe”.
He joins Ciarán Dunbar.
Sam McBride: Files reveal long history of Paisley relationship with developer, DUP’s sex education panic and plans to dam Strangford Lough
