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The Noah Donohoe Inquest - The State of Us

A special series from The State of Us podcast following each day of the inquest into 14-year-old Noah Donohoe's death. Tara Mills and Declan Harvey take you inside the courtroom.

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3. Court evacuated
An emergency evacuation of Laganside courthouse interrupts jury selection.
21 Jan 2026,4 mins
2. Who speaks for Noah?
Meet Northern Ireland’s most senior coroner as he whittles down the jury pool.
20 Jan 2026,10 mins
1. Jury selection
A special series from The State of Us podcast brings you inside the courtroom
19 Jan 2026,10 mins
The Noah Donohoe Inquest: Introduction
A special series from The State of Us podcast brings you inside the courtroom
19 Jan 2026,1 min
What happened to Noah Donohoe?
The inquest into the death of teenager Noah Donohoe is due to begin next week
15 Jan 2026,35 mins
Christmas with May McFettridge
Northern Ireland’s favourite panto dame on funeral gigs and how he saved a life
18 Dec 2025,34 mins
Uniquely NI: How the Troubles still fuel homelessness
How did NI's homeless people grow up? How did the Troubles shape their future?
16 Dec 2025,27 mins
Britain’s ‘golden egg’ spy in the IRA
A Stakeknife pantomime: Who was Freddie Scappaticci, the dead spy Britain still protects?
11 Dec 2025,31 mins
The cocaine in Northern Ireland’s water
New study highlights drugs – from caffeine to ketamine - lurking in our lakes and rivers
09 Dec 2025,19 mins
The latest Irish church abuse crisis
Abuse and safeguarding failings: What's going on in Ireland’s Presbyterian Church?
04 Dec 2025,34 mins
Olympic boxer Aidan Walsh: Why I’m delighted to quit the ring
From Olympic bronze to retirement at 28: Aidan Walsh on why he's quit boxing
02 Dec 2025,30 mins
Familiar faces return to count The State of the Budget
Familiar faces return to count The State of the Budget
27 Nov 2025,34 mins
Jim Browning: Meet the mystery hacker scamming the scammer
The YouTube star who takes on multi-million pound scams across the world.
25 Nov 2025,32 mins
EXTRA: Religious education in schools – Supreme Court ruling explained
The Supreme Court has ruled Christian-focused RE taught in NI schools is unlawful
20 Nov 2025,32 mins
Cookstown hotel crush: The ‘open wound’ of Greenvale
Greenvale witnesses: ‘We were there when friends died – it’s like an open wound’
20 Nov 2025,34 mins
Greenvale Hotel Crush: 'Our loved ones died - the years of legal wait is more trauma'
Family of 3 teens who died in 2019 say they feel "left in the dark" over legal delays
18 Nov 2025,34 mins
The State of Us Live: Blue Lights’ Michael Smiley and Joanne Crawford
Michael Smiley and Joanne Crawford on season three of award-winning TV drama Blue Lights
13 Nov 2025,30 mins
The State of Us Live Show: The career of a BBC Panorama reporter
Darragh MacIntyre on Cpt Robert Nairac, Virginia Giuffre & BBC impartiality
11 Nov 2025,37 mins
Northern Ireland’s smear test ‘scandal’ – explained
17,500 tests rechecked - what was happening in the Southern Trust?
06 Nov 2025,29 mins
The children married in Northern Ireland
16 and 17 year olds can still marry here. Why hasn’t the law changed yet?
04 Nov 2025,28 mins
Soldier F – Not guilty
Former paratrooper not guilty of murdering two people on Bloody Sunday in 1972
23 Oct 2025,37 mins
TV writer says pro-Israeli views shut out of the arts
David Ireland on his loyalist roots, Israel, alcoholism & God
21 Oct 2025,35 mins
Parents of SEN child convicted over school non-attendance
Leigh and James Bryson spent £30k defending themselves in court.
16 Oct 2025,35 mins
Did Northern Ireland really inspire Trump's Israel/Gaza peace plan?
And can mediators and negotiators learn anything from our past?
14 Oct 2025,35 mins
Do mugshots matter?
Why did the PSNI delay publishing a mugshot of a rapist on the run?
09 Oct 2025,24 mins
The great big vaccine debate
Vaccine rates in Northern Ireland are falling – why?
07 Oct 2025,28 mins
What the **** is happening in golf?
Swearing, shouting, and lobbing pints – The Ryder Cup 2025
02 Oct 2025,35 mins
Fighting poverty in NI: The minister defends his plan
The communities minister answers the critics of his anti-poverty strategy.
30 Sep 2025,33 mins
Bonus: Kneecap’s Mo Chara terrorism case thrown out
What happened in court and the reaction from outside – Kelly Bonner speaks to Declan
26 Sep 2025,7 mins
Was the PSNI spying on journalists?
How police used covert powers to unlawfully try to uncover reporters’ sources
25 Sep 2025,25 mins