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Feb 2017
42m 53s

A Man in a Belfast Bar: Episode 15

Always True Crime
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Belfast, Northern Ireland. A small group of friends go for a drink on a bar on a Sunday evening where an argument leads to violence which spirals out of control, leading to a sequence of events still being felt today. In this episode of the weekly UK True Crime podcast we look at loyalty, tradition and having the courage (or not) to do what is the right thing, whatever the consequences.

References:http://sluggerotoole.com/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
http://www.irishtimes.com/http://www.sundayworld.com/http://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/http://www.irishexaminer.com/http://www.irishtimes.com/
https://www.bostonglobe.com/https://www.theguardian.com/ukhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news


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