As Northern Ireland votes for a new Stormont Assembly, the BelTel examines where your vote could make a big difference. Host Ciarán Dunbar, guest Belfast Telegraph Political Editor, Suzanne Breen. 

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Northern Ireland’s key political battles with Suzanne Breen

The jury in Noah Donohoe inquest have heard a sixteenth week of evidence. 

The schoolboy was just 14 when his naked body was found in a storm drain tunnel on June 27, 2020. He had been missing for six days. 

 On Thursday, an expert witness gave testimony on the CCTV footage of Noah leaving his flat during the night before he went missing.  

Earlier in the week the jury heard that conditions in culvert where his body was found would have been “terrifying”. 

Liam Tunney is covering the inquest for the Belfast Telegraph. 

Noah Donohoe inquest, week 16: Jury hears of ‘terrifying’ conditions  

In 1920 a momentous decision was finalised - three Ulster counties, Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan would not be included in the new Northern Ireland. It was felt that the new entity would be more secure without those counties which had nationalist majorities. But they also had large, Protestant, Unionist, Loyalist minorities - then abandoned in the new Irish Free State.  

Ed Burke has written a new book – it's called ‘Ulster's Lost Counties: Loyalism and Paramilitarism since 1920’. In it he examines armed loyalism and resistance to Irish nationalism coming from the people of the three counties. 

Ulster's Lost Counties: Ed Burke on Loyalism and Paramilitarism in Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal  

Tattle Life is a self-described “commentary website”.  Supporters of the site say it’s free speech, protects consumers, and that influencers are fair game, with the website saying it has a zero-tolerance policy to any abusive, hateful or harmful content. But critics claim users have published private documents, that the site facilitates vile and cruel trolling – even stalking.  

Last year, it was revealed County Antrim couple Neil and Donna Sands seemed to have taken the so-called ‘king of the trolls’, alleged owner of the site, Sebastian Bond, down. But now court has ruled he didn’t even know his crown was being seized – and the couple have to pay back £300,000 in damages.    

Olivia Peden is joined by Belfast Telegraph reporter Kurtis Reid. 

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