The Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has been to the forefront of Northern Ireland's politics ever since the re-emergence of the Drumcree Parade issue.

The DUP-woman has stridently defended the rights of Orangemen to march down the Garvaghy Road in the face of nationalist opposition.

She has been clear - the DUP must get Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill out of power over her actions in the Garvaghy protest.

The problem is, the party leader Gavin Robinson disagrees – so what happens next?

Who is Carla Lockhart, what are her options, and how does this affect unionism?

Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Professor Jon Tonge and by Belfast Telegraph reporters Claire Dickson and Andrew Madden.

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Jeffrey Donaldson was doing paid work for the ministry of defence in Africa even as acute political turmoil was engulfing his party at home in Northern Ireland.

Why was the then DUP leader undertaking sensitive work in dictator-led Cameroon just a week after he himself collapsed Stormont in 2022?

Why was he helping sell arms in Egypt alongside a British general?

Why did a special forces officer say he’d worked with Donaldson before?

Profound political questions remain over who all the now convicted paedophile was working for – alongside concerns about whether he had access to children in developing countries.

Sam McBride joined Ciarán Dunbar.

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The Metropolitan Police in London are investigating Jeffrey Donaldson over a rape allegation

It is alleged to have happened in the former MP's Westminster office.

Donaldson is currently serving a prison sentence in Maghaberry for 18 counts of child sex abuse, including the rape of a child.

The former DUP leader Donaldson was sentenced last week to 15 years but will serve just half of that term in prison.

Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Allison Morris.

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Offers made by Portadown District to allow Orangemen to walk the Garvaghy Road have been revealed in court – including a 4AM march, accommodated by a residents’ protest.

The court has finished hearing submissions during the legal challenge to the Secretary of State’s ban on the Drumcree parade. Mr Justice Scoffield is to deliver his judgement next week.

Talks broke down after both parties refused to compromise on the proposed route.

Olivia Peden is joined by Allison Morris who was in court.

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Perforated Ulster, Give My Head Peace, and The Long and the Short of it, all produced by the Hole in the Wall gang are being axed by the BBC.

The Blame Game has also been culled.

The BBC is making major cuts across the corporation as budget cuts take hold.

BBC bosses say they have to make difficult decisions – but the cuts mean there will be no more local comedy on our screens.

Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Tim McGarry and Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell from the Hole in the Wall Gang.

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The Burkes are back, but this time it's not Enoch grabbing the headlines, it's his sister Ammi.

In 2019, Ammi Burke was dismissed from her role at one of Ireland’s most prestigious law firms, Arthur Cox, after just over three years with the company.

Seven years, multiple legal battles and countless court appearances later, Ms Burke wants her job back. She and her former employer are facing off at the Workplace Relations Commission.

So, what exactly happened between the two sides? And why is a dispute that began years ago still rumbling on in court today?

Tessa Fleming is joined by court reporter Seán McCárthaigh as Ammi Burke takes on her old employer.

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The PSNI has released the audio statements of Jeffrey Donaldson’s victims, Victim A and Victim B.

Their voices have been artificially generated to protect the victims’ identity.

On Thursday, the former DUP leader was sentenced to 15 years in prison after being found guilty of 18 charges of child sex abuse.

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Jeffrey Donaldson will serve 15 years in prison for his crimes. He was given 11 years for rape against Victim B and four years for all offences against Victim A, to be served consecutively.

The former MP and ex-DUP leader was sentenced in Newry Courthouse on Thursday.

He was found guilty of 18 child sex abuse charges, including rape, in June.

Donaldson is trying to win an appeal, and his denials were an aggravating factor in the sentencing.

However, as it stands, the 63-year-old will emerge from prison as a 78-year-old pensioner.

Ciarán Dunbar spoke to Allison Morris outside Newry Crown Court.

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