Noah Donohoe Inquest: Searching culvert “not a priority”

About this episode

The episode discusses the ongoing inquest into Noah Donohoe's death, focusing on police priorities during the search.

The inquest into the death of Noah Donohoe has been hearing its 17th week of evidence. This week the inquest heard a police constable say investigating the culvert in which the teenager's body was found was “not a priority” during the first few days of the search. The jury also heard an engineer say it was ‘Extremely unlikely’ Noah entered the watercourse from anywhere but culvert entrance at Premier Drive.  Liam Tunney is the Belfast Telegraph’s chief reporter on the inquest.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Liam Tunney

Topics covered

• Noah Donohoe
• inquest
• police investigation
• culvert
• search efforts
• Belfast news

Keywords

• Noah Donohoe
• inquest
• culvert
• police constable
• Belfast Telegraph
• Liam Tunney
• search investigation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Belfast Telegraph, Acast

Places: Premier Drive

More episodes of The BelTel

• Donaldson Trial: Prosecution accuses Jeffrey Donaldson of ‘sinful and deceitful lies’ · June 12, 2026 · 9 min
• Noah Donohoe: Mental health experts agree Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules For Life had ‘influence’ on teen · June 12, 2026 · 24 min
• Donaldson Trial: Jeffrey Donaldson denies child rape, admits affair · June 11, 2026 · 16 min
• Violence continues as police respond with water cannon · June 11, 2026 · 23 min
• Man charged over knife attack as bus and homes destroyed in NI race riot chaos · June 10, 2026 · 21 min
• Donaldson Trial: Eleanor says husband Jeffrey unfaithful throughout marriage · June 9, 2026 · 14 min