The green is ready, fans are arriving, and the good and great of golf have flocked to Portrush for the open. All eyes are on Rory McIlroy after he achieved golfing immortality in the form of the career grand slam in April. As over 250,000 international fans pour into Portrush, locals have slammed food and accommodation price hikes, including one local spot charging almost £27 for fish and chips.

Olivia Peden is joined from Royal Portrush by Belfast Telegraph’s chief sportswriter Steven Beacom and Sport Journalist Adam McKendry to look ahead to what the open holds.

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William McKee is a former governor of the Maze Prison. He was the senior Governor in charge of the Prison on the 27th December 1997 – the day that LVF Godfather Billy Wright was murdered inside the prison wall. McKee has faced multiple murder attempts and had to relocate houses several times due to his career. His new book 'Collusion: Inside the Maze' is describde as a fictional exploration of the events surrounding Wright's murder.

He joined Ciarán Dunbar to talk about what working on the day of Wright’s murder was like, his relationships with paramilitary prisoners, and the multiple attempts on his life as a result on his career.

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The Twelfth of July is a day of joy, pride, and nostalgia for Unionists and Loyalists in Northern Ireland. The night before, bonfires will be lit across the country - a tradition that began when fires on hillsides were used to signal William of Orange’s march from Carrickfergus to the Battle of the Boyne. But a night of tradition and celebration for some is viewed by others as physically dangerous, and in some cases, undeniably sectarian.

Are bonfires a sectarian safety risk, or just a harmless tradition?

Olivia Peden is joined by Sam McBride, Loyalist activist Moore Holmes, and the chairman of the Schomberg Ulster Scots society in Kilkeel, Gareth Crozier.

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