50. Copycat fears
5/7/202613 min
A special series from The State of Us podcast. In the summer of 2020, 14-year-old Noah Donohoe went missing in Belfast. Six days later his body was found in a storm drain. His disappearance and death have dominated headlines for five and a half years. The inquest into his death will, for the first time, lay out the facts and evidence in this case. In this special series from The State of Us podcast, Tara Mills and Declan Harvey take you inside the courtroom, bringing you the evidence as it unfolds each day. The bars on the storm drain that Noah entered are now closer together. But the most senior government official to speak at the inquest says that change wasn’t in response to his death.
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Tara Mills· Host0:59
Did the Department for Infrastructure consider the risk of a child like Noah getting into the culvert at Northwood Road?
Declan Harvey· Host1:10
That was the question posed today to the most senior person from the department who'll be giving evidence at this inquest.
Tara Mills· Host1:16
The bars that Noah would have had to squeeze through to get into the tunnel are now narrower, but the department says it wasn't in response to his death. I was in court.
Declan Harvey· Host1:25
This is a special series from the State of Us podcast. Welcome back to the Noah Donohoe Inquest.