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In The News
In The News is a daily podcast from The Irish Times that takes a close look at the stories that matter, in Ireland and around the world. Presented by Bernice Harrison and Aideen Finnegan.
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Episodes
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Can Ryan Tubridy succeed on UK radio?
Former RTE broadcaster Ryan Tubridy kicked off his new job, presenting Virgin Radio UK’s midmorning show, on Tuesday. The London-based commercial radio station…
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New year, new you? The tools you need to stay healthy and happy
Looking to feel happier and healthier in life, but don’t know where to start? Clinical Psychologist Dr Trudy Meehan joins Conor Pope to talk about the…
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How a Nazi fugitive became a French teacher in a prestigious Dublin school
For decades, a prestigious Dublin school knowingly employed a former SS officer, Louis Feutren, as a French teacher. Now, former students of St Conleth's…
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How the generosity of an Irish-American billionaire transformed Ireland
Chuck Feeney, the Irish-American philanthropist, died in October this year at the age of 92. Two months after his death in San Francisco, he was laid to rest…
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Australia mushroom poisoning: how a family lunch ended in tragedy
In late July, four relatives attended a family lunch at the home of Erin Patterson, a 48 year-old mother of two from Leongatha in Australia. Within days of the…
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Why Irish criminals turned to Chinese restaurants to hide their cash
An investigation by the Criminal Assets Bureau (Cab) unearthed an underground “banking” network offering an international money transfer system to Irish…
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Behind the scenes of hit Netflix documentary 'The Deepest Breath' with Irish director Laura McGann
Earlier this Summer, a Netflix documentary, all about the hidden world of freediving, catapulted the sport in front of a global audience. The Deepest Breath…
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How Toy Show The Musical went wrong for RTÉ
The Late Late Toy Show is Ireland's most popular TV show every year by a distance, but Toy Show: The Musical was a complete flop, losing €2.2 million in its…
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How 2023 became the year of Taylor Swift
To call Taylor Swift simply a pop singer is to miss the point. She’s a one woman global phenomenon; the 34 year-old is the first musician ever to become a…
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Celebrity documentaries: prestige viewing or pr stunts? With Patrick Freyne
If you spent far too much time this year watching Robbie Williams sitting on a bed in his underpants unpicking his life, or tried to do the Beckham’s loved-up…
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Liam Byrne: The rise and fall of a major Irish gangland figure
Last week Liam Byrne, the alleged leader of the Kinahan cartel’s Irish operations, was extradited from Spain to the UK to stand trial and face charges related…
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After another arson attack, what options are left for housing asylum seekers?
On Saturday night, a fire destroyed most of a disused hotel in Co Galway that was set to begin housing up to 70 asylum seekers from Thursday, December 21st…
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The tragic death of a rising Irish cyclist
On Saturday, May 27th 2023 champion cyclist Gabriele Glodenyte was out on her bike for a morning spin in north county Dublin with her boyfriend Seán Landers…
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"Fossil fuel lobbyists fought tooth and nail" - Eamon Ryan on how Cop 28 agreed
As lead negotiator on climate finance for the EU at Cop28, Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan was at the table in Dubai when the final agreement was…
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Crisis in the classroom: where have all our teachers gone?
Last month, new figures revealed more than 800 primary school teaching posts across the country were lying empty, with the problem most acute in the Greater…
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Do new Israeli tactics mean more civilian deaths in Gaza?
The Israeli Defence Forces deny targeting civilians in Gaza and insist they take all practical measures to protect non-combatants in a war where their enemy…
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How did Ireland become the puppy farm capital of Europe?
A recent closure order issued by the County Council to a registered puppy farm in north Cork saw veterinary inspectors seize dogs worth over €80,000 from the…
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Why a billionaire is buying up land in one Irish county - and why its farmers are unhappy
Irish billionaire John Magnier has been steadily accumulating huge tracts of land in south Tipperary. He's entitled to do so. But local farmers say they are…
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Boris Johnson ducks and dives at the UK Covid inquiry
This week, Boris Johnson appeared in front of Britain’s Covid inquiry for the first time. In its six months, the inquiry has already heard damning evidence…
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What the latest corporation tax bonanza means for the economy
The Government received an early Christmas gift this week with the latest exchequer data pointing to another surge in corporation tax as well as increases in…
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The feis-fixing scandal that rocked Irish dancing
In July 2022 a very public scandal erupted in the normally relatively closed world of Irish dancing. An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha (CLRG), the oldest and…
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Asylum seekers now face sleeping rough amid high tensions
Once again the State has run out of places to put asylum seekers. Those newly arriving face the prospect of sleeping rough as temperatures fall and with…
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Are sinister conspiracies behind the Dublin riots? Yes, say 'alternative' media stars
US commentator Tucker Carlson interviewed MAGA figurehead Steve Bannon about Irish society and politics in the wake of the Dublin riots. The men agreed Ireland…
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Napoleon and The Crown are riddled with historical howlers. Does it matter?
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon is a “breathless rollick” says Irish Times chief film correspondent Donald Clarke; Joaquin Phoenix makes the character his own and…
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Why is an oil CEO leading the world's biggest climate talks?
COP28, the UN’s annual climate change summit kicks off today in Dubai. This year the COP President is Sultan Al Jaber, who is both the UAE’s special envoy on…
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Dublin Riot aftermath: the victims, the investigation and the political fallout
Last week's stabbing attack on primary school children and subsequent riot have left Dublin city shaken. One child and her after-school carer are still in a…
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'I go up the stairs on all fours to conserve energy' - Ireland's ignored health crisis
When musician and therapist Ailie Blunnie first caught Covid in 2021, she expected to recover quickly. Yet, more than two years later, the once active…
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Can Patrick Kielty pass the Toy Show test?
RTÉ’s TV advertisements have been good fun with new Late Late host Patrick Kielty getting advice from some very opinionated children on how he should present…
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Dublin stunned after dark day of violence
The streets of Dublin city centre were ablaze on Thursday night, with at least one Garda vehicle, a double-decker bus and a Luas tram set alight and several…
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Who is Javier Milei, "The Madman" elected president of Argentina?
Javier Milei will be sworn in as president of Argentina next month. But just why is this political outsider called "The Madman" - and what can Argentinians…
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How Ben Dunne's bad behaviour changed Ireland - with Fintan O'Toole
Last weekend, millionaire businessman and former Dunnes Stores chief executive Ben Dunne died suddenly in Dubai. He was 74 years of age, In 1992, Dunne made…
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Inside the Martens Trial (Part 2): Molly Martens according to the Corbetts
Documentary maker and journalist Brian Carroll was in court for the sentencing hearing of Molly Martens and her father Thomas for the killing of Molly’s…
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Inside the Martens Trial (Part 1): The carefully planned character assassination of Jason Corbett
Documentary maker and journalist Brian Carroll was in court for the sentencing hearing of Molly Martens and her father Thomas for the killing of Molly’s…
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Will Hong Kong's freedom survive China's clampdown?
When Britain handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997 it was under a ‘One Country, Two Systems’ governance model that guaranteed the continuation of a free…
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Leaked docs reveal Russian oligarch Abramovich's secret Chelsea deals
For decades, a flood of foreign money has poured into the island of Cyprus, bringing extreme wealth to a few, but leaving the EU member status with a…
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David Cameron's shock return to UK politics
Why has UK prime minister Rishi Sunk brought former prime minister David Cameron in from the cold after all these years? And what will Stella Braverman, fired…
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Why BSE in one Irish cow worries China - and spells trouble for farmers
For Irish beef producers, China is a prize – capture that vast market and the troubled sector is secure. And Chinese influence in Asia means cracking that…
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Why three Irish nursing homes were forced to close
Since September, three nursing homes have been forced to close – in Kilkenny, Waterford and Cork. The residents, all vulnerable and elderly have had to be…
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Will Irish citizens be allowed to leave war-torn Gaza?
Around forty Irish citizens remain trapped inside Gaza after their names were not included on the list of foreign nationals allowed to leave the besieged area…
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How to talk to your children about war
A child’s understanding of war, and why it happens, begins and ends with their parents. But as a parent, knowing the right thing to say is not always easy…
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Why Irish criminals turned to Chinese restaurants to hide their money
An investigation by the Criminal Assets Bureau (Cab) unearthed an underground “banking” network offering an international money transfer system to Irish…
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Molly and Thomas Martens killed Jason Corbett. How much time will they serve?
Molly Martens and her father Thomas Martens have agreed a plea deal with prosecutors in the United States to accept a lesser manslaughter charge over the 2015…
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Horror on the M50: Why Dublin’s food delivery riders have had enough
On Saturday, Brazilian Deliveroo rider João Ferreira was hit by a Garda car on the M50, while attempting to recover a stolen motorcycle. The 23 year-old lost…
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When the IRA kidnapped Don Tidey
On December 16th, 1983, after 23 days in captivity, kidnapped supermarket executive Don Tidey was rescued. He had been taken by members of the Provisional IRA…
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Drama on the picket lines: why Hollywood is on strike
Hollywood is on strike. It’s about money of course, but at its heart is changing technology: the way streamers, such as Netflix and Apple TV have altered the…
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Why China’s falling birth rate means job losses for Limerick
Earlier this month multinational food giant Nestlé announced the shocking news that it is to close its Wyeth Nutrition plant in Askeaton, Co Limerick with a…
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Jailed for life: who is homophobic killer Yousef Palani?
Earlier this week, Yousef Palani was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering two men and seriously assaulting a third during a spree of violence in Sligo…
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How Paddy Cosgrave lost his grip on Web Summit
Web Summit co-founder and now ex-CEO Paddy Cosgrave was accustomed to speaking his mind. It never really did him, or his business, any harm, until his remarks…
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Week one of the Ashling Murphy murder trial: what the court heard
The Ashling Murphy murder trial began last week at Dublin’s Central Criminal Court. The 23-year-old teacher was killed in 2022 while out for a run on the banks…
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Israel-Hamas war: two weeks that shook the Middle East
Two weeks on from the savage assault on Israeli civilians by Hamas that left 1,400 men, women and children dead, Israel’s fierce response continues to ramp up…
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'A battle for the Polish soul' - why Poland voted for change
On Monday, just one day after a record number of Poles voted in their country’s general election, opposition leader and former prime minister Donald Tusk…
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How one of Ireland’s biggest homelessness charities ran into trouble
As the homelessness crisis has deepened over the last decade, the Peter McVerry Trust, a key pillar in the State’s provision of homeless services…
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Chuck Feeney: the Irish-American billionaire who gave his entire fortune away
Chuck Feeney, the Irish-American philanthropist, died last week at the age of 92. During his lifetime he quietly gave away almost all of his $8 billion…
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Can Ireland beat New Zealand to make Rugby World Cup history?
Tomorrow in Paris, Ireland will know has the hex been lifted, the bogeyman slain – has the team been able to make it out of the quarter-final stage in a Rugby…
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Sinn Féin brands it a 'budget for landlords' - but who else does Budget 2024 help?
How will the tax cuts and new spending announced in yesterday's Budget 2024 affect you? Irish Times consumer affairs correspondent Conor Pope is here to tell…
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Israel-Hamas war: 'a mega-event in the history of the Middle East'
On Saturday morning, Hamas launched an unprecedented offensive by land, sea and air into Israel. A catastrophic failure by Israeli intelligence, the attack…
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Gardaí v Drew Harris: who won in row over rosters?
A threatened “strike” by rank and file gardaí next month has been lifted following a compromise between Garda staff associations and senior management in the…
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How a Nazi fugitive became a French teacher in a prestigious Dublin school
For decades, a prestigious Dublin school knowingly employed a former SS officer, Louis Feutren, as a French teacher. Now, former students of St Conleth's…
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Stardust Inquests: The cross examination of former manager Eamon Butterly
Eamon Butterly, the former manager of the Stardust nightclub on Dublin’s northside, where 48 young people died in a fire in 1981, is one of the most important…
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What will Budget 2024 mean for you?
The Republic will run a huge budget surplus this year and next, thanks to bumper corporate tax receipts. So when Budget 2024 is announced next week, can some…