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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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In The NewsHow Ireland’s mountain rescue services are managing an alarming rise in callouts
As more and more people take to the outdoors to explore Ireland’s hiking trails and mountain paths, rescue services are experiencing an alarming rise in…
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Who killed Michael Collins?
Nearly 100 years after his death, the truth about who assassinated Michael Collins remains one of the greatest unanswered questions in Irish history. Collins…
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Will Delta derail New Zealand's 'Covid Zero' strategy?
Just over a week ago, New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern put the country into lockdown after the first coronavirus case in six months was reported in…
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Falling birth rates and ageing populations: what will this mean for the world?
As birth rates continue to drop and people live longer, the world’s population is set to change dramatically over the coming decades. What will this…
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The puzzling death of Margaret Bracken
Was the death of a woman in Dundalk in 2019 suspicious and was it investigated properly? And will her family ever find the answers they are searching for?…
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The Taliban takeover and the future of Afghanistan
When US forces began to withdraw from Afghanistan earlier this year, it didn’t take long for the Taliban to begin their takeover. One by one, cities around the…
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How the Spelling Bee became a national American sport
It’s a quintessentially American institution, where kids battle it out to correctly spell ten-dollar words like 'querimonious' and 'solidungulate'. This year…
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Boycotts, one-star reviews and threats of violence: anti-vaxxers "unleash hell"
When a restaurant complies with the law and asks indoor diners to show a Covid vaccine certificate, are they breaching the diner's human rights, or even…
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Why did Katherine Zappone's UN envoy appointment spark a political crisis?
At a time when TDs and ministers are usually winding down after the end of the Dáil term, the Government is facing a political crisis. It started last Tuesday…
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Why do Brazilians want to impeach their president Jair Bolsonaro?
For weeks now, thousands of protestors have been taking to the streets of Brazil demanding that their country's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro step down…
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Sonia O'Sullivan on Simone Biles's decision to put mental health before sport
Olympic silver medalist Sonia O'Sullivan and sports writer Malachy Clerkin talk to our producer Jennifer Ryan about the decision by US superstar gymnast Simone…
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Will fear of Delta overcome America's vaccine hesitancy?
Only two months ago America's fast-moving vaccine rollout was the envy of billions across the globe. But with infections now rising across the country, and…
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Can Europe unite to fight climate change?
This month the European Commission launched their new ‘Fit for 55’ package, the latest instalment of the European Green Deal, which sets out a plan to reduce…
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A notorious people smuggler escapes justice
Last month, an infamous Eritrean human trafficker was sentenced to life in prison without parole in absentia in Ethiopia. Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam, known as…
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Boris Johnson's Covid gamble
By removing practically all remaining Covid-19 restrictions in England, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has gambled that the resulting wave of infection will…
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Ireland's phone scam plague
A lot of us have experienced it at least once by now: a fraudulent call from someone claiming to work for the Gardaí or the Department of Social Protection…
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How Poland's right-wing politicians are reshaping society
Earlier this month, former European Council president Donald Tusk was elected head of Poland's Civic Platform, the opposition party he co-founded 20 years ago…
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How Ireland's eating disorder patients have been forgotten by the health service
Rachel, a young student nurse from Dublin, was just twenty years old, when her mother Sam began to notice the first signs of an eating disorder. Six years on…
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Why are MEPs Mick Wallace and Clare Daly in trouble at the European Parliament?
Irish MEPs Mick Wallace and Clare Daly were recently formally sanctioned by the European Parliament’s Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group for…
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What will happen in Afghanistan when the US withdraws its troops?
In April, US president Joe Biden announced all remaining troops in Afghanistan would be withdrawn, ending what he described as “America's longest war”…
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Amazon's dark side: what might it mean for Ireland?
Amazon, the company founded by Jeff Bezos in a Seattle garage more than a quarter of a century ago, is building one of its massive fulfilment centres in…
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What's happening in the Dublin Bay South byelection?
Next Thursday, on July 8th, voters in Dublin Bay South will cast their votes in a byelection widely seen as the first major electoral test for the coalition…
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Can the rest of Europe do anything about Hungary's anti-LGBTQ law?
Last week Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban was confronted by other EU leaders about a new law that prohibits the promotion of homosexuality to under-18s…
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Can Jeffrey Donaldson fix the DUP?
Who is Jeffrey Donaldson, the new leader of Northern Ireland's troubled Democratic Unionist Party? What are the challenges he faces? How did former leader…
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Can we win the race against the Delta variant?
Public health officials in Ireland appear optimistic about the progress of the Covid-19 pandemic, with indicators moving in the right direction and the…
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Is Donald Trump's relevance fading?
Is Donald Trump's relevance fading? At this week's summit between US president Joe Biden and Russian president Vladimir Putin, his presence was felt and his…
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Why are people protesting about mica, and what do they want from the Government?
On Tuesday, busloads of people travelled from Donegal and Mayo to protest outside Dublin’s Convention Centre calling for increased financial supports for…
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Has the Black Lives Matter movement changed anything in Ireland?
Last June, thousands of young Irish people took to the streets of Dublin calling for an end to racial injustice following the killing of George Floyd in the US…
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Will "taking the knee" come between teams and their fans at the Euros?
Football writer and broadcaster Ken Early speaks to Sorcha Pollak about why football players are "taking the knee", why some fans are choosing to boo them for…
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Why is the Democratic Unionist Party tearing itself apart?
In Northern Ireland, Unionism has been in an unhappy place since the turn of the year, when the Northern Ireland protocol, the part of the the Brexit deal that…
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How a sex abuse scandal rocked the scouting movement
In early 2018 things started to unravel for Ireland’s scouting movement. For decades it had stood as a paragon of honour and wholesome positivity but then sex…
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Will fake news about Covid outlive the pandemic?
A steady stream of false information has been a part of the Covid-19 pandemic, with many conspiracy theories emerging around the existence of the virus…
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Is now the right time for a Covid-19 inquiry?
Last week the former advisor to the UK prime minister, Dominic Cummings, spoke before a parliamentary committee about the early days of UK's response to the…
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After 40 years, is there an end in sight to the Aids epidemic?
In June 1981, a US medical journal published the first sketchy details of a disease which came to be known as Aids. In the 40 years since then, 33 million…
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Belarus: is there any hope for Roman Protasevich's release?
Belarus's audacious snatching of Roman Protasevich from a Ryanair flight forced to land as it passed through Belarusian airspace has raised fears for the young…
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Deadline day for the HSE
Will data stolen in the HSE ransomware attack appear online today? And if so, what will it mean for Irish citizens? Conor Lally explains. Plus: Karlin…
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