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In The News

The Irish Times

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 Sorcha Pollak. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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17:37

Iran-US relations: What is behind the hostility...

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2025/06/27

A new chapter in the fractious relationship between Iran and the US began this week with America’s bombing of three Iranian nuclear-development sites; Iran’s retaliatory strike on a US military base in Qatar, and the tentative ceasefire in the Israel-Iran war announced by President Donald Trump.The two countries have history: Key dates include 1953 when a CIA-orchestrated a coup, with British support, overthrew Iran’s democratically elected government and installed the monarch in exile, Mohammad

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28:00

Why did Duff walk out on Shels and what does it mean...

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2025/06/26

Last weekend, former Ireland international and premier league star Damien Duff sent shock waves through Irish football when he announced he was resigning as manager of Shelbourne FC.In a statement, the Tolka Park club said it was “regretfully” announcing Duff’s departure.“While all at Shelbourne FC are deeply saddened by Damien’s decision, we fully respect that he feels this is the right choice for him at this time,” it said in a statement.“His impact on Shelbourne FC was transformational ... we are

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26:17

Boston rape case: How the trial of a Dublin...

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2025/06/25

In the early hours of March 15th 2024, a woman walked into a hospital in the city of Boston and reported she had been raped.The following day, Dublin firefighter Terrence Crosbie (38) was arrested at Boston Logan International Airport when he was boarding a plane to fly back to Ireland.Last week, after a six-day trial and more than 22 hours of jury deliberations, a Boston judge declared a mistrial after the jury failed to make a unanimous decision.Mr Crosbie, who has spent 15 months in jail, has

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17:20

How Gaza became the most dangerous place in the world...

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2025/06/24

At least 184 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza since October 2023, according to Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a non-profit organisation that advocates for press freedom and the rights of journalists. Of these, 176 were Palestinian.For nearly 19 months, Israel has blocked the foreign press from entering Gaza to report on the war, leaving a small number of local Palestinian journalists to cover the conflict.Israel’s ongoing refusal to grant foreign journalists access to

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31:29

Tattle Life: How a gossip website ended up in court

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2025/06/23

Tattle Life is a gossip site that many will have never heard of until a landmark defamation trial in Belfast this month.Donna and Neil Sands bought a defamation case against the site – and won. They were each awarded £150,000 (€176,000) in damages, with the court saying their costs should also be covered.The married couple who live in Northern Ireland said that cruel, untrue and hateful anonymous postings over several years on the site left them fearing for their safety, their businesses and their

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31:22

Israel needs Trump’s ‘bunker buster’ but will US...

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2025/06/20

Since Israel launched air strikes on Iran last Friday, the two states have traded missiles with mounting casualties on both sides.Iranian military leaders have been killed as have some of its nuclear scientists but the country’s citizens have borne the brunt of the air attacks.Israel has said its rationale for the middle-of-the-night attack that sparked the war was its need to ensure, for its own protection, that Iran’s nuclear programme is halted.How close Iran is to actually having a nuclear bomb

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28:46

Why winning €250 million isn't all its cracked up to be

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2025/06/19

Someone in Ireland has just won €250 million. It's the biggest ever lottery win in Europe and it means the winner's life will never be the same again. But history shows that suddenly coming into vast wealth is not always a good thing. Conor Pope talks to Bernice Harrison about the pitfalls of winning the Euromillions - and what you should do in the extremely unlikely event you find yourself in that position. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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20:07

Will the Tuam excavation finally bring closure to...

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2025/06/18

On Monday, preparatory works began at the former site of the mother and baby institution in Tuam, Co Galway in advance of the long-awaited excavation to identify the remains of nearly 800 infants. The excavation, which is due to start in mid-July, takes place 11 years after research by local historian Catherine Corless found 796 children had died at the institution run by the Bon Secours religious order between 1925-1961. How long will the excavation take, what does it expect to find and what will

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25:48

Minnesota shootings and mass protests - has Trump’s...

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2025/06/17

On Sunday night, 57-year-old Vance Boelter was arrested and charged with murder following the largest manhunt in the history of the US state of Minnesota.Mr Boelter is suspected of shooting and killing a Democratic politician and her husband and of shooting and wounding a Democratic senator and his wife on Saturday.That same day, Donald Trump celebrated his birthday by holding a carefully choreographed military parade in Washington DC, while across the country, millions of protesters took part in

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26:35

Erin Patterson on trial: Latest in mushroom poisoning...

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2025/06/16

On her last gruelling day on the stand in the murder trial that has gripped Australia, Erin Patterson faced three succinct questions from the prosecutor.She put it to Patterson that she had deliberately sourced death cap mushrooms in 2023, deliberately included them in the beef Wellington she served her former in-laws; and did so intending to kill them.Patterson uttered three words: Disagree. Disagree. Disagree.She is accused of killing her former husband’s parents, Don and Gail Patterson, and his

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21:11

'A war that’s been planned for a decade' - why Israel...

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2025/06/13

Israelhas launchedwidescale strikes againstIran, saying it targeted nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military commanders, raising the potential for an all-out war between the two bitter Middle East adversaries. Iran's leadership has called the attacks "a declaration of war" and promises reprisals. Mark Weiss reports on why the Israeli government has chosen now to launch "a war that’s been planned for a decade" and what might happen next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for

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28:29

Valerie’s Law: Closing a loophole that lets spouse...

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2025/06/13

Valerie French Kilroy was the mother of three very young boys, an occupational therapist and a much-loved sister and friend.In June 2019 she was murdered by her husband James Kilroy. She was 41. That he killed her was never in doubt – he admitted it – but the defence put forward at his trial in 2024 was that he was insane when he beat, stabbed and strangled his wife to death.That defence was rejected by the jury and he was convicted of her murder.For her siblings, including her brother David, Kilroy

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19:19

Is Conor McGregor really the only person who wants to...

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2025/06/12

The election for the next President of Ireland must take place before November 11th. It’s June, so where is the list of Áras hopefuls?As of now two independents have declared their intention to run, MMA fighter Conor McGregor and former candidate and businessman Peter Casey. They have yet to get local authority approval.When can we expect the race to get going and what qualities make for an ideal president?Harry McGee from the Irish Times political team, explains.Presented by Bernice Harrison

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28:14

Water cannons and body-worn cameras: How the Gardaí...

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2025/06/11

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris had much to show the media at an event at Garda HQ on Monday.New riot gear, a massive water canon, smart body-worn cameras, hand-held computers and more secure vehicles, part of the force’s fleet, the largest ever.Questions why one piece of useful equipment – a cadaver dog – was not on the list of new acquisitions were eagerly asked by the media, and easily answered by Harris.The new kit got the attention but central to the event was the launch of a new report,

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21:19

Will new rent rules help or hurt tenants - or fix the...

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2025/06/10

The Government will bring its latest housing fix to Cabinet today when it presents new rules on rent levels for approval.Aimed at boosting supply – by encouraging large institutional investors to build and small landlords to stay in the market – the plan primarily concerns rules around Rent Pressure Zones (RPZ).These were established in 2016 – the number of such zones grew over the years – to curb rent rises. Landlords could only raise rents annually, first by 4 per cent and in a subsequent change

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31:43

His name was Neville Kearns: Why five men are naming...

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2025/06/09

On Sunday, April 7th, 2024 there was a fatal road traffic crash in Churchtown, a suburb in south dublin. It happened early in the morning when a pensioner driving an old red van hit a tree.Unusually, the name of the dead man was not released though The Irish Times was able to report, through confidential information received at the time, that the dead man had been due in court the following day.He had been charged with more than 100 counts of sex abuse offences involving young boys dating back to

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18:42

Death in Connemara: who was Sunny Jacobs?

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2025/06/06

Sonia ‘Sunny’ Jacobs was 76 when she died on Tuesday morning in a house fire in Connemara.Her tragic death made headlines far beyond Galway and Ireland because Jacobs had led a truly remarkable life. It included a death row sentence for the murder of two policemen in Florida in 1976.She spent 17 years in a US jail, five in solitary confinement, before a deal with prosecutors saw her released in 1995.Another person died in the fire in the remote cottage, her carer a young man called Kevin Kelly from

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20:00

'Fear, distrust and embarrassment': why children's...

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2025/06/05

Children operated on when there was no need; industrial springs being used instead of approved medical devices; a doctor diverting children to his own private clinic leading to them facing dangerous treatment delays; and a poisonous work culture on the wards – these are some of the issues that have emerged in our children’s hospitals.And that’s before the not so little matter of the massive budgetary and time overruns that plague the unfinished national children’s hospital.The body tasked with

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26:47

Petrol bombs and drive-bys: Why Limerick’s gangland...

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2025/06/04

In the early hours of May 8th, two masked men in a stolen Audi staged a drive-by shooting, firing nine shots indiscriminately at houses on Limerick's Hyde Road, including at April Collins’s home. More shots were fired at a Collins-owned home on the Hyde Road in November 2024, and in two separate attacks in January 2025. Since then, there have been a dozen violent incidents, including pipe and petrol bomb attacks. The Garda Emergency Response Unit now conducts nightly armed checkpoints in flashpoint

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26:10

Who is the American drifter questioned over Michael...

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2025/06/03

Kerry farmer Michael Gaine’s disappearance on March 20th was first treated as a missing person’s case.Soon though, it was upgraded to a murder investigation as the Garda searched for his body and explored multiple lines of inquiry.Then the farmer’s body was found – in the most grisly of circumstances. He had been dismembered with his body parts deposited into the silage pit on his farm.One such line of inquiry involved Michael Kelley, an American who lived and worked on Gaine’s 1,000-acre farm for

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