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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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20:05

The surprising source of Ireland's cannabis

In The News ·

2026/01/19

As we head into the New Year, The Irish Times wants to hear listener feedback on our two news podcasts;In The Newsand our more recently released sister podcastEarly Edition.This survey is open to anyone who has listened to eitherIn The NewsorEarly Edition- whether you listen regularly, occasionally, or have listened in the past.This survey should take around 3-5 minutes to complete. All responses are anonymous. Thank you! The amount of cannabis being smuggled into Ireland has risen significantly in

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22:32

Could Steve Bannon's Irish MAGA movement become a...

In The News ·

2026/01/16

Eddie Hobbs, once a fixture on RTÉ, says, “The mainstream media is the North Korea of Europe”.He was speaking on Steve Bannon’s popular War Room podcast and it was a meeting of minds between one of the architects of Maga and the financial adviser-turned podcaster and campaigner.Bannon recently said he has been helping to form an Irish “national party”, working “behind the scenes” on “the Irish situation”.But has he? Where is the evidence for that? And how receptive would an Irish audience be to the

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19:10

Tegan McGhee’s murder trial: The full story

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2026/01/15

The devastating cruelty endured by four-year-old Mason O’Connell-Conway, who was murdered at his home in Limerick in 2021, was laid bare during the trial of his father’s girlfriend, Tegan McGhee (32).Doctors reported that the child’s injuries were similar to those suffered by car crash victims.McGhee and the child’s father, John Paul O’Connell, had told paramedics that the little boy had fallen from a bunk bed in their Limerick home. He died three days later in hospital in his mother’s arms.McGhee

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23:53

Dublin is the 11th most traffic congested city - can...

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2026/01/14

The installation of traffic cameras at junctions in Dublin city to catch motorists who break red lights has been shelved.It’s a puzzling decision given that cameras were proven to work in a 2025 trial. And what about congestion charges? They’ve been talked about, but would they work and are they fair?As work on new elements of the Dublin City Transport Plan is set to begin – including one of the bus corridors that promise to make sense of the BusConnects route changes – Olivia Kelly, Dublin

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22:45

Is the regime in Iran about to fall?

In The News ·

2026/01/13

For more than two weeks, anti-government protests have taken over the streets of Iran.The regime has responded to the demonstrations with a heavy hand. According to various human rights agencies, more than 650 people are believed to have been killed by security forces.The violence towards protestors has only intensified in recent days, with the regime shutting down access to the country’s internet and phone lines - leaving the people of Iran cut off from eachother and the rest of the world.In

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23:15

Elon Musk’s AI app creates abusive images. Can it be...

In The News ·

2026/01/12

An app that allows millions of users to create sexualised images of children has brought the dangers of Artificial Intelligence into sharp focus – and shown how ineffective governments are in implementing safeguards on digital behemoths.A new feature of Elon’s Musk’s AI tool, Grok – available to users of his X platform – allows people to create intimate photographs of people without their consent and create child sex abuse imagery.Women have reported that their photos had been taken from the

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21:56

How the fatal ICE shooting has deepened divisions in...

In The News ·

2026/01/09

The killing of Renee Nicole Good (37) in her car on the streets of Minneapolis by an immigration officer has been witnessed by millions of people around the world.Countless bystanders took videos on their phones from all angles on the snowy suburban street as the mother and US citizen drove by, was surrounded by armed Ice (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents and was shot dead.So it should be possible to quickly reach a definitive conclusion as to what happened.But as Rachel Leingang, Midwest

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24:30

Trump wants Greenland - what’s to stop him taking it?

In The News ·

2026/01/08

On Sunday US president Donald Trump said he needed Greenland “very badly”. It’s a sentiment he expressed during his first term, but what then sounded like something of a fantasy wishlist has now hardened into policy.Reaction to Trump’s intentions has taken on some urgency following his removal by military force of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, last weekend,Quite how he might move to take over the vast Arctic territory is unclear.This week the White House said the use ‍of the US military is

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27:40

Ken Early on why Ruben Amorim and Manchester United...

In The News ·

2026/01/07

Since he took over as head coach at Manchester United Ruben Amorim has been outspoken, dishing up post-match commentary that frequently centred on how poor he felt his players had performed.On January 4th, after a desultory 1-1 draw with Leeds, he took aim, not at his players but at United’s top brass – his bosses. He was, he said, the manager, not the coach; the heavy implication being that he wanted to make his own decisions and that management were getting in his way.On Monday it was announced

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24:01

Trump says 'we run Venezuela'. Is that true?

In The News ·

2026/01/06

On Monday, captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores appeared in a court in New York City on charges including drug-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine-importation conspiracy, and possession of machine guns and destructive devices. The pair pleaded not guilty to all charges, with Maduro telling the court, “I’m innocent. I am not guilty … I am a decent man. I am still president of my country”.But if Maduro is in New York, who is in charge in Venezuela? US President Donald Trump

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24:15

Is Hyrox more than a fad (and what is it anyway?)

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2026/01/05

WhenHyroxcame to Dublin’s RDS last November, it was a completelysold outevent.The tickets for the fitness race were snapped up in minutes of going on sale, withorganisersadding extra dates just to meet demand.But one person who was able to get their hands on a ticket was Irish Times sports writer Gordon Manning. The only problem? He'd never triedHyroxbeforeandhadn’tdone any training for the event.Manning - whoisn’teven a member of a gym - decided to take onthegruellingchallenge to find out why this

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23:50

How the race for total AI domination is revisiting...

In The News ·

2026/01/03

This episode was first published in August.In the space of a few short years, generative AI has exploded into our daily lives, impacting the way we learn, work and understand the world around us.Open AI, the American artificial intelligence company cofounded by Sam Altman and Elon Musk in 2015 which runs ChatGPT, claims its non-profit “mission” is to ensure these systems “benefit all of humanity”.And while the launch of ChatGPT has undoubtedly lightened the workload of many, engineer, journalist and

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27:07

‘My Irish friends are awesome’ says Elon Musk – who...

In The News ·

2026/01/02

Elon Musk seems particularly taken with the opinions of three Irish men active on X: far-right activist Michael O’Keeffe; Barry O’Driscoll, whose idea of calling the US’s new cost-cutting agency DOGE was seized on by president Donald Trump’s right-hand man, and Keith O’Brien, a white nationalist who goes by the name Keith Woods on X. Musk interacts with these men and often amplifies their posts to his millions of followers. So what image of Ireland is the billionaire being fed by these men and why

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26:08

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

In The News ·

2025/12/31

This episode was first published in June 2025. In the early hours of May 8th, twomasked menin a stolen Audi staged a drive-by shooting, firing nine shots indiscriminately at houses onLimerick’sHyde 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

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31:18

Richard Satchwell: why did it take eight years for...

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2025/12/30

This episode was first published in May 2025. From the moment he reported her missing in 2017, Richard Satchwell stuck to his story that his wife Tina had run off.His many media appeals begged her to come home. But as the jury heard during his five-week trial in the Central Criminal Court for her murder, she was indeed home and she had been all along.Richard had killed her in 2017, dug a hole under the stairs of their terraced Youghal home and buried her.The Garda did look for her – as a missing

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32:04

The new IRB: How a shadow 'government' is operating...

In The News ·

2025/12/29

This episode was first published in August 2025. For years the Irish Republican Brotherhood – the IRB – was remembered annually in a curious ceremony at Dublin’s Mansion House when its self-styled president Billy McGuire conducted a ritual that involved turning a golden harp to reaffirm the sovereignty of Ireland.The existence of an IRB will come as a surprise to historians who consider that the secret-oath-bound society of the same name was disbanded more than 100 years ago.But in recent years, a

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27:31

Plum pudding and sea swimming: Irish traditions that...

In The News ·

2025/12/24

It’s Christmas Eve and so much about this time of year is about the things we do and eat – not because we particularly want to do them or even enjoy eating them – but it’s traditional.So what are the traditions we’ve clung to and what are the new ones that have crept up on us?Who sends Christmas cards anymore? And why have Poinsettias, once such an exotic seasonal plant, fallen out of favour?Irish Times feature writer Laura Slattery has been teasing out the traditions that make an Irish

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25:10

From Traitors to Kneecap: What kept us entertained in...

In The News ·

2025/12/23

At a time when there are media think pieces galore about how atomised entertainment is, how people don’t talk about TV like they used to; how the music industry is fractured beyond repair; and how young people are too stuck to their screens to engage in real-life politics, 2025 proved all that wrong.RTÉ’s smash hit reality TV show Traitors Ireland was a ratings juggernaut that dished up endless water-cooler moments. Oasis played two triumphant Croke Park gigs, with all talk about eye-watering ticket

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26:41

Inside Tommy Robinson’s world: Unholy mix of faith...

In The News ·

2025/12/22

British far-right activist Tommy Robinson is the UK’s most notorious anti-Muslim activist.At 43, he is the street leader of the radical right-wing nationalist upsurge gripping Britain.An estimated 150,000 like-minded protesters turned out in London in September for his “Unite the Kingdom” march and for months Irish Times London correspondent Mark Paul has tried to get an interview with him.And then the call came out of the blue on a cold December evening.Robinson was planning a stunt in an hour’s

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33:53

2025 was a year of upheaval. But what will it be...

In The News ·

2025/12/19

2025 was a year of global upheaval, from the activities of the Trump Administration to instability in the Middle East and the reshaping of power politics as China continues its rise. But what will it be remembered for in the long run? Irish Times foreign correspondents Denis Staunton, who is based in Beijing, and Europe correspondent Naomi O’Leary, each picked two events whose impact will be felt into the future. They include the meeting between Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, a

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