In The News
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Boris Johnson's Covid gamble
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
By removing practically all remaining Covid-19 restrictions in England, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has gambled that the resulting wave of infecti...
Ireland's phone scam plague
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
How Poland's right-wing politicians are reshaping society
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this month, former European Council president Donald Tusk was elected head of Poland's Civic Platform, the opposition party he co-founded 20 y...
How Ireland's eating disorder patients have been forgotten by the health service
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 y...
Why are MEPs Mick Wallace and Clare Daly in trouble at the European Parliament?
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Irish MEPs Mick Wallace and Clare Daly were recently formally sanctioned by the European Parliament’s Democracy Support and Election Coordination&nb...
What will happen in Afghanistan when the US withdraws its troops?
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In April, US president Joe Biden announced all remaining troops in Afghanistan would be withdrawn, ending what he described as “America's longest wa...
Amazon's dark side: what might it mean for Ireland?
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
What's happening in the Dublin Bay South byelection?
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 coa...
Can the rest of Europe do anything about Hungary's anti-LGBTQ law?
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Last week Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban was confronted by other EU leaders about a new law that prohibits the promotion of homosexuality to un...
Can Jeffrey Donaldson fix the DUP?
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Who is Jeffrey Donaldson, the new leader of Northern Ireland's troubled Democratic Unionist Party? What are the challenges he faces? How did former le...
Can we win the race against the Delta variant?
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Public health officials in Ireland appear optimistic about the progress of the Covid-19 pandemic, with indicators moving in the right direction and th...
Is Donald Trump's relevance fading?
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
Why are people protesting about mica, and what do they want from the Government?
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday, busloads of people travelled from Donegal and Mayo to protest outside Dublin’s Convention Centre calling for increased financial support...
Has the Black Lives Matter movement changed anything in Ireland?
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Will "taking the knee" come between teams and their fans at the Euros?
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Why is the Democratic Unionist Party tearing itself apart?
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
How a sex abuse scandal rocked the scouting movement
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In early 2018 things started to unravel for Ireland’s scouting movement. For decades it had stood as a paragon of honour and wholesome positivi...
Will fake news about Covid outlive the pandemic?
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Is now the right time for a Covid-19 inquiry?
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
After 40 years, is there an end in sight to the Aids epidemic?
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 mill...
Belarus: is there any hope for Roman Protasevich's release?
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Belarus's audacious snatching of Roman Protasevich from a Ryanair flight forced to land as it passed through Belarusian airspace has raised fears for ...
Deadline day for the HSE
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Trailer: In The News
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
COMING SOON: In The News, a podcast from The Irish Times that takes a close look at stories that matter, in Ireland and around the world. Hosted by So...