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Drone attacks: Gaza aid flotilla comes under fire

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The aid flotilla which is attempting to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza has been attacked by drones in international waters off the coast of G...

Temple Bar stabbings: How safe is Dublin city?

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last weekend, over the course of 24 hours, two men were stabbed and seriously injured in separate incidents in Dublin’s city centre.An English touri...

Presidential election latest: attacks on Jim Gavin, Catherine Connolly's Hamas comments and Heather Humphrey's identity

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Catherine Connolly, Jim Gavin, Heather Humphreys have secured their nominations for the campaign which will run for a month until the election is held...

Why were Irish language speakers protesting on the streets of Dublin?

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last Saturday, an estimated 25,000 people travelled from across the island of Ireland to gather in Dublin and march through the streets of the capital...

What did the Gardaí buy from an Israeli spyware company?

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last year An Garda Síochána made payments totalling €278,000 to an Israeli company, Cognyte, which manufactures sophisticated surveillance softwar...

Daniel Aruebose: Body found in north Dublin search for vanished boy

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gardaí searching for a child who went missing when he was three years old have found human remains at a site in Donabate, north Dublin.Confirming tha...

Eoin Hayes 'blackface' controversy: What can the Social Democrats do with him?

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On Tuesday, Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns returned to the helm of her political party for a think-in dominated by the controversy over TD Eoin ...

Jair Bolsonaro's conviction: Will the disgraced former president of Brazil really do time?

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, Brazil made history when its supreme court convicted the country’s former far right president Jair Bolsonaro, and seven other defendants,...

From Gaza to AI, Pope Leo is taking the papacy in a different direction

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As Pope Leo XIV turns 70 we look back at his first months in office, the messages he has been giving to his flock of 1.4 billion Catholics and what th...

Deep debt, political chaos, riots: Can Macron get France back on track?

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In June 2024 French President Emmanuel Macron took a political gamble – and lost heavily.Hoping to strengthen his centrist alliance he dissolved the...

Charlie Kirk: Assassination of conservative activist leaves America in turmoil

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At just 18 committed Christian and college drop out Charlie Kirk established Turning Point USA, an organisation with a mission to spread conservative ...

Violent threats to Irish politicians: how real is the risk and what can be done?

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

An escalating series of threats made to Tánaiste Simon Harris in recent weeks went from an online threat to kidnap his children to co-ordinated bomb ...

RFK Jr: Will Trump stand by America’s vaccine-skeptic health chief?

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Earlier this year, US president Donald Trump sent shock waves across America’s medical and scientific community by appointing Robert F Kennedy jnr, ...

Tom Phillips: How a fugitive took his kids and hid for years in the New Zealand wilderness

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Phillips, a fugitive father who spent four years hiding in New Zealand’s remote wilderness with his three children was shot dead on Monday by po...

Sophie Toscan du Plantier: Could a new DNA technique finally identify her killer?

08 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Could new technology help to finally reveal who killed Sophie Toscan du Plantier?  After prime suspect Ian Bailey’s death last year, Sophi...

Why everyone's watching The Traitors: “Crazy witchfinding bullshit. That’s why it’s fun"

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nearly half of everyone watching Irish TV on Sunday evening tuned in for the scheming, lying and game-playing on The Traitors Ireland. It’s a hit.RT...

Missing, feared dead: unanswered questions as Gardaí search for vanished Dublin boy

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gardaí are attempting to unravel several conflicting witness accounts of what happened to a boy who went missing four years ago and is feared de...

The rise of Farage: can Keir Starmer do anything to halt Reform?

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Britain’s Labour Party returned to Westminster from a summer recess defined by anti-migrant protests, and during which, Nigel Farage’s ...

Meadow's Law part 2: How a scientific breakthrough exonerated "Australia's worst female serial killer"

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kathleen Folbigg was convicted over the deaths of her four babies in 2003 in a case that shocked Australia.In 2023 a judicial review found that the ba...

Meadow's Law part 1: How an Australian mother was wrongfully jailed for killing her four children

01 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kathleen Folbigg was convicted over the deaths of her four babies in 2003 in a case that shocked Australia.The first three were treated as cases of Su...

Evictions, random rules and overcrowding: Brazilian students on the reality of renting in Dublin

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Brazilian couple Gil Rudge (39) and Natalia Bonadia (36) rented a room in a shared apartment from Eduardo Gonzaga’s company, Leevin Ireland.All was ...

Presidential race: will GAA legend Jim Gavin run for Fianna Fáil?

28 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Despite all the talk over the summer, the names that came and went, the speculation and supposition – there is still only one name confirmed for the...

Will dodgy box users ever face consequences?

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast was first published in June 2025. The use of so-called 'dodgy box' technology to illegally stream television is widespread. Last week Mar...

How the race for total AI domination is revisiting the worst of human history

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 u...

The new IRB: How a shadow 'government' is operating under the radar in Ireland

25 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For years the Irish Republican Brotherhood – the IRB – was remembered annually in a curious ceremony at Dublin’s Mansion House when its self-sty...

Sally Rooney, Palestine Action and a row over the freedom to protest

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The arrest of more than 500 people at a Palestine Action rally in London on August 9th did more than raise the profile of the little-known anti-war ac...

Tattle Life: How a gossip website ended up in court

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally published in June 2025. Tattle Life is a gossip site that many will have never heard of until a landmark defamation trial ...

Three Irish emigrants on the highs and lows of returning home to Ireland

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the 12 months leading up to April 2024, 30,000 Irish citizens who had been living abroad returned to Ireland. A similar number of Irish emigrants r...

Is The Rose of Tralee 'uncancellable'?

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Rose of Tralee is one of the biggest events in Ireland’s cultural calendar.It pumps millions of euro into the local economy and pulls in well ov...

An Irish doctor speaks out about his time working in Qatar

18 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2021, GP Paddy Davern returned to Ireland after eight years working as a doctor in Qatar. Four years on, the Tipperary man is still struggling to c...

Is Ireland heading towards an opioid addiction crisis?

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The prescription of pain medication among Irish patients, including highly addictive opioids, is rapidly rising, according to new research.The use of ...

What happened to Martha Nolan O’Slattara? The Irish entrepreneur found dead in New York

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, in the early hours of Tuesday, August 5th, Martha Nolan-O’Slattara was found unconscious on a boat at an exclusive yacht club in the Hamp...

Why is Binyamin Netanyahu defying public opinion to expand the war in Gaza?

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has continued to defend his government’s plan to escalate the war in Gaza, despite widespread internationa...

Why Limerick City has refused a €30 million gift from billionaire JP McManus

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the heart of Limerick city sits a newly-built six storey landmark, offered as a gift by JP McManus to Limerick City and County Council. The billion...

Who is Seamus ‘Banty’ McEnaney and how did he make over €200 million from housing homeless people and refugees?

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Seven years ago, in September 2018, the Government approached a company called Brimwood Ltd asking for help to secure extra accommodation in hotels an...

The Runaway Couple part 2: Inside the trial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

British socialite Constance Marten, 38, and her partner convicted rapist Mark Gordon, 51, prompted a 53-day police manhunt when they went on the run w...

The Runaway Couple part 1: The turbulent lives of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

British socialite Constance Marten, 38, and her partner convicted rapist Mark Gordon, 51, prompted a 53-day police manhunt when they went on the run w...

Who is the American drifter questioned over Michael Gaine’s murder?

04 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 inv...

Mister Mancave: How a conman made $350 million selling fake sports memorabilia

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sports memorabilia is big business in the United States.  Exceptional athletes can attain God-like status very quickly there, and everybody ...

Ukraine war: Is President Zelenskiy losing his people’s trust?

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, hundreds of Ukrainians took to the streets across the country protesting a government move to slash the independence of two anti-corruption...

Famine unfolding in Gaza: ‘Children are eating grass and weeds at the side of the road'

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On Tuesday, after weeks of warnings, and growing reports of young children dying from malnutrition and starvation, a famine alert was issued for Gaza....

Trump's tariffs: could the EU and Ireland have got a better deal?

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On Sunday, shortly after playing a round of golf at his luxury Turnberry resort in Scotland, US president Donald Trump agreed to a trade deal with the...

Gang attacks Indian man in Dublin: ‘They took his trousers, his underwear and his shoes’

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The attack on an Indian man on a suburban street in south Dublin two weeks ago by a gang of teenagers was fuelled by racism and online misinformation....

Two names in the race for the Áras: early-mover advantage or risky tactic?

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

President Michael D Higgins’s 14-year term is in its final months with an election to decide his predecessor set to take place before November 11th....

Bonus: will Donegal or Kerry prevail in the GAA football final? With Dean Rock and Conor McManus

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The All-Ireland senior men's football final takes place on Sunday, and following last week's takeover of In the News by Malachy Clerkin to look at the...

Why has Trump accused Obama of treason?

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On Tuesday, during a meeting at the White House with the president of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, US president Donald Trump launched an ince...

Why is a Russian ‘shadow fleet’ sailing around Ireland?

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Earlier this month, a tanker laden with thousands of tonnes of crude oil, which had set off from a Russian port on the Baltic Sea, sailed down the wes...

What is life really like in the West Bank?

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In March of this year, the eyes of the world turned towards the occupied West Bank when the film ‘No Other Land’, which tells the story of Israel’...

Joe Grogan inquest: How a millionaire farmer died the day after he was married

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

An inquest doesn’t typically hear questions about the consummation of a relationship or the validity of a marriage certificate, and it’s not usual...

Afghan data leak: Panic, a press gag and a secret relocation scheme

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After the US and the Taliban signed a peace deal that saw all international troops leaving Afghanistan by May 2021, Britain promised to relocate those...

Bonus: will Tipperary or Cork triumph in this weekend's All Ireland hurling final?

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The All-Ireland senior men's hurling final takes place on Sunday.To mark the occasion, The Irish Times sports department takes over our podcast feed t...

Jeffrey Epstein Files: why Donald Trump's biggest supporters are turning on him

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump once said that he would "probably" release documents relating to the life and crimes of late billionaire and notorious sexual abuser Jeff...

Why are so many schools struggling to find teachers?

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the last academic year, hundreds of schools around the country have been affected by the ongoing teacher shortage. It’s a crisis which has l...

Are supermarkets ripping off Irish shoppers?

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Opposition parties including the Social Democrats and Sinn Féin have been criticising the Government over its record on the cost of living, and espec...

The Salt Path: How a blockbuster memoir strayed from the truth

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Salt Path, a memoir published in 2018, told an inspirational story; how Raynor Winn and her husband Moth lost their home following an unwise inves...

‘It was like a scene from an action movie’: How Ireland’s biggest drug bust unfolded

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The seizure of the MV Matthew, with its massive consignment of drugs, off the Irish coast in September 2023 was as daring as it was skilful.After days...

Walk this way: Is Dublin’s car-free plan working?

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Parliament Street, the short, wide road that has Dublin’s quays at one end and City Hall at the other was, up to last week, clogged with traffic.Not...

How the Texas floods sparked a political blame game

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, a catastrophic flood tore through central Texas, killing more than a hundred people, including over two dozen children attending a Christia...

What really happens on a Leaving Cert holiday?

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The 2025 Leaving Cert exams are finally a thing of the past and 18-year-olds have begun their annual pilgrimage to party hotspots across southern Euro...

The Occupied Territories Bill: Why it became a major political challenge for Government

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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How Gaza became the most dangerous place in the world for journalists

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At least 184 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza since October 2023, according to Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a non-pro...

How Japan fell in love with Irish culture

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Taoiseach Micheál Martin wraps up his four-day visit to Japan today with a visit to Hiroshima where he will lay a wreath at the cenotaph commemoratin...

George Gibney: why did it take decades for the alleged sexual abuser to face new charges?

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

George Gibney was arrested on Tuesday in Florida after a Garda request was made to the US State Department to extradite him to Ireland to face charges...

Carlow shooting: could Evan Fitzgerald's death have been avoided?

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last month, a 22-year-old man named Evan Fitzgerald walked into the busy Fairgreen shopping centre in Carlow and opened fire. He then turned his weapo...

The project to recover 'seven centuries of Irish history'

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On June 30th 1922, a massive explosion ripped through Dublin’s Four Courts, after the Irish Free state national army opened fire on anti-treaty repu...

Could you really go to jail for watching a ‘dodgy box’?

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Two court cases this month will have signalled to those supplying so-called ‘dodgy boxes’ that there is a high penalty to be paid.A man who appear...

What you need to know about new rules for renters - and landlords

28 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Renters and landlords alike are confused about exactly how the forthcoming changes to rules governing tenancies will affect them. In what circumstance...

Iran-US relations: What is behind the hostility between the two countries?

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A new chapter in the fractious relationship between Iran and the US began this week with America’s bombing of three Iranian nuclear-development site...

Why Ireland football legend Damien Duff walked out on his team

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last weekend, former Ireland international and premier league star Damien Duff sent shock waves through Irish football when he announced he was resign...

Boston rape case: How the trial of a Dublin firefighter unfolded

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Tattle Life: How a gossip website ended up in court

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Israel needs Trump’s ‘bunker buster’ but will US enter the war?

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Since Israel launched air strikes on Iran last Friday, the two states have traded missiles with mounting casualties on both sides.Iranian military lea...

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

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 agai...

Will the Tuam excavation finally bring closure to families?

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Minnesota shootings and mass protests - has Trump’s divisive politics reached boiling point?

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 Minnes...

Erin Patterson on trial: Latest in mushroom poisoning murder case

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On her last gruelling day on the stand in the murder trial that has gripped Australia, Erin Patterson faced three succinct questions from the prosecut...

'A war that’s been planned for a decade' - why Israel has attacked Iran and what happens next

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Israel has launched widescale strikes against Iran, saying it targeted nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military com...

Valerie’s Law: Closing a loophole that lets spouse killers keep parental rights

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 murde...

Is Conor McGregor really the only person who wants to be President of Ireland?

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Water cannons and body-worn cameras: How the Gardaí has changed under Drew Harris

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 came...

Will new rent rules help or hurt tenants - or fix the housing crisis?

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 – ...

His name was Neville Kearns: Why five men are naming their abuser

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 pensi...

Death in Connemara: who was Sunny Jacobs?

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 Ir...

'Fear, distrust and embarrassment': why children's healthcare in Ireland is in crisis

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Children operated on when there was no need; industrial springs being used instead of approved medical devices; a doctor diverting children to his own...

Petrol bombs and drive-bys: Why Limerick’s gangland violence is back

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Who is the American drifter questioned over Michael Gaine’s murder?

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 inv...

Richard Satchwell: why did it take eight years for the killer to face justice?

31 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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...

He killed Shane O'Farrell. Why was he out on bail?

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Shane O’Farrell was 23 when he was the victim of a hit-and-run near his home in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan. A law graduate, he had just submitted h...

From missing person to murder investigation: The case of Fiona Pender

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nearly thirty years ago, in August 1996, 25-year-old Fiona Pender disappeared and was never seen again. Detectives have always believed Ms Pender, who...

Why is Ireland so far off its climate targets?

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published its latest projections for the 2030 climate targets and it’s bad news for Ireland.The Irish ...

Is this year's Leaving Certificate unfair?

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Five years ago, and three months into the 2020 global pandemic, the Leaving Cert was cancelled.The Department of Education announced in May 2020 that ...

Why everything still costs so much - and there could be worse to come

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Butter is becoming a luxury item. Rents have reached an all time high – just two examples of prices that seem to be constantly on the move upwards.&...

Was the truth about Joe Biden’s health deliberately hidden from American voters?

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Former US president Joe Biden’s announcement on Sunday that he has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer paused the avalanche of...

Investigation: The links between lawyers in Ireland and Putin’s soft-power agency

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A new investigation drawing on thousands of internal emails and documents reveals the activities of Pravfond, a Russian organisation established in 20...

Richard Satchwell: Murder trial has reached its fourth week - what have we learned so far?

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The trial of Richard Satchwell, who has pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife Tina at their home in Youghal, Co Cork in March 2017, has now entered...

Gaza's dire situation: Israel intensifies attacks and allows 'basic food' in as famine fears grow

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On Monday morning, Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu posted a video on his Telegram account pledging to take control of all of Gaza.“We a...

Michael Gaine: a gruesome discovery and a man arrested

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kerry farmer Michael Gaine disappeared in March. In April Gardaí upgraded the search to a murder inquiry, despite not finding a body. Now, following ...

Marriage equality a decade on: ‘Things have gone backwards’

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ten years ago this week, on May 23rd, 2015, the people of Ireland voted to legalise same-sex marriage.Writing in The Irish Times the day after the ref...

Joe Duffy is leaving Liveline, but who will replace him?

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From the end of June, the people of Ireland will no longer be able to pick up the phone and talk to Joe.Last week, Joe Duffy announced he was leaving ...

Keir Starmer's migration crackdown: why Britain is still struggling to 'take back control'

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Paul on why UK prime minister Keir Starmer evoked the arguments for Brexit - which he had opposed - when announcing a new crackdown on migration ...