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How a lie led to the horrific murder of teacher Samuel Paty

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On October 6th, 2020 in a school outside Paris, teacher Samuel Paty gave a lesson on freedom of speech – the same lesson he had given several times ...

Donald Trump picks Elon Musk for The White House

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed that Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, will co-lead a newly-created Department of Government Efficie...

‘Families are told your son is dead but we can preserve his sperm’: Why is postmortem sperm retrieval soaring in Israel?

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Postmortem sperm retrieval is a procedure whereby the sperm of dead men is extracted in the hours following their death and stored for potential futur...

Could Jo Jo Dullard’s murder finally be solved?

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the 9th of November 1995, Josephine "Jo Jo" Dullard disappeared on her way home from a night out and was never seen again.  The Kilkenny ...

Why is Gerry Hutch running in the general election?

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After weeks of speculation, Dublin criminal Gerry Hutch has confirmed he will run in the upcoming general election.The 61-year-old, who was arrested i...

Why former Leinster rugby star Rocky Elsom is on the run from French police

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rocky Elsom was a fearsome competitor on the rugby pitch, capable of winning matches almost single-handedly with his dominance in attack and defence.I...

And they're off: General Election 2024 is called

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After months of speculation Taoiseach Simon Harris finally announced that the general election will take place on November 29th. Later today he will t...

What does Donald Trump's win mean for Ireland and the world?

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump is an unpredictable and chaotic leader so what does his second term as US presidency herald? An interruption in trade between Ireland and...

What will Israel's Unrwa ban mean for the people of Gaza?

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On Monday, Israel formally notified the United Nations of its intention to sever all ties with the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa).I...

Hugh Linehan's guide to watching the US election

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

US presidential election day has arrived and the counting of votes will being tonight. With the race a dead heat according to polls, the results will ...

Why was a Belfast film producer arrested for telling the truth?

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the morning of August 31st, 2018, award-winning film producer Trevor Birney was arrested at his home in Belfast while the PSNI searched the house a...

Why did Spain's flash flood warning come so late?

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

More than a year’s worth of rain fell in southern Spain in barely eight hours on Tuesday.It caused devastation. By Thursday the death toll had reach...

The riches to rags story of Derek Quinlan, the Celtic Tiger investor still stuck in bankruptcy

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Earlier this year, The Irish Times gained access to the bankruptcy files of Derek Quinlan, one of the most prolific Irish property investors of the Ce...

When will the election be called - and what has to happen first?

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, the Government rushed through a number of priority Bills in a scramble to clear the decks before the next general election.Five Bills were ...

How can a child disappear in Ireland without the alarm being raised?

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kyran Dirnan case puts spotlight on how schools and Tusla monitor children Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What’s behind the EV backlash?

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally published in August 2024. Sales of EVs in Ireland collapsed in 2024 with the number of newly-licensed electric vehicles do...

Hugh Linehan: What I learned from Trump coming-of-age movie The Apprentice

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Apprentice isn’t a movie about the reality TV series that made its presenter, New York businessman Donald Trump, a star. Instead it tracks the r...

What did the Dublin Taskforce recommend to improve the city?

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

At an event this week, an all-male panel led by Taoiseach Simon Harris, went through the Dublin task force’s 10-point plan.Irish Times Dublin editor...

Why Kinahan gangster Liam Byrne is happy with a five-year sentence

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kinahan gang leader Liam Byrne (43) has been sentenced to five years in prison for weapons charges, while Thomas “Bomber” Kavanagh (57) has been s...

Will early release for prisoners solve overcrowding crisis in Irish jails?

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sending Irish prisoners to jails in eastern Europe and letting some sex offenders out early with electronic tags are just two of the 16 recommendation...

Could Ukraine's victory plan actually work?

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has finally presented his long-awaited victory plan to the world. It’s his blueprint on how to end the ...

Why singer Liam Payne's death is hitting One Direction fans hard

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Pop star Liam Payne was just 31 when he died but he had been famous for half his life.As a member of One Direction – the mega successful boy band th...

Why Gardaí fear a missing eight-year-old boy was murdered

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Gardaí suspect a missing child – now believed to have been murdered – may have died months before his disappearance was reported in August.Kyran ...

Kinahan cartel arrest: Is Dubai no longer a safe haven for Irish criminals?

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Even when Interpol slapped a “Red Notice” on Sean McGovern, the Irish career criminal hiding out in Dubai was probably not too concerned.That Red ...

Lebanon under attack: Locals fear another Gaza could unfold

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s nearly four weeks since Israel detonated explosions in the pagers belonging to members of Hizbullah, the Iran backed Lebanese-based militia. Si...

Are celebrity political candidates worth voting for?

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

From GAA superstar Jack Lynch who became taoiseach to RTÉ journalist George Lee whose political career was brief – for decades Irish voters have be...

How a ‘global forum’ promising billionaires became a small Dublin event with muffins

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Anti-female genital mutilation advocates expected high-profile speakers at a packed Dublin conference – they found a small room in a hotel with 25 p...

Can an Irishman fix Keir Starmer’s premiership after 100 days of disaster?

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With the appointment this week of Cork-born Morgan McSweeney as his chief of staff, British prime minister Keir Starmer must be hoping for some calm a...

The child protection controversy engulfing Sinn Féin

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sinn Féin would likely be taking every opportunity this week to lambast the government in the wake of the budget and with a general election on the c...

Why would Russia want 'agents of influence' inside the Irish political system?

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Last weekend, The Sunday Times reported that an unnamed Irish politician had been working for Russian intelligence as "an agent of influence” within...

Car theft in Ireland: Are international gangs to blame?

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Last year, nearly 5,000 cars were stolen across Ireland – making it the worst year for car thefts in more than a decade.Opportunists and joyriders h...

How the October 7th attacks led to a year of war

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

October 7th is a date seared into the memory of Israelis. It was the day last year that they awoke to an attack by militant group Hamas, on a scale ne...

Is homework a waste of time?

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Whether you’re eight or 18, homework is part of your school day. But should it be? And how much should children be tasked to do? And what is the poi...

Why the Global South is following China - not the West

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Chinese premier Xi Jinping has a plan to reshape the global security order. His diplomatic initiative is a challenge to the United States-led “rules...

Why are overseas investors buying Ireland's defective apartments?

02 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Prospective home purchasers are losing out to cash buyers – mostly overseas investors – on apartments with defects, ranging from minor issues to h...

Budget 2025: What does it mean for you?

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What did we learn from the budget speeches of Ministers Jack Chambers and Paschal Donohoe? Irish Times reporters fill us in on bonus payments, tax adj...

Inside Andrew Tate's toxic world - Part 2

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the summer of 2022, journalists Matt Shea and Jamie Tahsin were in Romania filming a documentary about Andrew Tate and his social media influence.&...

Inside Andrew Tate's toxic world - Part 1

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 2019, before Andrew Tate became the household name he is today, documentary makers Matt Shea and Jamie Tahsin decided to tell Tate's story and inve...

Press Up: Where did it all go wrong?

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Since 2007 the Press Up hospitality group has been a key and highly visible player in Dublin’s social scene with super-stylish restaurants, popular ...

What is Hizbullah and why is it on the brink of war with Israel?

26 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week has been the deadliest for Lebanon in decades after sustained air strikes by Israel. Fears are growing for an all-out war between the two si...

How did Ireland's hate speech law die?

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Government was forced to admit that it is dropping its controversial plans to introduce hate speech laws after the move was revealed by Irish Time...

Alexander McCartney: 'Catfishing' abuser to be sentenced

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Alexander McCartney from Newry, Co Armagh, will be sentenced in Belfast for what has been described as one of the “worst cases of catfishi...

President Higgins and Israel: What is the controversy all about?

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Attending the UN Assembly in New York on Sunday, President Michael D Higgins accused the Israeli embassy in Dublin of “circulating” a congratulato...

Lower back pain: how your lifestyle could be to blame

22 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“Scans rarely show the cause of low back pain,” says Prof Kieran O’Sullivan, chartered physiotherapist and head of the school of physiotherapy a...

How an app breach snared Ireland's biggest crime gang

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What links an Australian app designer, a global police sting and this week's drugs bust in Wexford? A Dublin gang known as 'The Family.' Gardai say th...

Lebanon explosions: What we know about the pager attacks

19 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

At least 26 people are dead and thousands injured following the simultaneous detonating of pagers and walkie talkies in Lebanon. Israel is believed to...

Moving to Australia: Instagram versus reality

18 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A record 10,600 Irish people emigrated to Australia last year, according to the Central Statistics Office; the highest number since 2013. With its yea...

Trump assassination attempt: Who is Ryan Routh?

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Washington correspondent Keith Duggan reports on what we know about the second attempt on the life of former US president Donald Trump in a matter of ...

Pat Finucane murder inquiry: will the extent of British state collusion finally be revealed?

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The UK government has ordered a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane, the Belfast solicitor shot dead in 1989 by the Ulster Defence Associat...

Too posh to police? Why garda numbers are falling

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

An Garda Siochana has a serious retention and recruitment problem.The Commissioner knows it, so does the Minister for Justice but despite public commi...

'They're eating the pets' - how Trump's debate went off the rails

12 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kamala Harris needed a win on Tuesday night's US presidential election debate. After an initial honeymoon period as Democratic nominee, her campaign o...

Apple tax windfall: How Ireland was forced to take it - and how we should spend it

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is an award of €13 billion a big win or an embarrassing loss? The European Court of Justice (ECJ) court yesterday said that the European Commission ...

Why calls to free killer nurse Lucy Letby are getting louder

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Former British nurse, Lucy Letby, is serving 15 life sentences for the murder and attempted murder of 14 babies. All of the infants were under her car...

Why America is cracking down on the parents of school shooters

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Last Wednesday, a 14 year-old American student walked through the doors of his highschool in Georgia and opened fire. Terrified students and teachers ...

Explainer: Could Sinn Féin’s new housing plan work?

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sinn Féin has published its plan to solve the housing crisis.Party spokesman on housing Eoin Ó Broin says A Home of Your Own, is “comprehensive, d...

Can the State make religious orders pay for the sexual predators who destroyed lives?

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hundreds of primary, secondary and special schools run by religious congregations have been named for the first time as having complaints of child sex...

Roblox: what is it and are Irish children at risk?

04 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you don't have young children in your life, you may be completely unaware of one of the world's biggest game platforms. Roblox is a digital playgro...

Why was the price of Oasis tickets so high?

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On Saturday morning, Irish Times consumer expert Conor Pope logged on to Ticketmaster, ready to take his own advice about navigating the sales platfor...

‘It was a real global effort’: catching Australia’s worst online sexual predator

02 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, an Australian man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for what has been described as one of “the worst sextortion cases” in history.&nb...

Is Dublin’s new traffic plan working?

30 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A key element of the Dublin City Centre Transport Plan kicked in on Monday and Olivia Kelly, Irish Times Dublin editor tells In the News that she was ...

Shaun Brady: The murder that shocked an Irish community in the heart of America

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

An Irish chef living in the US has been killed after being shot outside his own business in Kansas City.Shaun Brady, originally from Nenagh, Co Tipper...

Will RFK Jnr help Trump beat Harris?

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy jnr has dropped out of the race in America's key swing states, but vows to remain as an alternative choice...

Why are so many busy Irish restaurants shutting down?

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Brasserie Sixty6, Rustic Stone and Ukiyo are just three of the high-profile restaurant closures in Dublin this month. 577 eateries across Ireland have...

Oasis: Will the Gallagher brothers end their feud and play Croke Park?

27 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 2009 warring brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher fell out for the last time – their final argument broke up their band, Oasis.At the time Oasis albu...

Trump or Harris: who would be better for Ireland?

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If elected president in November Donald Trump has promised to slash the US rate of corporate tax to 15 per cent.Kamala Harris has said she would raise...

What’s behind the EV backlash?

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sales of EVs in Ireland collapsed in 2024 with the number of newly-licensed electric vehicles down by 24 per cent in the first seven months of the yea...

Why was a 99 year old woman put on trial for Nazi atrocities?

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, a 99-year-old German woman, who worked in a Nazi-era concentration camp office in her late teens, was confirmed guilty of being an accessor...

'I had no sleep for the first 24 hours' - a mother's record breaking run from Malin to Mizen head

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Last June, Sophie Power has just done something extraordinary – she ran 563km from Malin Head to Mizen Head in record time.It took her a record-brea...

The cover-up: Jonathan Creswell's crimes are laid bare - Part 2

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Last April, Jonathan Creswell’s trial for the rape and murder of 21-year-old Katie Simpson opened in Derry’s Crown Court.    B...

The cover-up: How Jonathan Creswell tried to get away with murder - Part 1

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In August 2020, in a small housing estate in Derry, 21-year-old Katie Simpson was found in a critical condition. According to the man who discovered h...

The trouble with Temu, the cut-price Chinese competitor to Amazon

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally published in May 2024.A pair of trainers for the price of a sandwich; a Dyson-dupe hair straightener for a fraction of the...

How cannabis-induced psychosis can cause deadly harm

15 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the most recent murder case where cannabis use was judged to be a factor, the court ruled that Diego Costa Silva killed his wife while in...

What will happen to Dublin’s empty office blocks?

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dublin’s office market is likely to get worse before it gets better with no relief in sight until 2027 amid a collapse in demand and a glut of new d...

How ex-Irish soldiers are training a rogue Libyan militia

13 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally published in April 2024. In Libya, former members of the Irish Defence Forces, including men who served in the elite Army ...

Is Ireland on the brink of a Fentanyl crisis?

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The global heroin supply is under threat. But observers of international narcotic trends warn that drugs addicts will replace heroin with - synthetic ...

Stripping an Islamic terrorist of his Irish citizenship

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A new process to strip citizenship from Irish citizens has been passed by the Oireachtas more than three years after the previous system was struck do...

The Limerick man investigating some of the world's worst crimes

08 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Malachy Browne heads up the New York Times’s visual investigations unit where he and his team investigate key events, from breaking news at home to ...

'Googlepocalypse' - the way you search the internet is about to change forever

07 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In May, Google launched AI Overviews – software which uses artificial intelligence to answer people’s questions quickly, skipping the step of scro...

Intermittent fasting: the good, the bad and the hungry

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally published in March 2024.Health and family editor Damian Cullen had already ticked off a long list of diets before he hit o...

The dark history of Irish slave owners

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Were Irish colonisers too? A new book reveals our forgotten dark historyIn discussions around empire and colonisation, including popular movements suc...

Film classification: we're cool with sex, careful about suicide

02 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ireland has come from a place where movies were regularly censored out of puritanical panic, to classifying gay sex scenes as suitable for a 16 audien...

Derry O’Rourke: Ireland’s most convicted child sex abuser

01 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Content warning: This episode contains details of child sexual abuse and may cause some listeners distress."They called him God, and the room where he...

Venezuela: Maduro clings to power after disputed election result

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Protesters across Venezuela have been met with a violent crackdown by security forces following the disputed re-election of Venezuela's president Nico...

What is daily life really like in the West Bank?

30 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For nearly ten months, the eyes of the world have remained fixed on the devastating war and human catastrophe unfolding on the Gaza Strip.However, thi...

Why China's young people are making a surprising life choice

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Chinese graduates are heading to the factory floor. During the first quarter of 2024, the number of people under 25 applying for blue-collar jobs rose...

Is the RTE funding plan a reward for its mistakes?

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After more than a year of crisis at RTE and handwringing about how to fund it into the future, the government has decided the license fee should stay ...

Sinn Féin's plan for housing asylum seekers, explained

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On Tuesday, Sinn Féin launched its new immigration policy document. The proposals, which come eight weeks after the party’s poor performance in the...

Olympics 2024: The key events for Irish viewers

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ireland’s Olympic medal hopes have never been higher. Many of the athletes are already household names, including Rashidat Adeleke, Kellie Harringto...

Biden is out, but is Kamala Harris ready to win the White House?

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On Sunday evening, shortly before 7pm Irish Time, US president Joe Biden posted a letter on X confirming his intention to withdraw from the 2024 presi...

Inside Ireland’s ‘fight club’ for right-wing extremists

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Comhaltas na nGaedheal (CnG) is a newly-established group of right-wing extremists in Ireland. It focuses on physical confrontation and is part of a g...

Kneecap: The Northern Irish rappers leading a Celtic revival

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Belfast and Derry rappers Kneecap have been in the news for many things in the past year: they took a case against the previous UK government for inte...

What has Simon Harris done in his first 100 days as Taoiseach?

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In April, Simon Harris became Taoiseach - today he is 100 days in office. It’s a milestone beloved of political commentators as a yardstick to measu...

Coolock clashes: 'A complex and volatile security threat'

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Garda representatives say officers were left potentially exposed "to extremely volatile and dangerous conditions" in Coolock in north Dublin on Monday...

How the assassination attempt on Trump could affect the race for The White House

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On Saturday evening, in the small American town of Butlers in Pennsylvania, former president Donald Trump narrowly escaped death after a bullet grazed...

Why are Irish property prices still rising?

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

According to property website MyHome.ie, house asking prices rose by 7.3 per cent year on year in the second quarter, the fastest pace of growth recor...

Paul Howard on loving and losing his dog Humphrey

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ross O'Carroll Kelly creator, Paul Howard, decided to get a basset hound because Columbo - the iconic tv detective - had one. It's definitely not the ...

Sudan: The conflict that's left 25 million people without food

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After more than a year of civil war in Sudan, the situation is being described as the worst humanitarian crisis anywhere in the world. The death toll ...

Why has Dublin’s traffic plan stalled?

10 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The new transport plan for Dublin is due to be implemented in August. It aims to stop drivers using the city centre as a rat-run to get to other ...

Why the far right failed to take power in France

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On Sunday evening, France witnessed one of the biggest surprises in the country’s electoral history when the recently formed left-wing alliance won ...

The shocking health problems affecting Ireland's homeless children

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s In the News podcast we look at a new report that reveals the shocking health problems affecting children who spend years spent living in ...