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Extra: ‘They’re eating the pets’ - A bad night for Trump in surreal US debate
"They’re eating the cats, they’re eating the pets of the people that live there.” It was another surreal night for US politics as Donald Trump aimed …
1 year, 6 months ago
Could releasing the ‘world's most important prisoner’ end the war in Gaza?
He has been described by some as Palestine's Nelson Mandela. In the middle of the deadly conflict in Gaza, there are hopes that Marwan Barghouti, the…
1 year, 6 months ago
Gisele Pelicot: Drugged by her husband and raped by 50 men
Gisele Pelicot has told a French court of the horror of learning that she was drugged and raped by 50 men for over a decade. The chief suspect in the…
1 year, 6 months ago
The rise and fall of The Jeremy Kyle Show, amid inquest into TV guest’s tragic death
* Content warning – This episode contains references to suicide which some listeners might find upsetting.* The Jeremy Kyle Show was a ratings hit, r…
1 year, 6 months ago
‘It’s over’: The IRA ‘ceasefire’, 30 years on
After what it termed an ‘Armed Struggle’ and the ‘Long War’, the Provisional IRA called a “complete cessation of military operations” on 31st August …
1 year, 6 months ago
Lucy Letby: Why some experts are now questioning her guilt
Lucy Letby is the worst serial killer of children in British history - convicted of murdering five premature boys and two newborn girls who were in h…
1 year, 6 months ago
Beyond the ‘Bike Shed’: Five other Leinster House controversial spends
In the wake of the news that €336,000 was paid for a new bike shed at Leinster House, we look back at five other controversial Dáil spends that have …
1 year, 6 months ago
Extra: 2,395 allegations of sexual abuse at religious schools likely “just the tip of the iceberg”
The Government yesterday published a “distressing” and “harrowing” report into the systemic alleged sexual abuse carried out by at least 884 alleged …
1 year, 6 months ago
Explainer: Could Sinn Féin's ‘Frankenstein’ housing plan win back lost voters?
After a disastrous local election campaign earlier this year, Sinn Féin has released a bold and brash plan to tackle the ever-worsening housing crisi…
1 year, 6 months ago
Telegram CEO arrested and 'X' blocked in Brazil – Day of reckoning for social media?
Why did French authorities arrest Telegram CEO Pavel Durov and why did the Brazilian government block Elon Musk’s ‘X’? Is this a moment of reckoning …
1 year, 6 months ago