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Toxic masculinity: Is David Meessen a harmless dating guru?
The term ‘alpha male’ originally referred to the animal kingdom, but online, it's become a weaponised term. With the likes of Andrew Tate and Jordan …
2 years, 5 months ago
Molly Martens: How a clerical error nearly led to the release of Jason Corbett’s killers
A dramatic 24 Hours in North Carolina, saw Molly Martens and her father on the brink of release. How did this happen? Host: Ellen Coyne. Guest: Ralph…
2 years, 5 months ago
Brandon Ledwidge: The first gangland murder of 2023
The murder of Brandon Ledwidge in Finglas last week was remarkable in that it was the first such killing of the year. His funeral heard about a man w…
2 years, 5 months ago
Conor McGregor: Political scapegoat or far-right poster-boy?
“Ireland, we are at war…there is a grave danger upon us….make change, or make way.” The tweets from Conor McGregor’s during the Dublin riots have bro…
2 years, 5 months ago
The story of the Stickies: why the IRA split in two
Why did the IRA split in two, into the Provisionals and the Officials? The so-called ‘Stickies’ abandoned their armed campaign but never their guns –…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ukraine's spymaster and the Russian poisoning plot
As Ukraine’s spymaster Kyrylo Budanov is a hate figure in Russia. To date, he claims no less than 10 assassination attempts have been made against hi…
2 years, 5 months ago
Poet, punk, performer extraordinaire - Shane MacGowan has left us
From a poetry-fuelled middle class upbringing to the chaotic UK punk scene, Shane MacGowan was an innovator who wrote his own rulebook, before tearin…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Builder Brothers' Bust-Up: A Family Feud and the High Court
Not so long ago, Hugh and Greg Kavanagh were emerging as the post Celtic tiger big boys in the property world. The siblings headed up a series of bus…
2 years, 5 months ago
Emily Hand, Leo Varadkar, and the fallout from that tweet
Scenes of jubilation as 9-year-old Irish Israeli Emily Hand was finally reunited with her family after 50 days of being held hostage in Gaza. But how…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Garda failure to act? The rise of the far right and the Dublin riots
Is the far right set for political gains in Ireland like those in other European countries? We also examine claims that in less than an hour after th…
2 years, 5 months ago