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Could Ireland's housing crisis kill the Irish language?
Members of Gaeltacht community groups and Irish language campaigners have issued a stark warning. They say the lack of housing, and oversupply of sho…
1 year, 1 month ago
Can AI help Gardaí detect future crimes?
"The future can be seen" was the tagline of 2002 dystopian cop thriller Minority Report, in which Tom Cruise prevented crimes yet to take place with …
1 year, 1 month ago
Kim Kardashian robbery trial: How the 'grandpa gang' carried out a €10 million heist
A group of men dubbed the “grandpa gang” are among 10 suspects on trial in Paris on charges of robbing reality TV star and entrepreneur Kim Kardashia…
1 year, 1 month ago
What kind of pope will Leo XIV be?
US-born Robert Prevost, who worked in Peru for two decades and became a citizen there before becoming a cardinal, is now Pope Leo XIV. But what sort …
1 year, 1 month ago
Molly's minders: why the famous Dublin statue is being protected from tourists
For years tourists have been told it’s a tradition in Dublin to rub Molly Malone’s breasts – “for luck”. Something that’s news to residents of the ca…
1 year, 1 month ago
India's conflict with Pakistan, explained
India has conducted what it has described as “precision strikes” in neighbouring Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, days after it blamed Isla…
1 year, 1 month ago
Dublin pipe bomb attack: How a criminal gang used a drone to target their victim
In the early hours of Monday morning, a drone carrying a pipe bomb, a viable explosive device, crashed beside a family's home in North County Dublin.…
1 year, 1 month ago
Patrick Freyne on Africa’s forgotten war
Chad now hosts 1.3 million forcibly displaced people, according to the UNHCR, despite itself being one of the world’s poorest countries. More than ha…
1 year, 1 month ago
Australia mushroom poisoning: how a family lunch ended in tragedy
Note: This episode was originally published in August 2023.
In July 2023, four relatives attended a family lunch at the home of Erin Patterson, a mot…
1 year, 1 month ago
Blackout in Spain and Portugal: why did the lights go out?
On Monday, the unthinkable happened: Spain and Portugal experienced an electricity blackout.
Just after midday the lights went out, wifi went down, t…
1 year, 2 months ago