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What’s behind the EV backlash?
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 ye…
1 year, 10 months ago
Why was a 99 year old woman put on trial for Nazi atrocities?
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 accesso…
1 year, 10 months ago
'I had no sleep for the first 24 hours' - a mother's record breaking run from Malin to Mizen head
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-break…
1 year, 10 months ago
The cover-up: Jonathan Creswell's crimes are laid bare - Part 2
Last April, Jonathan Creswell’s trial for the rape and murder of 21-year-old Katie Simpson opened in Derry’s Crown Court.
But as we heard in yeste…
1 year, 10 months ago
The cover-up: How Jonathan Creswell tried to get away with murder - Part 1
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 …
1 year, 10 months ago
The trouble with Temu, the cut-price Chinese competitor to Amazon
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 th…
1 year, 10 months ago
How cannabis-induced psychosis can cause deadly harm
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 a state …
1 year, 10 months ago
What will happen to Dublin’s empty office blocks?
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 de…
1 year, 10 months ago
How ex-Irish soldiers are training a rogue Libyan militia
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…
1 year, 10 months ago
Is Ireland on the brink of a Fentanyl crisis?
The global heroin supply is under threat. But observers of international narcotic trends warn that drugs addicts will replace heroin with - synthetic…
1 year, 10 months ago