Podcast Episodes

How the investigation into Annie McCarrick's disappearance took a wrong turn

This time last year, the 1993 disappearance of Annie McCarrick, a young American woman living in Dublin, was upgraded to a murder inquiry.

For three d…

2 years, 3 months ago

From farming to the sex trade - Ireland’s human trafficking problem

Trafficking of women and girls into Ireland to work in the sex industry is one aspect of a transnational crime that has been discovered in a range of…

2 years, 3 months ago

Unmasked: the Co Armagh man at the centre of the world’s largest ‘catfishing’ investigation

When it was put to Alexander McCartney that he had, in the words of the Belfast court, “unlawfully killed a female child”, the 26-year-old from North…

2 years, 3 months ago

Why did Leo go - and who will replace him?

Today on In the News we bring you an episode of our sister podcast, Inside Politics. Pat Leahy, Jennifer Bray and Jack Horgan-Jones joined host Hugh …

2 years, 3 months ago

Breaking news: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to step down - listen to his full speech

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has announced he is to step down. Listen to his full speech in this bonus episode. More to follow.

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2 years, 3 months ago

The 'ghost student' visa scam spreading through the English language school sector

Earlier this week, an Irish Times investigation revealed a rising number of foreign students from outside the EU are using forged documents to secure…

2 years, 3 months ago

Why did it take so long to convict prolific sex offender Bill Kenneally?

Paedophile Bill Kenneally is serving an 18-year sentence for the sexual abuse of 15 young boys in Waterford in the 1970s, 80s and 90s.

But it took unt…

2 years, 3 months ago

Were Irish colonisers too? A new book reveals our forgotten dark history

In discussions around empire and colonisation, including popular movements such as Black Lives Matter and Rhodes Must Fall, Ireland likes to think it…

2 years, 3 months ago

"There's no way he would have sex with me if I said to use a condom" - why STIs are spreading so quickly in Ireland

Ireland has the highest reported rate of gonorrhoea infection across 30 European countries, with a record number of cases reported in Ireland in 2022…

2 years, 3 months ago

Could Daniel Kinahan finally face trial in Ireland?

In February 2016, just three days after the notorious Regency Hotel Shooting, 59-year-old Eddie Hutch was gunned down outside his home in Dublin’s no…

2 years, 3 months ago