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Can we trust the new FAI?
Last week’s FAI’s appearance before the Public Accounts Committee did not go particularly well. Members of the committee expressed concern regarding …
2 years, 4 months ago
The latest twist in the RTÉ saga, explained
It’s been another awful week for the national broadcaster. Last Friday, RTÉ board chairwoman Siún Ní Raghallaigh resigned after her position was unde…
2 years, 4 months ago
How a small Irish seaside town has opened its doors to those fleeing war
Two years ago, what would become 105,000 Ukrainians began arriving in Ireland to seek refuge from the Russian invasion of their country.
They were dis…
2 years, 4 months ago
Why Gardaí are still investigating rogue solicitor Michael Lynn
Renegade solicitor Michael Lynn stole €18 million from the banks at the height of the Celtic Tiger property boom.
It took until this week for justice…
2 years, 4 months ago
Why spy fears have led to the downsizing of the Russian Embassy
For decades concerns were raised at Government level that the Russian Embassy in Dublin was an espionage hub, with the sheer scale of the Soviet dipl…
2 years, 4 months ago
Cork drugs bust: Are Irish agents working for Mexico’s deadliest cartel?
Last week, a consignment of synthetic drugs, thought to be crystal meth worth €32.8 million, were seized in Cork Port. It is believed the shipment, w…
2 years, 4 months ago
Why Dublin's Metro is still a decade away - at least
On Monday, An Bord Pleanála met for its first hearing in 15 years into Dublin’s planned underground rail line. The €9.5 billion MetroLink, as it is n…
2 years, 4 months ago
Revealed: how landlord Marc Godart ruthlessly runs his business
Previously on In the News, Irish Times Europe correspondent Naomi O’Leary explained how Dublin-based landlord Marc Godart deployed CCTV to monitor te…
2 years, 4 months ago
New leads in mystery of missing Icelandic tourist
Jon Jonsson, 41, vanished in Dublin in 2019 while in Ireland to play poker. A father of four and a taxi driver in his native Iceland, he was travelli…
2 years, 4 months ago
What is it like to visit the most dangerous country in the world?
Nearly two and half years since passed since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in after the US withdrew the last of its troops from the country…
2 years, 4 months ago