Podcast Episodes

Displaced in Belfast after the summer race riots; Row sparked over Donald Trump’s united Ireland comments

Authorities in Northern Ireland say they don’t know how many immigrant families displaced in the summer race riots in Belfast have been able to retur…

14 hours ago

World Trade Centre attack 25 years on; and ‘the Monk’ son charged following extradition

The attacks of September 11 were perpetrated 25 years ago today ushering a new era on which our correspondent Denis Staunton reflects.

The European Un…

3 days, 14 hours ago

Four HSE regions to lose powers; 9/11; The Grand Tour reboot

Four HSE regions are to be stripped of their powers over day-to-day spending by the Government in response to an overspend of hundreds of millions of…

4 days, 15 hours ago

Clamping reform for Dublin city; Hospital incomes; IRFU hotel

Clamper vans will but disappear from Dublin city centre in what’s to be the biggest shake up in parking enforcement in almost 30 years.

Hospital incom…

5 days, 15 hours ago

Rise in child poverty; Ireland’s most prosperous town; and the Irish unity debate

There has been a sharp rise in children living in households below the poverty line, according to new figures for 2024 from the Economic and Social R…

6 days, 14 hours ago

Germany’s AfD win regional elections; data centre energy use; the fall of rural Irish pubs

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has claimed the largest share of the vote in elections in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.

New da…

1 week ago

Foreign aid spending; HSE over budget; and invasive skunks in Co. Kildare

Ireland was one of only two European countries to increase spending on foreign aid last year, with €1.9 billion spent on official development assista…

1 week, 3 days ago

Public transport increases; Creche overcharging; Patrick Freyne's Kardashian analysis

Bus and train fares are to increase by an average of 15% under new measures to be announced on Thursday.

There has been a steady increase in the numbe…

1 week, 4 days ago

1.5 degree 'battle has been lost'; School refusal; Cuban Belfast man V Deliveroo

The battle to keep global heating from passing the agreed 1.5 degree threshold has been lost, United Nations (UN) environment chiefs have conceded.

Mo…

1 week, 5 days ago

Cancer ‘more survivable’ with advancements; Bloomfield Hospital patient mistreatment; and storm names unveiled

Cancer survival rates have improved substantially over the past 20 years, with many more people now living with and beyond cancer, according to the N…

1 week, 6 days ago