In The News Podcast
1) How the fatal ICE shooting has deepened divisions in the US
The killing of Renee Nicole Good (37) in her car on the streets of Minneapolis by an immigration officer has been witnessed by millions of people around the world.Countless bystanders took videos on t...Show More
2) Trump wants Greenland - what’s to stop him taking it?
On Sunday US president Donald Trump said he needed Greenland “very badly”. It’s a sentiment he expressed during his first term, but what then sounded like something of a fantasy wishlist has now harde...Show More
3) Ken Early on why Ruben Amorim and Manchester United were a disastrous match
Since he took over as head coach at Manchester United Ruben Amorim has been outspoken, dishing up post-match commentary that frequently centred on how poor he felt his players had performed.On January...Show More
4) Trump says 'we run Venezuela'. Is that true?
On Monday, captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores appeared in a court in New York City on charges including drug-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine-importation conspiracy, a...Show More
5) Is Hyrox more than a fad (and what is it anyway?)
When Hyrox came to Dublin’s RDS last November, it was a completely sold out event. The tickets for the fitness race were snapped up in minutes of going on sale, with orga...Show More
6) How the race for total AI domination is revisiting the worst of human history
This episode was first published in August.In the space of a few short years, generative AI has exploded into our daily lives, impacting the way we learn, work and understand the world around us.Open ...Show More
7) ‘My Irish friends are awesome’ says Elon Musk – who are they?
Elon Musk seems particularly taken with the opinions of three Irish men active on X: far-right activist Michael O’Keeffe; Barry O’Driscoll, whose idea of calling the US’s new cost-cutting agency DOGE ...Show More
8) Petrol bombs and drive-bys: How Limerick’s gangland violence returned
This episode was first published in June 2025. In the early hours of May 8th, two masked men in a stolen Audi staged a drive-by shooting, firing nine shots indiscriminately at houses on ...Show More
9) Richard Satchwell: why did it take eight years for the killer to face justice?
This episode was first published in May 2025. From the moment he reported her missing in 2017, Richard Satchwell stuck to his story that his wife Tina had run off.His many media appeals begged her to ...Show More
Richard Satchwell: why did it take eight years for the killer to face justice?
31:18 | Dec 30th, 2025
10) The new IRB: How a shadow 'government' is operating under the radar in Ireland
This episode was first published in August 2025. For years the Irish Republican Brotherhood – the IRB – was remembered annually in a curious ceremony at Dublin’s Mansion House when its self-styled pre...Show More
The new IRB: How a shadow 'government' is operating under the radar in Ireland
32:04 | Dec 29th, 2025