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by The Irish Times

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  • Who is the German spy chief accused of spying?

    October 9, 2026 · 21 min

    It’s a story that could have come straight out a John le Carré thriller. The retired German spy chief accused of selling classified information amounting to thousands of secret documents; an alleged act of treason that continued for years…

  • What is the row between RTÉ and Minister Patrick O'Donovan really about?

    October 8, 2026 · 13 min

    Jack Horgan-Jones has the latest on a row that has blown up in the aftermath of Tuesday's Budget, reopening RTÉ's rolling funding crisis and leaving questions unanswered about why Minister for Media Patrick O'Donovan "reneged" on a funding…

  • How the eviction of an 87-year-old woman sparked a political crisis in Spain

    October 8, 2026 · 27 min

    Over the past two weeks, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Spain to protest the country’s worsening housing crisis. The demonstrations were triggered by the eviction of an 87-year-old woman, Maria del Carmen Abascal…

  • What will happen to Christa Pike, the Tennessee woman who survived the lethal injection?

    October 7, 2026 · 20 min

    Christa Pike spent 30 years in jail in Tennessee on death row, waiting for the day the state would kill her. When that day finally came, last week, she was first given a lethal injection, then a second one when the first dose failed. She…

  • Budget 2027: what's in it for you?

    October 6, 2026 · 12 min

    Ministers Simon Harris and Jack Chambers have been explaining how the Government will tax and spend in the year ahead. They have promised to deliver changes we will feel in our daily lives. But will you really feel a difference in your…

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  • A look behind Brendan Kavanagh's business deals

    October 6, 2026 · 21 min

    Wicklow businessman Brendan Kavanagh (61) has an entrepreneurial skill for building connections and seeing gaps in the market. That has led him to set up multiple businesses including the successful education-technology focused Olive…

  • Why Andy Burnham says ‘Brexit has done more harm than good’

    October 5, 2026 · 23 min

    At the Labour Party conference last week, British prime minister Andy Burnham surprised delegates by putting the prospect of rejoining the EU firmly on the political agenda. In a rousing speech he said the Brexit vote in 2016 had left the…

  • Manchester City or Scam FC - the €1bn scandal

    October 2, 2026 · 27 min

    Premier League football club Manchester City has been found guilty of boosting its coffers by more than €1bn by arranging “sham contracts” with big name commercial partners. The infringements to the league’s funding rules were found by an…

  • Who is the Irish citizen facing a murder charge in Hungary?

    October 1, 2026 · 16 min

    Irish citizen David Anderson (45) is charged with the premeditated murder of his ex-wife, Megumi Anderson, who died in January 2025 aged 43. Megumi died in a fire in her apartment in Budapest. The Japanese woman was found on the sofa with…

  • How will the Drumcree standoff end?

    September 29, 2026 · 21 min

    Since early Sunday morning, 35 members of the Orange Order have been waiting at Drumcree Church to parade down the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown. It is a march that, in the 1990s, sparked tension and violence in Drumcree…

  • How a Dublin flat complex became a hub for organised crime

    September 29, 2026 · 29 min

    When property developer Paddy Shanahan built Buckingham Village, a scheme of 125 apartments in north inner-city Dublin in 1991, hopes were high that it would help rejuvenate this socially deprived part of the north inner city. But by 1994…

  • Ireland v Israel: win overshadowed by division and discord

    September 28, 2026 · 24 min

    A comprehensive 3-0 away victory for the Republic of Ireland should have cause for celebration. Instead, it has been overshadowed by unprecedented crisis within Irish football. In the days before Ireland's Uefa Nations League fixture…

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In The News is a daily podcast from The Irish Times that takes a close look at the stories that matter, in Ireland and around the world. Presented by Bernice Harrison and Sorcha Pollak. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.