In The News

Last June, thousands of young Irish people took to the streets of Dublin calling for an end to racial injustice following the killing of George Floyd in the US city of Minneapolis on May 25th 2020. Amanda Adé is the co-presenter of the Black and Irish podcast. After the death of George Floyd, she spoke out publicly about racism in Ireland. On today's podcast, she talks to Sorcha Pollak about how t...

Football writer and broadcaster Ken Early speaks to Sorcha Pollak about why football players are "taking the knee", why some fans are choosing to boo them for doing so, what the dynamic means for the European Championships and whether it will continue beyond the Euros. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Northern Ireland, Unionism has been in an unhappy place since the turn of the year, when the Northern Ireland protocol, the part of the the Brexit deal that creates a customs border in the Irish Sea, was implemented. Now Unionism's main party, the Democratic Unionist Party, is in political turmoil after a change in leadership left many of its membership angry and alienated. With an election les...

In early 2018 things started to unravel for Ireland’s scouting movement. For decades it had stood as a paragon of honour and wholesome positivity but then sex abuse scandals and grave concerns about the management of the organisation saw it facing an existential threat like never before. First there was a stark report written by child protection expert Ian Elliott which pulled no punches in m...

A steady stream of false information has been a part of the Covid-19 pandemic, with many conspiracy theories emerging around the existence of the virus, whether it poses a real risk to health, and the safety of vaccines.  But where are these false claims about the virus and vaccines coming from and why do people believe them? Is there a large, coordinated network behind the spread of thi...

Last week the former advisor to the UK prime minister, Dominic Cummings, spoke before a parliamentary committee about the early days of UK's response to the Covid-19 pandemic. His dramatic testimony highlighted the gravity of the decisions that politicians around the world have had to make during this pandemic – decisions that have quite simply meant life or death for thousands of people. Is it ti...

In June 1981, a US medical journal published the first sketchy details of a disease which came to be known as Aids. In the 40 years since then, 33 million people have died as a result of Aids-related illnesses. The Irish Times's London editor Denis Staunton describes the fear and uncertainty of the early days of the Aids crisis and draws parallels with the coronavirus pandemic today.   D...

Belarus's audacious snatching of Roman Protasevich from a Ryanair flight forced to land as it passed through Belarusian airspace has raised fears for the young journalist's safety and created a crisis for the European Union. The bloc has responded to the unprecedented move with anger, condemnation and sanctions. But is Belarus under President Alexander Lukashenko, who stayed in power last year onl...

Will data stolen in the HSE ransomware attack appear online today? And if so, what will it mean for Irish citizens? Conor Lally explains. Plus: Karlin Lillington on why we should have been better prepared for the ransomware attack - but weren't. Presented by Conor Pope Produced by Declan Conlon, Jennifer Ryan and Suzanne Brennan Theme music by Hugh Rodgers www.irishtimes.com Hosted on Acast. See a...

COMING SOON: In The News, a podcast from The Irish Times that takes a close look at stories that matter, in Ireland and around the world. Hosted by Sorcha Pollak and Conor Pope. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.