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Sophie Power has just done something extraordinary â she ran 563km from Malin Head to Mizen Head in record time.
It took her a record-breaking three days, 12 hours and eight minutes and she beat the existing record by an astonishing three hours. And itâs not even her most gruelling run â not by long way.
The 41 year-old mother to Donnacha, Cormac and Saoirse is an ultra runner and the morning after she finished running the length of Ireland she posted on social media: âMy body had about 2 hrs sleep over 3 nights so is still in shock. Finally in a proper bed I still woke up last night every 30 minutes thinking it was time to go running again.â
She tells In the News how on the first two days she ran in driving rain, on the last day, heading into Cork she got heatstroke. She injured her knee less than half-way through but she kept running and outside Longford she started hallucinating.
An unsporty child she took up running at 26 and astonishingly her first race was the infamous Marathon des Sables, a seven-day, 250km run in the Sahara. She has run while pregnant and a photo of her breastfeeding mid-race went viral. She founded SheRaces, an organisation to encourage women of all ages and abilities to run.
Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Suzanne Brennan.
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With a landslide victory for Keir Starmerâs Labour Party predicted, the UK general election looks to be all over bar the shouting.
But then this week the shoutiest voice in British politics, Nigel Farage, announced he is to run for Reform UK.
Mark Paul explains why thatâs more bad news for the Tories â and a jolt of excitement in what has been a dull run up to the July 4th election.
Also on Tuesday, Rishi Sunak was judged to have won the first televised leaders debate. The Irish Times London correspondent was in âthe spin roomâ afterwards â upstairs in the Coronation Street visitorsâ centre â with party advisers, media and politicians, and he says the Sunak side took the (slight) win as a glimmer of hope.
But why, when heâs so far behind?
Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Suzanne Brennan.
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Have you ever shared a photo of your child wearing her Halloween costume on Instagram? Or, perhaps youâve uploaded a video of your nephew dancing to TikTok. We live in a world where sharing images of our lives, and in turn the lives of our children, has become completely normalised. But there are serious safety risks and privacy concerns around this type of content. Deepfakes using a child's image and / or voice, identity theft and abusive material are just some of the frightening ways in which young people are at risk when their data is shared, either on an open forum or a messaging app. Leah Plunkett, author of âSharenthoodâ and faculty at Harvard law school, explains the pitfalls of sharing images of kids online, the ethical quandary we may unwittingly find ourselves in and how we can protect the young people in our lives.
Presented by Sorcha Pollak. Produced by Aideen Finnegan.
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On Friday 7th June, the country will go to the polls to decide who should represent us at a local and European level. Voters will elect 14 MEPs to the European Parliament and 949 councillors to 31 local authorities.
While itâs easier to feel the tangible changes that are made by city and county councillors, itâs perhaps harder to get a handle on what exactly our MEPs do for us.
So what is the role of the MEP and can they make any difference at a European level?
And how did our outgoing MEPs fare over the last five years?
Jack Power reports from Brussels.
Presented by Aideen Finnegan, produced by Suzanne Brennan.
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This week, father and daughter Tom and Molly Martens will be released from prison after serving just over six months for killing Jason Corbett in 2015. The pair were sentenced last November, following their guilty plea of involuntary manslaughter.
Following the sentencing hearing last year, documentary maker and journalist Brian Carroll spoke to In the News, about the Martenâs case and the Corbett familyâs long fight for justice.
This is the first of a two-part episode on the case, originally published in November 2023. In the first part, Caroll explains how the Martenâs used the sentencing hearing to completely annihilate Jasonâs Corbettâs character.
In episode two, available here, we hear how the Limerick manâs family, including his two children, finally had their day in court to tell the world about their loving father and what their lives were like with their manipulative stepmother.
Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Suzanne Brennan.
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A plan to reintroduce National Service in Britain has been roundly criticised by former military personnel and opposition parties alike. But serving your country militarily is an accepted part of life in many countries like Finland, Sweden and Israel. Security analyst, Declan Power, explains how people in Scandinavia are predisposed to the idea because it's woven into their life in the same way Gaelic games, our literary history and the 1916 Rising are in this country. The former Irish solder also explains how the same concept wouldn't fly in Ireland and what we need to do instead to beef up our Defence Forces. Power also posits how the military offensive in Gaza may well turn out to expose the flaws in Israel's national service model.
Presented by Sorcha Pollak. Produced by Aideen Finnegan.
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Earlier this month, Google launched AI Overviews â software which uses artificial intelligence to answer peopleâs questions quickly, skipping the step of scrolling through links. The new search system has made headlines for generating hilariously incorrect answers, a glitch Google says it is taking swift action to remedy. But this bumpy start will quickly be ironed out, says Irish Times writer Hugh Linehan who wrote this week about the âGooglepocalypseâ sweeping the United States. The introduction of this pilot version of Googleâs AI Overviews tool has already âsignificantly harmedâ small businesses and content creators who have seen a collapse in web site traffic, and has been described as an extinction-level event for news media. These âdevastating effectsâ are heading quickly our way, says Linehan. So, what is the Googlepocalypse and how will it change how the average person searches the internet? And will a reliance on AI to answer our questions only further enhance the misinformation plaguing the online world?
Presented by Sorcha Pollak. Produced by Aideen Finnegan.
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In the past week, two incidences of severe air turbulence have made international headlines.
More than 100 people were injured and one man died last week when a Singapore Airlines plane flying from London to Singapore hit an unexpected air pocket, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Bangkok.
Five days later, on Sunday, six passengers and six crew members were injured following turbulence on a flight from Doha, Qatar to Ireland.
Turbulence has always a been a risk factor in aviation, but the ferocity of the sudden extreme turbulence experience on the Singapore Airlines flight was out of the ordinary.
However, is this type of extreme, clear-air turbulence becoming more common? And are climate change and warming air currents making turbulence worse?
Irish Times environment and science editor Kevin OâSullivan joins the podcast to discuss the impact of climate change on air travel, while flight attendant Paula Gahan reflects on why she thinks severe flight turbulence is becoming more common.
Presented by Sorcha Pollak. Produced by John Casey.
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Malachy Browne heads up the New York Timesâs visual investigations unit where he and his team investigate key events, from breaking news at home to war atrocities abroad, to piece together second-by-second what really happened.
The work exposes the truth of events, particularly ones that are shrouded in misinformation, conspiracy theories and official denials. He and his team have won two Pulitzer Prizes.
Investigations, presented on the New York Times website, range from uncovering the devastating sequence of events of the atrocity at Bucha in the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine to plotting exactly happened in 2017 when a gunman opened fire at a concert in Las Vegas killing 60 people.
On In the News he talks about these projects and more while explaining just how his team works, from 3D modelling and AI to painstakingly exploring satellite images and mining phone records, and how the Limerick man who began his career in Dublin before moving to New York works to stay one step ahead in a media landscape flooded with fake news.
Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Declan Conlon.
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On Wednesday, British prime minister Rishi Sunak stood in the rain outside 10 Downing Street and called a general election. But why? The Tories are performing poorly in the polls and his party is divided.
Six weeks out from election day on July 4th, the odds of him winning look slim. By Irish standards, the campaign is long, so is there anything he can do in the run up to election day to change the hearts and minds of British voters or has Labour leader Keir Starmerâs time come?
Irish Times London correspondent Mark Paul went to Derby to see Sunak in action on Thursday on his first day of campaigning and he tells In the News about the timing of the election, the disarray in the Tory party and why Sunak is taking the chance of going to the country after less than two years in office.
Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Suzanne Brennan and Declan Conlon.
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A pair of trainers for the price of a sandwich; a Dyson-dupe hair straightener for a fraction of the real thing â just about everything you can think of buying, and random, bizarre things you couldnât even imagine exist, are for sale via Temu, the ecommerce app that is taking over the online shopping world. With millions of bargains, it promises buyers can âshop like a billionaireâ.
In January 2024, the app recorded nearly 47.8 million downloads worldwide. Once you buy from Temu, the bombardment of emails begins, offering deals and discounts on already rock-bottom prices.
But authorities worldwide have been quick to investigate; to warn for example that some toys and electrical goods on the site do not meet safety standards. And the US State Department has cautioned that the labour conditions in some of the factories that make the goods for the third-party sellers on Boston-headquartered Temu could amount to forced labour.
So while the prices might be attractive, the quality of some of the products and relentless sales techniques are less so according to Irish Times consumer editor Conor Pope who explains Temuâs business model and why it has got such a hold so quickly.
Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Suzanne Brennan.
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On Tuesday, a leaked report revealed the Housing Commissionâs criticism that the Government has not resolved the âfundamentally systemicâ failures in the Stateâs housing system.
The report from housing experts also suggests there is an underlying housing deficit in Ireland of up to 256,000 homes.
Irish Times political correspondent Jack Horgan-Jones joins the podcast to discuss the most significant elements of Tuesdayâs leak, while architect Mel Reynolds examines the Governmentâs failure to control the current housing model.
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On Sunday afternoon, a helicopter carrying Iranâs President Ebrahim Raisi and several of his delegates, including the countryâs Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, crash-landed in a remote part of northwest Iran.
President Raisi was returning from Iranâs border with Azerbaijan, where he had officiated the opening of two dams, alongside Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
Three helicopters were in the Iranian Presidentâs convoy, but only two landed safely. On Monday morning, following an extensive search and rescue effort, Iranian officials confirmed that no one had survived the crash. It is believed adverse weather conditions were to blame.
President Raisi was elected to power in 2021, in a presidential election that had the lowest turnout in the Islamic Republicâs history. He was seen as a conservative, hardline cleric who was tipped to replace Iranâs Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei later this year.
As Iran begins five days of official mourning and the interim President Mohammad Mokhber steps forward, what will the death of Raisi mean for the future of Iran?
Will this sudden loss of leadership have ripple effects across the wider Middle East?
And what impact, if any, will it have on the rising tensions between Iran and Israel?
In the News presenter Sorcha Pollak talks to Sky News Middle East Correspondent Alistair Bunkhall about the death of the man nicknamed âthe butcher of Tehranâ.
Produced by Suzanne Brennan and John Casey.
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Later this year, UK citizens will cast their votes in a general election. And, with polls showing Labour well ahead of the Tories, it appears Keir Starmer is set to become the next prime minister.
This week, Mr Starmer pledged to ârebuild Britainâ and set out what he called his first steps in government if his party wins the election, making it clear that Labour is ready to govern Britain.
To most people in Ireland, Starmer remains relatively unknown. But after a period of decline in UK-Irish relations, could the Dublin-London relationship be heading towards brighter days under a Labour leader?
Today, on In the News, who is Keir Starmer and what would his leadership mean for Ireland? London correspondent Mark Paul on the man leading the Labour party towards victory in the next UK general election.
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New Yorkers have been given a window into how some Dubliners behave in front of a camera. The portal is the city's newest public art installation; a two-way, real-time live stream between North Earl Street and 5th Avenue in Manhattan's Flat Iron district. Except some lewd behaviour on the northside has got it shut down... twice! In The News producer, Declan Conlon, spoke to observers enjoying the atmosphere around the portal when it was still operating this week. Bernice Harrison chats to art critic, Tom Lordan, about the interactive sculpture that's got everyone talking.
Produced by Declan Conlon and Aideen Finnegan.
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The Government this week flagged its intention to further reduce the financial supports available to Ukrainian refugees. There will also be a review of supports for those seeking asylum under the international protection system. But after months of cuts, how much further can the Government go? Is Ireland's welcome for refugees over, and how much of this is about signalling to voters ahead of local and European elections? Harry McGee talks to Bernice Harrison about the details and the politics of Ireland's evolving attitude to refugees and asylum seekers.
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A major new investigation by The Irish Times has uncovered details of the Kinahan cartel's property empire being secretly sold off in Dubai. Most of the real estate had been purchased in the name of Caoimhe Robinson, the wife of Daniel Kinahan, who is not accused of any criminality. The organised crime group has been put under pressure by sanctions imposed by US authorities two years ago, resulting in the disposal of several luxury assets in the Middle Eastern city. Among them is a property in a gated community where residents have included infamous podcaster Andrew Tate and the family of former Zimbabwean dictator, Robert Mugabe. Crime and security correspondent Conor Gallagher outlines the results of the investigation known as Dubai Unlocked.
Presented by Sorcha Pollak. Produced by Aideen Finnegan.
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On today's podcast, In the News producer Aideen Finnegan explains what we know about a proposal from Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly to raise the legal age to buy cigarettes from 18 to 21. The move comes as Ireland's efforts to curtail smoking have plateaued, with smoking even increasing among male teenagers. But will such a new law be workable in practice?
Then we hear from Averil Power of the Irish Cancer Society, who welcomes the move. But she says the Government must urgently tackle the growing use of vapes among young people. Her warning comes as new research predicts some chemicals released by vaping may cause unknown damage to human health in the long term.
Presented by Sorcha Pollak. Produced by Declan Conlon.
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From cute dance videos to antifeminist and racist ones, the social media app is a growing part of young peopleâs lives. There are concerns, though, about sleep deprivation, mental health, attention span â and the messages these young teenagers they are being relentlessly fed.
Irish Times parenting columnist Jen Hogan and journalist Patrick Freyne spent time with a group of teenagers, looking over their shoulder as they scrolled for hours on TikTok and talked to them about their relationship with the Chinese-owned app. They explain to In the News just how out of touch adults are when it comes to childrenâs online activity.
Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Suzanne Brennan.
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Donald Trump had to sit in front of Stormy Daniels in a New York courtroom this week, as the former adult film star spoke in excruciating and very frank detail about her sexual encounter in 2006 with the former US president. It was a key week in the trial, ongoing since April, in which Trump is accused of hiding âhush moneyâ payments to Daniels in 2016 in a bid to influence the presidential election. Meanwhile Trump runs the risk of being jailed for contempt of court over his outbursts â about the case, the jury and the prosecution. Irish Times Washington correspondent Keith Duggan has been at the Trump trial and he says that while what the court has heard so far has been at worst embarrassing, the prosecution has yet to land the blows that might result in a criminal conviction.
Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Aideen Finnegan.
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