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Kinahan snr faces no charges; Omagh bombing inquiry resumes; and unused military vehicles
https://shows.acast.com/early-edition/episodes/kinahan-snr-faces-no-charges-omagh-bombing-inquiry-resumes-a
Published: September 22, 2026 03:00
Kinahan cartel founder Christy Kinahan Snr is unlikely to face criminal charges unless new information emerges, The Irish Times has established.Dissident republican Colm Murphy āsat like a spider at the centre of the web of the plan to detonate a bomb inā¦
German Chanellor refuses to resign over state election results; Leaving Cert overhaul; and free hot school meals
https://shows.acast.com/early-edition/episodes/german-chanellor-refuses-to-resign-over-state-election-resul
Published: September 21, 2026 03:00
The German Chancellor Freidrich Merz has described state elections won by the far right AfD and the far left ā Die Linke, but he is refusing to resign.Housing Minister James Browne is continuing to push for a significant expansion of the Help to Buy schemeā¦
Tech giant tax should be āshared amongst EU countriesā; HSE productivity; and Eleanor Donaldson appeal
https://shows.acast.com/early-edition/episodes/tech-giant-tax-should-be-shared-amongst-eu-countries-hse-pro
Published: September 18, 2026 03:00
Irelandās tax receipts from tech giants should be redistributed amongst European countries, the French finance minister has told The Irish Times.Canadaās Prime Minister Mark Carney has described the aim of welcoming Canada as an āassociate memberā of theā¦
Metrolink economic growth; President Connolly in Scotland; and students keen on military careers
https://shows.acast.com/early-edition/episodes/metrolink-economic-growth-president-connolly-in-scotland-and
Published: September 17, 2026 03:00
Dublinās Metrolink project could pave the way for 77,000 additional homes along the route between Swords, Co. Dublin and Dartmouth Square.President Catherine Connolly is spending the second day of her official visit to Scotland in Glasgow, as she continuesā¦
Camo cocaine; updated Metrolink costs; Your clamping stories
https://shows.acast.com/early-edition/episodes/camo-cocaine-updated-metrolink-costs-your-clamping-stories
Published: September 16, 2026 02:00
Crime gangs are disguising cocaine as coal, paper and treacle to smuggle it into the State and are changing the genetics of cannabis plants to circumvent Irish drugs laws, the head of Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) has said.Updated cost projections for theā¦
Motorists donāt know annual running costs; land owners in the DaĆl; and AI shares nosedive
https://shows.acast.com/early-edition/episodes/motorists-dont-know-annual-running-costs-land-owners-in-the
Published: September 15, 2026 03:00
Most Irish drivers still have no idea just how much itās really costing every year, according to the Economic and Social Research Institute.An Irish Times investigation has found that the Minister for Agriculture, Martin Heydon, is the largest farmingā¦
Displaced in Belfast after the summer race riots; Row sparked over Donald Trumpās united Ireland comments
https://shows.acast.com/early-edition/episodes/displaced-in-belfast-after-the-summer-race-riots-row-sparked
Published: September 14, 2026 03:00
Authorities in Northern Ireland say they donāt know how many immigrant families displaced in the summer race riots in Belfast have been able to return home.The Irish Times looks at the fall out after Donald Trump said heās āloveā to see a unitedā¦
World Trade Centre attack 25 years on; and āthe Monkā son charged following extradition
https://shows.acast.com/early-edition/episodes/world-trade-centre-attack-25-years-on-and-the-monk-son-charg
Published: September 11, 2026 03:00
The attacks of September 11 were perpetrated 25 years ago today ushering a new era on which our correspondent Denis Staunton reflects.The European Unions foreign policy chief has told The Irish Times sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Banks wouldā¦
Four HSE regions to lose powers; 9/11; The Grand Tour reboot
https://shows.acast.com/early-edition/episodes/four-hse-regions-to-lose-powers-911-the-grand-tour-reboot
Published: September 10, 2026 02:00
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 euro, Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers has said.Of 12 teenagers before Dublin Childrenāsā¦
Clamping to end in Dublin city; Hospital incomes; IRFU hotel
https://shows.acast.com/early-edition/episodes/clamping-to-end-in-dublin-city-hospital-incomes-irfu-hotel
Published: September 9, 2026 02:00
Clamper vans will but disappear from Dublin city centre in whatās to be the biggest shake up in parking enforcement in almost 30 years.Hospital incomes have been hit by the move to public-only consultant contracts, notes a confidential HSE report seen byā¦
Rise in child poverty; Irelandās most prosperous town; and the Irish unity debate
https://shows.acast.com/early-edition/episodes/rise-in-child-poverty-irelands-most-prosperous-town-and-the
Published: September 8, 2026 03:00
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 Research Institute.Carrigaline, County Cork, has the lowest rate of commercial rental vacancies in Irelandā¦