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In The News

In The News

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. Hosted by Sorcha Pollak and Conor Pope.

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1,092 episodesEN

Show overview

In The News has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 1,092 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 430 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 21 min and 26 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language News & Politics show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 96 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 276 episodes published. Published by [email protected].

Episodes
1,092
Running
2021–2026 · 5y
Median length
24 min
Cadence
Near-daily

From the publisher

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.

Keir Starmer is clinging on to power but for how long?

May 12, 202619 min

How a Carlow garden centre left buyers millions out of pocket

May 12, 202622 min

How money laundering has become big business in Ireland

May 11, 202623 min

How PSNI botched Katie Simpson murder investigation

May 8, 202622 min

Iran war: what a deal could look like - and why Trump blinked first

May 7, 202632 min

What do sky-high jet fuel prices mean for travellers?

May 6, 202622 min

A suspected murder-suicide in Iceland with an Irish connection

May 5, 202617 min

A sick man: DJ Carey and his cancer con

May 4, 202651 min

Inside the Kinahan cartel’s secret phone chats: ‘Nobody is stopping until they’re all dead’

May 2, 202641 min

Dire reviews and controversy: Why the Michael Jackson movie broke box-office records

May 1, 202627 min

Car bombs and hijackings: Why two attacks show the New IRA hasn’t gone away

Apr 30, 202628 min

Why Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch wants to swap Lanzarote for Leinster House

Apr 29, 202629 min

After the 'feis-fixing' scandal, has Irish dancing cleaned up its act?

Apr 28, 202631 min

The surprising reason criminal Robbie Lawlor may have been murdered

Apr 27, 202620 min

Devastation in Lebanon as Israel's 'yellow line' leaves huge numbers displaced

Apr 24, 202627 min

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor: the lifestyle that led the former prince astray and endangered the royal family's future

Apr 24, 202624 min

What evidence will form the case against Daniel Kinahan?

Apr 23, 202621 min

Will the Peter Mandelson scandal bring down Keir Starmer?

Apr 22, 202626 min

The surprising source of Ireland's cannabis

Apr 21, 202620 min

How Ireland’s top betting tipster promoted a black market gambling site

Apr 20, 202626 min
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