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EPISODE · Nov 12, 2025 · 7 MIN

The growing problem of porn addiction and a plot twist in a corporate rift

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Early Edition is a new podcast from The Irish Times, bringing you four of our top stories in under ten minutes each morning from Monday to Friday.On today’s episode:There’s a plot twist in the row between DAA, which runs Dublin and Cork airports, and its CEO Kenny Jacobs over a €1m exit deal. Current affairs editor, Arthur Beesley breaks it down.There’s been a sharp increase in the number of Irish men seeking treatment for porn addiction. A leading psychiatrist speaks to health correspondent Shauna Bowers.From today, physical boarding passes are a thing of the past on Ryanair flights. Conor Pope says you must use your smartphone to avoid a €55 charge.And London correspondent Mark Paul contemplates accents, as his Dublin-born children begin to speak like their English friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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