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Early Edition — 168 episodes

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Sex abuser Michael Shine; and Russian technology being used by three state agencies

2

Exports to Russia; the murder of Jamey Carney; and Montenegro’s application to join the EU

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Deportation flights; 'rough sex' defence; Australia; 'book-handling' in Berlin

4

Iran trades blows with the US; and massive gun stash linked to Polish crime gang in Ireland

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Violent pornography ban; GAA World Games; and Yellow weather warnings for heat

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Airstrikes on Iran; Dublin man sentenced for murder in Hungary

7

Road deaths; water leakages; artists' privacy concerns; tech tips for your holidays

8

Black-listed gambling sites; Sinn Féin's merch profits; Returning emigrants

9

George Gibney found guilty of historic sex abuse; and wildfires rage across southern Europe

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Community healthcare waiting lists; smuggling of wood soaked in liquid cocaine; and JD gift cards reissued

11

Aughinish Alumina exports to Russia; and customers to be offered human interaction on bank calls

12

Parnell Square attacker found guilty; EU presidency begins; and return to work mandates “narcissistic”

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Metrolink agency; Spend like it's the 90s; Best new shows in July

14

Aughinish Alumina; Unsafe vapes; World Cup hydration breaks

15

Fuel excise cuts to be phased out; Russian signal jamming of planes; competitive socialising

16

It's not a heatwave; Women of the revolution; Veronica Guerin; USA's 250th birthday

17

Harris meets finance influencers; the three day abortion wait; and the hottest day ever?

18

Heatwave chaos in Europe; and the extradition of US millionaire Jason Cardiff

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Jeffrey Donaldson guilty verdict; new legislation on dog breeding; and heatwave weather warning

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Iran peace talks; shared island rail funding; Caolan Robertson: the social media reporter in Ukraine

21

Iran peace deal; jury deliberations in the case against Jeffrey Donaldson

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An Post CEO pay row; EU Gaza blame game; thanking bus drivers

23

The Dead Zoo; Social media ban; Best EVs under €25k; Wigan Kebab with Irish curry sauce

24

Iran war peace deal; the IRA murder of Terrence McKeever; a thrilling All-Ireland football championship

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Threat of industrial unrest; survivors of abuse by Bill Kenneally; the rise of Gianni Infantino

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Doctors and private practice; our oil reserves; Aughinish Alumina; Intel's turnaround

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Parnell Square stabbing trial; Ireland’s ageing population; Children’s reading and maths skills

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Anti immigration protests in Belfast; Canadian PM's Mayo visit; relocating flood prone communities

29

Sentencing of Sean McGovern; should Ireland consider nuclear energy?

30

Concerns over staffing in An Garda Síochána; the rise of ‘free births’ in Ireland

31

The Russian oligarch believed to control Aughinish Alumina; supermarket turf war

32

Lidl warns government; Trump's UFC ring; Shergar; Rotunda row reaction

33

Car scrappage scheme; Rotunda Hospital; Leaving Cert; Space X; Big feet blues

34

Jeffrey Donaldson trial; rise in arson attacks on council houses

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Irish visas for Russians; ADHD and addiction; reckoning for dating apps

36

Naval service names online; wind farm objections; most annoying phrases

37

Is Sinn Féin still seen as left wing? New anti-drone technology for the defence forces

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Kyne and Ennis elected to the Dáil; HSE waiting lists; the trial of Jeffrey Donaldson

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Polls open in byelections; Paul Rudd on filming in Dublin; Under the Hawthorn Tree

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Meta job losses; RTÉ salary row; more registered voters that residents in some areas

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Dodgy boxes; more flotilla boats set for Gaza intercepted; What happened to Yves Sakilas

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Tobacco lobbyists; sexually abusive homes; A.I. in schools

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Irregular betting on by election; bodyguards to protect special care staff

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Dublin Central by election; trouble for Kier Starmer; Trump in Beijing

45

Ballooning national debt, women and cycling, and Patrick Freyne’s ‘history of sexy tellly’

46

Four to a bed, Keir Starmer, one-off housing, and ice Hockey in Dublin?

47

Ambulance strike; guns ordered off the dark web; and falling overseas holiday bookings

48

Derelict city council properties, Louth sisters in Miami plastic surgery, and the richest man in the Seanad?

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Narrow lead for FG in by election poll; Passengers who disembarked cruise ship after hantavirus outbreak

50

Asylum seekers posing as children; peace negotiations over Iran; billion dollar TV series’

51

Katie Simpson murder review; replaceable batteries in electric devices

52

Money laundering cases surge; British King Charles III likely to visit Ireland and the case for electric HGVs

53

Gaza flotilla dispersed; the New IRA's threat; and the price of Kerrygold

54

Pregnant rough sleepers, autism charity controversy, and a seagull screeching competition

55

Hutch assets frozen in Spain, Dublin link to Icelandic murder-suicide pact, and Seán Moncrieff is blessèd amongst women

56

Ukraine’s ‘grandad’ soldiers; bookmakers allowing bets on National Lottery numbers

57

Fallout from Washington shooting; new details on killing of notorious Dublin criminal

58

By-elections in Dublin and Galway, Homelessness; and potential strike action

59

Crime and drug deaths in Dublin's southwest inner city, cost rental homes, and Chris O'Dowd's GAA career

60

Kinahan to be tried on single charge, school patronage, and the Michael Jackson biopic

61

Government spending; Daniel Kinahan; Hibernians, former UCD footballers in China

62

US war planes in Irish airspace; prison overcrowding; home heating costs; human connection in medicine

63

Fianna Fáil leadership; electricity prices; unfair dismissal against X; 1926 census records

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Gas price warning, Taoiseach under pressure, and broke Floyd Mayweather

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Government survives confidence vote; fuel prices; basic income for artists, traveller’s community

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Gardaí cracking down on protests; fuel cuts to kick in; National Museum storage; job losses and AI

67

Government fuel support, consumer complaints figures and Rory McIlroy is The Masters champion again

68

Fuel protests; proposed ban on disposable vapes; seven wonders of Ireland

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Third day of fuel protests, gambling tipster faces questions, and AI coming for Irish white collar jobs

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99 days of petrol reserves, heightened terror alert, and family finances after separation

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Inland Fisheries spent €60,000 on communications, Children in care and protests at rising fuel costs

72

Valerie’s law, mortgages, oil shocks, and French wine going to waste

73

Data centres, dogfighting Air Corps, dodgy boxes, and gold mining in the north

74

U.S. military aircraft in Europe, severe weather in 2025 and treatment of patients at Bloomfield Hospital

75

Cash missing from Garda stations, mortgage approval figures and Israeli forces in southern Lebanon

76

National Concert Hall, auto-enrolment pensions and children’s mental health waiting lists

77

Heartbreak for Ireland in Prague, an unfinished housing development in Co Tipperary and delays to the Covid Evaluation

78

Where are Martina and Ammi Burke, modular homes, and World Cup playoff in Prague

79

Rogue dentists, presidential pardons, and hogging the overtaking lanes

80

Russian arms manufacturing, cost of living measures and driving test delays

81

Rising seas, the cost of living, and replacing stolen bicycles

82

Energy prices surge, the government considers measures to help and AI in the workplace

83

Gardaí searching for couple ordered to demolish their house, Gerry Adams in court and Ireland’s carbon budget goal

84

Micheál Martin at the Oval Office, US investment in Ireland and the tricolour in a United Ireland

85

Iran war displaces millions, homelessness in Dublin and the new Elvis Presley movie

86

Taoiseach in Washington D.C., cost of living abroad and what’s the problem with virtue signalling?

87

Flooding trauma, new powers for Naval Service, and Atlanta Hawks’ strip club controversy

88

Nudification apps aren’t banned, Iran school bombing, and the Luas torched in Dublin riots

89

Rising energy costs, the Kinahan gang, and British military veterans open to troubles era charges

90

Iranian regime chooses a new leader, fatalities on Ireland’s roads, and the cost of Storm Chandra

91

Iran strikes intensify, a report into a dentist who defrauded the HSE and Six Nations returns

92

'Price gouging' oil companies, scrambler ban, and Jessie Buckley's 'problematic' dislike of cats

93

Evacuating Irish from Middle East, energy prices, retrofits and a 'good Irish death'

94

US strikes continue in Iran, microchipped dogs, and Irish language revival

95

Iran, income scams and justice for people convicted under historic anti-gay laws

96

DCC new building, University of Galway arts cuts, and Hilary Clinton Epstein deposition

97

Mike Gaine murder, transport police, Botox and the next GAA president

98

New deal for Defence Forces, special needs assistants, and gang related merchandise

99

Four years of war in Ukraine, learner driver believed to have killed 16-year-old in Navan, and Peter Madelson arrested

100

Facial recognition cameras, workers believe they are underpaid, the killing of a Mexican drug lord

101

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor released from police custody, Judge speaks out against Tusla and a lookahead to Ireland vs England

102

Uber in Ireland, ChatGPT caricature trend, the multinationals propping up the economy

103

Irish tech in Russian drones, the infinite scroll, crypto for cars

104

Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob, dozens of dangerous incidents in the Defence Forces and ideas for Pancake Tuesday

105

Overcrowded prisons, Long Covid financial support ending and Bondi Beach suspect appears in court

106

Ice flights through Shannon, parental child abductions, Big Tech's scam ads profits

107

Undocumented Irish, laptop shortages and replacing Prince Albert in Leinster House

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Special rapporteur for child protection hasn't reported since 2022, and today's other top stories

109

Number of Gardaí suspended last year doubled, and todays other top stories

110

Ireland's bidding system for buying homes is pushing up prices, and today's other top stories

111

Sever weather warnings issued for 18 counties, and today's other top stories

112

Landlord ‘traumatised’ after tenants left him €20k in arrears, and today's other top stories

113

Gerry Adams civil case reaches London court, and today's other top stories

114

Clintons to testify at Epstein investigation, and today's other top stories

115

Taoiseach urges caution over standing up to Donald Trump, and today's other top stories.

116

Fresh weather warnings for heavy rain, and today's other top stories

117

Counties affected by flooding brace for more rain, and today's other top stories

118

More mortgages secured last year than in any year since 2008, and today's other top stories

119

Cabinet to approve Patrick's Day White House plans, and today's other top stories

120

Why so many young people denying the holocaust?

121

Zelensky slams Europe's 'inaction' in Davos

122

Donald Trump claims "really good deal" done over Greenland, and today's other top stories

123

Trump's speech in Davos amid chaos over Greenland, and today's other top stories.

124

Garda who assaulted his wife was 'allowed to flourish' in An Garda Síochána

125

Surge in Irish deportations from United States, and today's other top stories

126

Trans school pupils have right for their preferred pronouns to be used, and todays other top stories

127

West Dublin data centre consumes energy equivalent of 200k homes, and today's other top stories

128

Children waiting years for medical assessments, and todays other top stories

129

The ironic MAGA hat sported by Greenlanders, and today's other top stories

130

Vulnerable, evicted, and facing homelessness at 70, and today's other top stories

131

Key vote on the EU's Mercosur trade deal and overcrowded hospitals, today's top stories

132

US spy planes over Ireland during seizure of tanker, and today's other top stories

133

AI threat to professional jobs, a huge climate target miss and holiday booking woes

134

Botox warning, Maduro in court and more asylum seekers go home voluntarily

135

Workplace accidents on the rise, and a Government intervention in the Dublin Airport passenger cap debate

136

Measures to track submarines in Irish waters, and our other top stories on New Years Day

137

Road deaths reach highest toll in a decade, and today's other top stories.

138

Ukraine denies attacking Putin's residence, and todays other top stories.

139

Drummer from The Script is landlord of mould-ridden garden home, and today's other top stories

140

Irish judges face abusive behaviour at the Four Courts, and today's other top stories

141

Most common scams catching Irish people out, and Corinna Hardgrave's restaurant oscars

142

Whistleblower reveals mistreatment at Dublin hospital, and no smoking gun in Jim Gavin report

143

Fears of increased risk to Jewish community in Ireland, and today’s other top stories

144

Bondi Beach attack latest, and today's other top stories

145

Daniel Aruebose inquiry upgraded to homicide, and other top stories today

146

Heightened risk from hostile actors, and Patrick Freyne on Meghan Markle festive special

147

Elon Musk taking Comisiún na Meán to court, and today’s other top stories

148

Apartment prices out of reach, Kenova report, and should you buy a Christmas present for your child’s teacher?

149

Offaly murder victims named, e-scooters, the M50 and Christmas culture wars

150

Suspected Russian drones off Howth coast, and today's other top stories.

151

Irish-trained mercenaries in Russia, and today's other top stories from the Irish Times

152

Taxi protests, juggling work and sick days, and the best cars to buy in 2026

153

Zelenskiy in Ireland, President Connolly's 2018 Syria trip, Herzog Park, and 12 best value restaurants

154

Creaking infrastructure, playoff in Prague, learning Irish again, and Christmas prep

155

Flag wars, Enoch Burke, rent rises, and the Irish Book Awards

156

Clondalkin attack likened to Mexican cartels, and IP applicants sleep rough to "demonstrate homelessness"

157

Ireland ‘flying blind’ financially, and a new name for Dublin Airport?

158

Defence Forces Tribunal demands names, and nursing homes want immigration rules relaxed

159

Peter McVerry Trust’s peacock enclosure, and Ireland to face Czechia in World Cup playoff

160

Alert over Russian spy ship, and No Comment from Kneecap

161

Paschal Donohoe departs, and is it worth buying a battery to store electricity?

162

A ‘distressing’ child abduction case and winter arrives early

163

Ireland's famous win and Miss Piggy gets the Barbie treatment

164

Remembering murdered Irishman John Mackey and the latest housing plan unveiled

165

Children ‘harassed’ in Citywest and turkey prices to rise this Christmas

166

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

167

Connolly's presidency begins and a dispute over the meaning of 'fast food'

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