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• Why is Enoch Burke back in the news - and what's different this time?

  Enoch Burke is, yet again, back in Mountjoy Prison, but this time, the legal stakes for him and his family have risen dramatically. After weeks of chaotic scenes in the Four Courts, a High Court judge has not only ordered the teacher’s return to prison but has also directed the Attorney General to consider criminal contempt charges against him, his mother, and two of his siblings. The Journal's FactCheck editor Stephen McDermott joins us to unravel the latest developments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• How did drones look to target Zelenskyy's plane over the Irish Sea?

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy paid his first official visit to Ireland this week. As his plane was flying towards Dublin Airport late on Monday night, four unidentified military-style drones breached a no-fly zone and flew towards his flight path. But where did the drones come from? How close did they get to Zelenskyy’s plane? And what does it say about Ireland’s capacity to deal with this kind of security incident? We're joined by the The Journal’s News Correspondent Niall O’Connor who broke this story earlier today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• What's behind the taxi protests gridlocking Dublin?

  Taxi drivers have held several demonstrations in Dublin city centre over recent weeks that have caused gridlock traffic in the capital. The target of their annoyance is a new fixed rate option that was recently introduced on the Uber app. How does the fixed fare option compare with the taxi app's previous offerings or with paying by the traditional meter? And how has Uber responded to complaints about the new feature? We're joined this week by The Journal reporter Andrew Walsh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• What did the world actually agree to at COP30?

  After two weeks of fraught negotiations in Belem, Brazil, COP30 reached a fragile agreement that triples adaptation finance but fails to chart a course for the phasing out of fossil fuels. With the United States absent and the EU finding itself increasingly isolated, the summit served as a reality check for what the future of climate cooperation might look like. We're joined this week by Diarmuid Torney, associate professor in the School of Law and Government at DCU and Director of the university's Institute for Climate and Society, to examine what was agreed, what was lost, and where the world goes from here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Why do children go missing so often from Tusla care?

  New data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act shows a pattern of repeated disappearances from Ireland’s State-run residential centres, with some young people going missing dozens of times every year. What does it mean for a child in Tusla’s care to have gone missing? Why are these figures so high? And what does it say about Ireland’s care system? We’re joined by Patricia Devlin, investigative journalist at The Journal Investigates Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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