The Explainer

This summer, The Journal is releasing a six-part series of The Explainer podcast through Irish, focusing on some of the biggest stories affecting the language and the Gaeltacht areas. This week, we are taking a look at artificial intelligence and Irish.

Cloistear faoi bhogearraí intleachta shaorga cosúil le Chatgpt agus Anthropic go minic. Ach i gcomhthéacs na Gaeilge, tá an intleacht shaorga anois mar chuid den phlean dhigiteach an rialtais agus stráitéis intleachta shaorga á chur i bhfeidhm ag Údarás na Gaeltachta. Tá an eagraíócht stát ag iarriadh go ndéanfaí forbairt ar chumas an intleachta shaorga an Ghaeilge a thuiscint ionas nach mbeidh sí fágtha ar an trá fholamh sa reabhlóid digiteach atá ag teacht inár dtreo. Ach cén tionchar a bheidh ag an intleacht shaorga ar earnáil na Gaeilge agus an teanga í féin? Tá Maitiú Ó Coimín, iriseori le Tuairisc, ar an bpodchraoladh chun é seo a phlé.

Tá tacaíocht á fháil ag Beartas Gaeltachta The Journal ón Scéim Tuairiscithe ar Dhaonlathas Áitiúil / The Journal’s Gaeltacht initiative is supported by the Local Democracy Reporting Scheme.
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Last autumn, the old Joint Policing Committees were replaced with new Local Community Safety Partnerships. All 36 are now up and running, and the first public meetings are happening. Are they any more open than the structure they replaced, and are they actually making communities safer? This week, The Journal's Eoghan Dalton takes stock of what's working, what's stalling, and what still needs to be proved. Our reporting of the new Local Community Safety Partnerships is supported by the Local Democracy Reporting Scheme. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For decades, George Gibney was one of the biggest names in Irish swimming. The 77-year-old was convicted this week of 40 counts of sexually abusing four girls in the 1970s and 80s, after an 11-day trial at the Central Criminal Court. The Journal's Jane Moore takes us inside the courtroom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ireland has taken over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, but does that mean we're suddenly in charge of Europe? Over the next six months, Ireland will have to broker deals among 27 governments on some thorny issues, from a contested €2 trillion budget to big tech regulation and children's online safety, all while holding onto our traditional stance on military neutrality. We're joined by Barry Colfer, director of research at the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA), to examine what Ireland's EU presidency actually entails, and what it means for us at home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you're caught speeding in Ireland, you'd be forgiven for assuming a fine and penalty points are all but inevitable. But a new investigation by The Journal Investigates has found that almost one in every two speeding cases before the District Courts doesn't result in a conviction. we're joined by Patricia Devlin, journalist with The Journal Investigates.

Patricia’s reporting on this topic was supported by the Courts Reporting Scheme.
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