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5 days ago

Andrew Tate: Heidi Blake Investigates

A major new investigation in The New Yorker examines the world of Andrew and Tristan Tate, their online empire, the criminal allegations they face, and the extraordinary network of political, media, and online influence that has grown around them. Journalist Heidi Blake joins Pat.

5 days ago

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18 min
1 day ago

Eva Gore-Booth

Featuring: Dr Sonja Tiernan, National Coordinator of the Irish Humanities Alliance, Royal Irish Academy, and the author of ‘Eva Gore-Booth: An Image of Such Politics’ and ‘Eva Gore-Booth: Irish Radical Poet, Rebel and Reformer’; Dr Mary McAuliffe, historian, lecturer, and Director of Gender Studies at UCD; and Dr Catherine Healy, historian-in-residence at EPIC, The Irish Emigration Museum.

1 day ago

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52 min
10 Jun

Mussolini and Fascist Italy

In this episode, we look at Mussolini and Fascist Italy in myth and memory and explore the regime through the eyes of Mussolini's daughter Edda, once described as the most dangerous woman in Europe. Featuring: Prof Paul Corner, University of Siena, and author Caroline Moorehead.

10 Jun

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49 min
2 days ago

Episode 12: A Dropped Pin

Today, the jury watched Riad Bouchaker’s final garda interview, during which he was confronted with more CCTV footage and some forensic evidence. He was told about the injuries suffered by the children and childcare worker Leanne Flynn, and it was put to him that he was in his full mind when he attacked them.

2 days ago

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16 min
3 days ago

Episode 11: If Only They Helped Me

Today, the jury watched more Garda interviews with Riad Bouchaker. They heard him repeatedly claim he wasn’t in his right mind on the day of the alleged attack. He said the decision to refuse him social welfare made him mad and go into ‘blackout’. He also repeatedly expressed his relief and gratitude that nobody died.

3 days ago

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15 min
1 day ago

Episode 13: Lifelong and life-limiting

The prosecution’s final witnesses were called today, including a forensic scientist who examined the knife Riad Bouchaker is alleged to have used. The jurors also heard medical evidence from the doctors who treated Leanne Flynn and the most seriously injured child – a 5 year old girl.

1 day ago

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15 min
5 days ago

Sunday Papers Review

Pat reviews the latest stories with Gabija Gataveckaite, BBC Dublin Correspondent

5 days ago

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14 min
17 Jun

Episode 7: Pulseless

Day six of the trial heard from the first responders who arrived at the scene of the alleged knife attack. An experienced consultant said he’d never seen anything like it. The first paramedic to treat the most seriously injured child took the stand; as well as a doctor who rushed to the scene when she heard what had happened. There was also more eyewitness testimony, including from the man who grabbed the knife from the accused, Riad Bouchaker.

17 Jun

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23 min
6 days ago

Parnell’s Legacy: Disruptor, reformer, enigma

Broadcasting from the stunning surroundings of Avondale, Co. Wicklow for the first stop of Newstalk’s Summer Tour 2026, Pat is joined by historian Patrick Geoghegan to explore the life and legacy of Charles Stewart Parnell.

6 days ago

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15 min
4 days ago

Episode 10: I Didn’t Want to Kill

Today, the jury was shown a video recording of Riad Bouchaker’s first interview with gardai. Throughout the interview, he repeatedly asks the detectives questioning him if they know that he’s sick. And at one point, he tells them he forgets “everything.”

4 days ago

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10 min

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