# the-explainer - Friday 23 September, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
Our reporter Garreth MacNamee joins us to look at how months of intense targeting by international police organisations has impacted the Kinahan Organised Crime Group.
# the-explainer - Tuesday 20 September, 2022
# In The Weeds
# In The Weeds
Reporter Anthea Lacchia and campaigner James Walsh tell Susan Daly about how almost all councils are still using pesticides.
# the-explainer - Thursday 15 September, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
We speak to media consultant and former Sky News reporter Enda Brady explains.
# the-explainer - Friday 9 September, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
Listen in to hear Christina Finn and Alan Corr explain more.
# the-explainer - Thursday 1 September, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
Listen in to hear US-based journalist Marion McKeone explain.
# the-explainer - Tuesday 30 August, 2022
# Holy Land
# Holy Land
Noteworthy’s Maria Delaney tells Susan Daly about how over €90 million worth of properties were sold.
# the-explainer - Friday 26 August, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
Listen in to hear epidemiologist Dr Kathleen O’Reilly explain what it might mean.
# the-explainer - Thursday 11 August, 2022
# The Explainer
# The Explainer
Over 100 cases have now been reported in Ireland.
# the-explainer - Wednesday 3 August, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
Listen in to hear from Love Island expert, podcaster Orlaith Condon.
# the-explainer - Thursday 28 July, 2022
# The Explainer
# The Explainer
This week we discussed how different a possible recession could look compared to the post-2008 downturn.
# the-explainer - Thursday 21 July, 2022
# The Explainer
# The Explainer
How frequent will heatwaves become, and how quickly can we turn the tide?
# the-explainer - Friday 15 July, 2022
# Explainer
# Explainer
Listen in to hear public transport expert Brian Caulfield of Trinity College Dublin explain.
# the-explainer - Saturday 9 July, 2022
# Factory Farm
# Factory Farm
Noteworthy’s Niall Sargent and journalist Ella McSweeney tell Susan Daly about concerns over the cross-border poultry manure trade.
# the-explainer - Thursday 7 July, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
Listen in to our interview with Daragh Cassidy of Bonkers.ie to find out more.
# the-explainer - Saturday 2 July, 2022
# The Explainer
# The Explainer
The landmark decision means Americans no longer have a constitutional right to abortion.
# the-explainer - Thursday 30 June, 2022
# Explainer
# Explainer
Listen in to our interview with Dr David Kenny of Trinity College School of Law to find out more.
# the-explainer - Tuesday 21 June, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
On this week’s episode, former army officer Tom Clonan talks to Michelle Hennessy about how the European Union’s defence strategy is evolving.
# the-explainer - Wednesday 8 June, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
Our columnist Larry Donnelly talks to Michelle Hennessy about gun laws in the USA this week on the podcast.
# the-explainer - Friday 27 May, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
Unsure what Sláintecare is? Listen in to hear Liam Doran explain to presenter Michelle Hennessy.
# the-explainer - Thursday 19 May, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
Listen to find out some of the surprising reasons why.
# the-explainer - Thursday 12 May, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
Listen in to be brought up to speed about the weekend’s seismic election result.
# the-explainer - Thursday 5 May, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
The Good Information Project has been looking at the fight against misinfo and disinfo, and this week on the podcast we’re taking a look at how factchecking and how it works.
# the-explainer - Thursday 28 April, 2022
# The Explainer
# The Explainer
Listen to hear what reporter Céimin Burke saw while reporting from the Polish-Ukrainian border last week.
# the-explainer - Friday 22 April, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
Listen to hear what Dr Raymond Flynn of Queen’s University Belfast has to say about the topic.
# the-explainer - Thursday 14 April, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
Listen to expert Professor Ray Murphy of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway explain.
# the-explainer - Thursday 7 April, 2022
# The Explainer
# The Explainer
Listen here for a discussion on how interest sa Ghaeilge is flourishing, and how the State can harness that.
# the-explainer - Friday 25 March, 2022
# Cost Of Living
# Cost Of Living
The disruption to the supply of wheat and other grains will affect other agri-products, Teagasc explained to The Journal.
# the-explainer - Thursday 24 March, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused disruptions to global wheat supplies, which in turn has caused prices to surge. Russia also produces a significant proportion of the key ingredients in fertilisers.
# the-explainer - Wednesday 16 March, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
Listen here to find out from cyberpsychology researcher and lecturer Dr Nicola Fox Hamilton.
# the-explainer - Saturday 5 March, 2022
# Silent Treatment
# Silent Treatment
Noteworthy’s Maria Delaney tells Susan Daly about the chaotic state of services through people’s experiences.
# the-explainer - Thursday 3 March, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
Listen here to find out how life is on the ground for people living in Ukraine, and those who have crossed the border.
# the-explainer - Monday 21 February, 2022
# Audio
# Audio
Noteworthy’s Anthea Lacchia and An Taisce’s Elaine McGoff tell Susan Daly about how arterial drainage works are changing our waterways.
# the-explainer - Saturday 19 February, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
Listen here to find out how external forces helped spread these trucker protests across Canada – and around the world.
# the-explainer - Tuesday 15 February, 2022
# Childcare
# Childcare
Noteworthy’s Peter McGuire and Professor Mathias Urban tell Susan Daly about the challenges facing Ireland’s childcare system.
# the-explainer - Friday 11 February, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
Listen in to hear what it has to do with inflation – and what inflation is – on this week’s podcast.
# the-explainer - Thursday 3 February, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
We speak to Orla O’Connor, director of the National Women’s Council of Ireland to get a sense of what more can be done – from the courts to domestic abuse services – but how ultimately there are no quick fixes.
# the-explainer - Friday 28 January, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
Listen in to hear behavioural scientist Pete Lunn and immunologist Christine Loscher give us the latest info and research on the reopening.
# the-explainer - Thursday 20 January, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
Click to listen to a GP, a paramedic, an emergency medicine consultant, and the head of an intensive care unit talk about how our hospitals are coping with the Omicron wave.
# the-explainer - Thursday 13 January, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
Click to listen to our interview with former Kazakhstan resident, and expert in post-Soviet countries, professor Donnacha Ó Beacháin.
# the-explainer - Saturday 8 January, 2022
# The Explainer
# The Explainer
Can we say for definite now that Omicron is milder than other variants?
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