On today’s In The News episode Conor Pope, Irish Times consumer affairs correspondent, shares how romance scammers target vulnerable people to send them huge amounts of money. Listen wherever you get your podcasts | The Irish Times

One Irish woman in her 60s, who recently lost more than €291,000 through a sinister romance scam to a man who claimed to love and want to marry her, shared her experience with The Irish Times this week. On today’s In The News episode Conor Pope, Irish Times consumer affairs correspondent, shares the story of Mary* who has been left with huge debts, and potentially serious legal implications, after being financially exploited, and emotionally manipulated, by a man who called himself Donald. Liste

In The Irish Times this weekend: Sally Hayden in the Aida refugee camp, just outside of Bethlehem where a gym offers a ‘bridge between Ireland and Palestine’. Subscribe now to read The Irish Times exactly as it appears in print on ePaper. | The Irish Times

22K views · 154 reactions | #VIDEO In tomorrow's Irish Independent - read the fascinating newspaper reports on the events following Easter, 1916. Don't miss part 3 of the Centenary Papers - the Irish Independent as it was printed 100 years ago. Saturday's Irish Independent. #ItsYourWeekend | Irish Independent | Facebook

36K views · 304 reactions | #VIDEO Continuing this Saturday, re-live the events of the 1916 Rising with the Irish Independent’s ‘Centenary Papers’ – a commemorative collection of the most important newspapers at that time, exactly as they were published one hundred years ago. In Part Two, free this Saturday, read the fascinating newspaper reports of the events following Easter, 1916. Saturday's Irish Independent. #ItsYourWeekend. | Irish Independent | Facebook

Mark O’Connell outlines this week's column, in which he highlights the rise of 'AI slop' and a new podcasting network entirely 'staffed' by AI bots. Read more: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/09/28/mark-oconnell-there-is-too-much-content-too-much-culture-and-thats-just-the-stuff-made-by-us-humans/ | The Irish Times

5K views · 21 reactions | As the first anniversary of the Dublin riots approaches, Harry McGee asks what impact will immigration and the rise of the far-right have on the election? #GE2024 #Election2024 | The Irish Times | Facebook

4.1K views · 66 comments | US election explained: Could the abortion debate decide the US presidency?  Opinion polls consistently show a clear majority of Americans support abortion rights and the issue has galvanised voters across the country | The Irish Times | Facebook