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Early Edition

Early Edition

By: The Irish Times
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A morning news update from The Irish Times. Our top stories five days a week.

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The Irish Times
Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Heartbreak for Ireland in Prague, an unfinished housing development in Co Tipperary and delays to the Covid Evaluation
    Mar 27 2026

    Ireland won’t progress in the World Cup qualifiers and won’t be in America this summer after losing to the Czech Republic on penalties.


    The Olympic Federation of Ireland has given its support to an International Olympic Committee’s decision to ban transgender women from female events at the Games.


    The Irish Times visits a housing development in County Tipperary which has laid unfinished for nearly 20 years.


    Two banks took out judgement mortgages against the house demolished in Co. Meath this week.


    Bereaved families of residents who died in care homes during the Covid-19 pandemic say they’re frustrated at delays to the Covid Evaluation.

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    7 mins
  • Where are Martina and Ammi Burke, modular homes, and World Cup playoff in Prague
    Mar 26 2026

    Three weeks after a judge ordered their arrest and committal to prison, Martina and Ammi Burke have still not been located and jailed. They were found guilty of contempt of court in the High Court on the 4th of March - over their conduct during a February hearing relating to Enoch Burke.


    The cost of fuel on forecourts around the country has started to fall reflecting the excise cuts to petrol and diesel. But our price watch editor Conor Pope has identified significant variations depending on where you are in the country.


    Terms such as “prefab” and “rapid build” should be avoided when discussing “modern methods of construction” for housing in order to counter negative perceptions of its use, according to research funded by the State’s Housing Agency.


    Thousands of Ireland fans have touched down in Prague ahead of tonight's World Cup playoff. Jack Power has been chatting to some who've landed in the Czech captial ahead of the game.


    Presented by Aideen Finnegan.

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    9 mins
  • Rogue dentists, presidential pardons, and hogging the overtaking lanes
    Mar 25 2026

    An unregistered dentist was offering patients treatments, including X-rays, in the sittingroom of a Dublin apartment, the Irish Dental Council has said.


    The State will no longer issue pardons for people convicted by the British-controlled justice system, writes the Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan.


    Children are being groomed into criminality from the age of six in deprived areas where “there is an endless supply” of youths to serve the drugs trade, a report by the Irish Penal Reform Trust has found.


    A man has appealed for help in finding a car stolen from outside his family’s Dublin home, the loss of which has led to a “massive” and unwelcome routine change for his son who has special needs.


    Is there an element of motorway driving that grinds your gears? John in Dublin 2 is glad people hog the overtaking lanes on motorways because it makes him feel like he has his own personal bus lane.


    Presented by Aideen Finnegan.


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    10 mins
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