# the-explainer - Saturday 11 January, 2020
We’re joined by two experts to discuss what went wrong and what we can learn from it.
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# the-explainer - Friday 3 January, 2020
Forecasting the weather is a complicated business, so this week on The Explainer we’re looking at how Met Éireann decides on whether a warning should be status yellow, orange, or red.
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# the-explainer - Friday 27 December, 2019
The team behind the podcast run through their favourite explanations from the past year.
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# the-explainer - Thursday 19 December, 2019
That’s what we’re asking in this week’s episode.
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# the-explainer - Friday 13 December, 2019
There is a lot to unpack about this momentuous election.
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# the-explainer - Friday 6 December, 2019
Where will it be built? How much will it cost? And why white-water rafting in the first place?
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# the-explainer - Tuesday 3 December, 2019
We are joined by Anton Savage this week as we look at the impact of Prince Andrew’s recent media appearances and friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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# the-explainer - Friday 22 November, 2019
It’s here in Ireland, and we look at why.
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# the-explainer - Friday 15 November, 2019
We take a look at the issues it has been having with its finances, and what it is planning to do about this.
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# the-explainer - Friday 8 November, 2019
Mr Justice Paul McDermott would have given careful consideration to the sentences imposed in this difficult case.
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# the-explainer - Sunday 3 November, 2019
The recent discovery of 39 bodies in a lorry in Essex has put the crisis back under the spotlight.
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# the-explainer - Friday 1 November, 2019
We look at the ‘push and pull’ factors and the deadly risks people are forced to take.
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# the-explainer - Thursday 24 October, 2019
We round it all up for you on the latest episode of our podcast.
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# the-explainer - Saturday 19 October, 2019
We look at how legislation passed in Westminster is set to change abortion laws in Northern Ireland.
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# the-explainer - Friday 18 October, 2019
We take a look at everything Brexit-related that happened this week, and what it all means.
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# the-explainer - Friday 11 October, 2019
We take a look at the charge
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# the-explainer - Thursday 3 October, 2019
Donald Trump is the fourth president to face impeachment proceedings – so what happens now?
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# the-explainer - Thursday 26 September, 2019
In the wake of the recent attack on Kevin Lunney, we look at what has been having in relation to the company.
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# the-explainer - Friday 20 September, 2019
We look at what chemsex is, and the role the drugs GHB and crystal meth play in it.
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# the-explainer - Friday 13 September, 2019
It’s a saga that has been rumbling on for years – but what exactly is it all about?
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# the-explainer - Friday 30 August, 2019
We speak to a food expert and a beef farmer who’s also a journalist.
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# the-explainer - Friday 23 August, 2019
In the wake of the release of Tom Humphries, there has been much discussion around the treatment of sex offenders post-release. We talk to two experts on this week’s episode.
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# the-explainer - Friday 16 August, 2019
And why haven’t we dug the entire Boyne Valley up to find more?
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# the-explainer - Thursday 8 August, 2019
This week on The Explainer podcast, we look at the backstop, and why it is such a major issue for Brexit.
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# the-explainer - Friday 26 July, 2019
We discuss the ruling that led to the shock decision on this week’s podcast.
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# the-explainer - Friday 19 July, 2019
Why did Lizzo tickets sell out so fast – and what’s happening with ticket reselling legislation?
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# the-explainer - Monday 15 July, 2019
And what can be done to fix the industry?
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# the-explainer - Friday 5 July, 2019
Ending a cycle of violence like this isn’t easy, and often requires a community-wide approach.
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# the-explainer - Friday 28 June, 2019
We look at the Patrick Nevin court case which saw him being found guilty of raping one woman and sexually assaulting another.
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# the-explainer - Friday 21 June, 2019
A look at the trial which found two 14-year-old boys guilty of the murder of teenager Ana Kriegel.
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# the-explainer - Sunday 16 June, 2019
Who was Sylva Tukula and what does her death mean for Ireland?
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# the-explainer - Friday 7 June, 2019
In this week’s episode, we take a look at why the win is being appealed, and how judging in boxing works.
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# the-explainer - Tuesday 4 June, 2019
Here’s what we learned after taking a dive into Healy-Rae history.
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# the-explainer - Friday 31 May, 2019
In this week’s episode, we take a look at one of Irish politics’ most interesting families: the Healy Raes.
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# the-explainer - Friday 24 May, 2019
Could an EU army be founded soon? And if so what would that mean for Ireland?
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# the-explainer - Monday 20 May, 2019
With a Supreme Court dominated by conservatives and a pro-life president, this type of shift in abortion legislation had been expected for some time – so what happens now?
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# the-explainer - Thursday 16 May, 2019
This week has seen a lot of discussion around abortion laws in the US state of Georgia and Alabama – but what is the situation countrywide?
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# the-explainer - Monday 13 May, 2019
In this week’s episode of our podcast The Explainer, we look at the evidence used in one of Ireland’s most prolific murder trials.
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# the-explainer - Tuesday 7 May, 2019
The legislation to underpin the medicinal cannabis scheme is due to be signed off on in the coming weeks.
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This will make it significantly less of a grey area in Irish law – and it could also herald the start of the Irish cannabis industry.
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