{"podcast":{"title":"Early Edition","slug":"early-edition-7571837","podcast_index_feed_id":7571837,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/690b5df3317c91fd9a7765c9","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/early-edition","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/690b5df3317c91fd9a7765c9/1774994909786-adee17e6-73fb-4b2f-a361-6c5118b0a653.jpeg","author":"The Irish Times","episode_count":171,"summary":"A morning news update from The Irish Times. Our top stories five days a week. Produced in association with MSD. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T12:17:47.409486+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/early-edition-7571837"},"episode":{"title":"Jeffrey Donaldson guilty verdict; new legislation on dog breeding; and heatwave weather warning","slug":"jeffrey-donaldson-guilty-verdict-new-legislation-on-dog-breeding-and-heatwave-weather-warning","published_at":"2026-06-23T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/early-edition-7571837/jeffrey-donaldson-guilty-verdict-new-legislation-on-dog-breeding-and-heatwave-weather-warning","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/early-edition-7571837","url":"https://shows.acast.com/early-edition/episodes/jeffrey-donaldson-guilty-verdict-new-legislation-on-dog-bree","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/690b5df3317c91fd9a7765c9/e/6a397f0a77b7df8c66f4ac6f/media.mp3","summary":"The former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been told by a judge to expect a lengthy prison sentence after he was convicted of all 18 sex abuse counts, including the rape of a woman when she was in primary school. The UK will get a new Prime Minister following the announcement by Kier Starmer that he is to stand down. Our political editor Pat Leahy says he improved the relationship between the UK and Ireland. There is new legislation being proposed on dog breading to include a requirement that prospective buyers are shown a puppy’s biological mother on-site, and banning animals being handed over in car parks. Met Éirann has issues a yellow weather warning as a heatwave sweeps across Europe.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been told by a judge to expect a lengthy prison sentence after he was convicted of all 18 sex abuse counts, in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":699,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/early-edition-7571837/episodes/jeffrey-donaldson-guilty-verdict-new-legislation-on-dog-breeding-and-heatwave-weather-warning/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/early-edition-7571837/jeffrey-donaldson-guilty-verdict-new-legislation-on-dog-breeding-and-heatwave-weather-warning.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}