{"podcast":{"title":"In The News","slug":"in-the-news-4008521","podcast_index_feed_id":4008521,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/b2fb5f0b-0ce7-4e5c-b6e0-9b1febd06aea","website_url":"https://www.irishtimes.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61409400444fd9068ff27e5f/1767177794884-20c1be6d-99c9-4c2a-8d6b-ad074c095fb1.jpeg","author":"dconlon@irishtimes.com","episode_count":1141,"summary":"In The News is a daily podcast from The Irish Times that takes a close look at the stories that matter, in Ireland and around the world. Presented by Bernice Harrison and Sorcha Pollak. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T06:17:33.044517+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-the-news-4008521"},"episode":{"title":"A life changing e-scooter accident: 'My son was in ICU for five weeks'","slug":"a-life-changing-e-scooter-accident-my-son-was-in-icu-for-five-weeks","published_at":"2026-07-20T02:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-the-news-4008521/a-life-changing-e-scooter-accident-my-son-was-in-icu-for-five-weeks","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-the-news-4008521","url":"https://shows.acast.com/in-the-news/episodes/a-life-changing-e-scooter-accident-and-a-mothers-warning-to","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/in-the-news/e/6a5a4701461a6a41903961af/media.mp3","summary":"In recent weeks, the Irish Government has come under pressure to introduce a ban on e-scooters following a steep increase in the number of serious e-scooter accidents involving children. One of those supporting the ban is Seana Brennan, a mother of two from Cavan whose son, Mason, was involved in a serious e-scooter accident last year. Brennan joins Bernice Harrison on today’s episode to share her family’s experience and to highlight the dangers e-scooters pose to children. Later, Irish Times political correspondent Jack Horgan-Jones discusses the political response to the rise in e-scooter related accidents and examines how a ban might work in practice. Produced by Suzanne Brennan, with research by Ellen Clusker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In recent weeks, the Irish Government has come under pressure to introduce a ban on e-scooters following a steep increase in the number of serious e-scoot…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":971,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/in-the-news-4008521/episodes/a-life-changing-e-scooter-accident-my-son-was-in-icu-for-five-weeks/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-the-news-4008521/a-life-changing-e-scooter-accident-my-son-was-in-icu-for-five-weeks.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}