{"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":"‘Irish only or it burns’ - Why Ireland's far right is targeting vacant council houses","slug":"irish-only-or-it-burns-why-ireland-s-far-right-is-targeting-vacant-council-houses","published_at":"2026-06-09T02:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-the-news-4008521/irish-only-or-it-burns-why-ireland-s-far-right-is-targeting-vacant-council-houses","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-the-news-4008521","url":"https://shows.acast.com/in-the-news/episodes/irish-only-or-it-burns-whats-behind-the-rise-in-attacks-on-v","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/in-the-news/e/6a26e2bdec7c103dca44b40e/media.mp3","summary":"For the past 18 months, Dublin City Council has been keeping track of a worrying trend: an increase in the number of vacant council houses being targeted in racist attacks. The criminal damage, which happens just before the council moves a new tenant in, ranges from racist graffiti to making the house uninhabitable. So where is this happening? And what can be done to stop it? Irish Times crime and security editor Conor Lally explains what’s behind the recent surge in these attacks, and the reaction from local communities. Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Suzanne Brennan.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"For the past 18 months, Dublin City Council has been keeping track of a worrying trend: an increase in the number of vacant council houses being targeted…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1267,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/in-the-news-4008521/episodes/irish-only-or-it-burns-why-ireland-s-far-right-is-targeting-vacant-council-houses/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/irish-only-or-it-burns-why-ireland-s-far-right-is-targeting-vacant-council-houses.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}