{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/690b5df3317c91fd9a7765c9/696a79fc98f7a1123ed73799?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Surge in Irish deportations from United States, and today's other top stories","description":"<p><br></p><p><strong>As we head into the New Year, The Irish Times wants to hear listener feedback on our two news podcasts;&nbsp;<em>In The News</em>&nbsp;and our more recently released sister podcast&nbsp;<em>Early Edition</em>.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.research.net/r/ITNewsPodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>This survey</strong></a><strong> is open to anyone who has listened to either&nbsp;<em>In The News</em>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<em>Early Edition</em>- whether you listen regularly, occasionally, or have listened in the past.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>This survey should take around 3-5 minutes to complete. All responses are anonymous. Thank you! </strong></p><p><br></p><p>The number of Irish people being deported from the US amid Donald Trump’s hardline immigration crackdown has surged, writes Martin Wall.</p><p><br></p><p>An Irish citizen, who went back to his native Russia to visit family last August, has been in custody ever since and risks being sent to a forced labour camp, writes Órla Ryan.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/01/19/the-dublin-rioters-who-are-they-and-what-82-prosecutions-tell-us-about-those-involved/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Dublin rioters</a>: Conor Gallagher on who are they and what 82 prosecutions have told us about those involved on the night of November 23rd 2023.</p><p><br></p><p>John Fitzgerald, the professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute, has spoken of the time he unexpectedly ended up at a cabinet subcommittee in 1983 much to the surprise of his father, the then Taoiseach Garrett Fitzgerald. And somehow John manages to link this <a href=\"https://irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/01/19/farm-lobbys-decision-to-go-against-mercosur-will-likely-prove-very-damaging/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">amusing anecdote to the controversial Mercosur deal</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>And Rachel O’Dwyer has written a <a href=\"https://irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/01/17/our-grief-gives-us-a-shared-grammar-when-politics-and-language-fail/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">deeply touching article </a>today where she takes issue with the film Hamnet being described disparagingly as “grief porn.”</p><p><br></p><p>Presented by Aideen Finnegan.</p>","author_name":"The Irish Times "}