{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/690b5df3317c91fd9a7765c9/69c2ee21d832f1da9337e17a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Rogue dentists, presidential pardons, and hogging the overtaking lanes","description":"<p>An <a href=\"https://irishtimes.com/health/2026/03/25/unregistered-dentist-offered-treatment-to-patients-from-sittingroom-of-dublin-apartment/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">unregistered dentist</a> was offering patients treatments, including X-rays, in the sittingroom of a Dublin apartment, the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dental-council/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Irish Dental Council</a> has said.</p><p><br></p><p>The State will no longer issue pardons for people convicted by the British-controlled justice system, <a href=\"https://irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/03/25/jim-ocallaghan-pre-1922-presidential-pardons-make-no-sense/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">writes</a> the Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan.</p><p><br></p><p>Children are being <a href=\"https://irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/03/25/children-being-groomed-into-criminality-from-the-age-of-six-in-deprived-areas-report-finds/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">groomed into criminality</a> from the age of six in deprived areas where “there is an endless supply” of youths to serve the drugs trade, a report by the Irish Penal Reform Trust has found.</p><p><br></p><p>A man has <a href=\"https://irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/03/25/were-lost-without-it-theft-of-familys-car-has-huge-impact-on-son-with-special-needs/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">appealed for help</a> in finding a car stolen from outside his family’s Dublin home, the loss of which has led to a “massive” and unwelcome routine change for his son who has special needs.</p><p><br></p><p>Is there an element of motorway driving that grinds your gears? John in Dublin 2 is glad people hog the <a href=\"https://irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/03/25/left-alone-in-the-left-lane/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">overtaking lanes</a> on motorways because it makes him feel like he has his own personal bus lane.</p><p><br></p><p>Presented by Aideen Finnegan.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Irish Times "}