{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/690b5df3317c91fd9a7765c9/6a4a538becd1239143f48de5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Community healthcare waiting lists; smuggling of wood soaked in liquid cocaine; and JD gift cards reissued","description":"<p>New figures show some patients are waiting as long as 13 and a half years for community healthcare appointments like dietetics, ophthalmology and psychology.</p><p><br></p><p>Ireland will chair EU meetings around new European Oceans legislation aimed at strengthening protection of Europe’s marine territory, undersea cables and pipelines, and improving ocean health.</p><p><br></p><p>Gardaí have uncovered what’s believed to be the most sophisticated drugs-processing operation ever discovered in Ireland involving plywood soaked in liquid cocaine.</p><p><br></p><p>Investigations are continuing into the death of a man in his 30’s following an incident at a pub in CountyCork on Saturday. Separately, investigations have been launched into the fatal shooting of a man in his 40’s in Dún Laoghaire on Sunday morning.</p><p><br></p><p>JD Sports has been ordered to reissue thousands of gift cards to customers worth close to €250,000 after they were found to have expiry periods far shorter than allowed in Irish law.</p><p><br></p><p>There are growing questions over the common travel area between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland amid immigration concerns.</p><p><br></p><p>Presented by Andrew McNair.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"The Irish Times "}