Cork is Ireland’s fastest-growing city, but you wouldn’t know it from how it’s run. The basics, the functional, everyday parts of a city, aren’t being looked after.

Green spaces? Neglected. Paving? Patchwork. Maintenance? Slowed down by layers of bureaucracy. Even simple fixes, like painting poles or upgrading lighting, get lost in risk assessments and endless meetings.

We don’t lack opportunity, we lack the will to act. And until that changes, Cork will keep growing without ever truly improving.

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In this special report, we step inside the noise machine.

From cancelled singers to algorithm-fed outrage, from war headlines to your friend’s Instagram story — what even is news anymore? And more importantly… what is it doing to us?

Filmed in the style of a surreal newsroom broadcast, The News of the World is a satirical deep dive into the modern mind’s addiction to catastrophe. We explore:

• The Róisín Murphy controversy — and what it reveals about public reaction
• Antisocial media and the illusion of information
• Emotional fragility in the age of infinite opinion
• Why outrage spreads faster than truth
• And whether tuning out makes you heartless… or human

This isn’t about ignoring the world — it’s about surviving it.

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Why is Ireland spending more than ever, but delivering less?

From €1 million bike sheds to €14 billion windfalls, this episode uncovers how bloated middle management, broken systems, and toothless accountability are dragging the country into a slow-motion collapse.

We follow the money, trace the dysfunction, and propose a radical reboot: a leaner, smarter civil sector where local government is empowered, technology drives transparency, and frontline workers are finally respected.

👉 Featuring real-world scandals, sharp satire, and a vision for the future.

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