This time last year, Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin was grasping an American-flag emblazoned short straw, playing second fiddle to Conor McGregor as our disgraced UFC representative took the St Patrick’s Day podium.

Now that the Taoiseach has been restored to March 17 parity, he has one hell of a job on his hands. What kind of reception awaits him in Donald Trump’s Oval Office next week?

Host: Kevin Doyle

Guest: Mary Regan

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Serial killer Robert Black is now the subject of Netflix documentary 'Manhunt: The Child Snatcher'. Black was a monster, an abuser and murder of little girls - he was the child snatcher that all parents feared.

His first murder victim we can be certain of was nine-year-old Co Antrim child Jennifer Cardy on 12 August 1981.

He was convicted of killing four young girls but is suspected of abusing and murdering many, many more.

Black died in Maghaberry Prison near Belfast in January 2016. His body was cremated, and his ashes thrown into the sea.

Professor Craig Jackson is Professor of Occupational Health Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Birmingham City University. He tells Ciarán Dunbar what makes a serial killer and why we are so interested in them.

This podcast was originally released in January 2023.

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Elon Musk has built an encyclopedia which contains countless errors about Northern Ireland and its history.

Grokipedia, which was launched in October last year, now has more than six million AI generated articles, but many articles related to Northern Ireland contain major mistakes or are highly misleading.

The AI encyclopedia says that Ian Paisleys paramilitary Third Force was operating under Crown authority, it says murder victims the Reavey brothers were linked to the IRA, and that the Bloody Sunday massacre was instigated by the IRA, among many other errors.

Sam McBride joined Olivia Peden.

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