Episodes

  • Scam call centre agent 'Josh' begins to lure Simon Willis in by showing him modest gains on his initial investment of €250
    Oct 16 2025

    Using vast amounts of leaked documents, The Irish Times, working with the journalism consortiums Investigate Europe, the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and the Balkan Investigative Report Network (BIRN) has identified hundreds of Irish victims of investment frauds carried out by two scam call centres in Georgia and Serbia.


    These leaked audio files reveal how scam callers defraud their victims.


    The audio has been edited for length and clarity.


    You can read the full report here.


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    1 min
  • 'Josh' tries to sell himself and his company by claiming he is millionaire Wall Street investor
    Oct 16 2025

    Using vast amounts of leaked documents, The Irish Times, working with the journalism consortiums Investigate Europe, the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and the Balkan Investigative Report Network (BIRN) has identified hundreds of Irish victims of investment frauds carried out by two scam call centres in Georgia and Serbia.


    These leaked audio files reveal how scam callers defraud their victims.


    The audio has been edited for length and clarity.


    You can read the full report here.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    1 min
  • Simon Willis confronts scammer 'Josh' over fake image
    Oct 16 2025

    Using vast amounts of leaked documents, The Irish Times, working with the journalism consortiums Investigate Europe, the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and the Balkan Investigative Report Network (BIRN) has identified hundreds of Irish victims of investment frauds carried out by two scam call centres in Georgia and Serbia.


    These leaked audio files reveal how scam callers defraud their victims.


    The audio has been edited for length and clarity.


    You can read the full report here.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    2 mins
  • 'Josh' explains that Simon Willis must pay 'commission' before withdrawing funds
    Oct 16 2025

    Using vast amounts of leaked documents, The Irish Times, working with the journalism consortiums Investigate Europe, the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and the Balkan Investigative Report Network (BIRN) has identified hundreds of Irish victims of investment frauds carried out by two scam call centres in Georgia and Serbia.


    These leaked audio files reveal how scam callers defraud their victims.


    The audio has been edited for length and clarity.


    You can read the full report here.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    1 min
  • Scammer 'Kate' tells Simon Willis he will have to pay $4,000 to access his 'earnings'
    Oct 16 2025

    Using vast amounts of leaked documents, The Irish Times, working with the journalism consortiums Investigate Europe, the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and the Balkan Investigative Report Network (BIRN) has identified hundreds of Irish victims of investment frauds carried out by two scam call centres in Georgia and Serbia.


    These leaked audio files reveal how scam callers defraud their victims.


    The audio has been edited for length and clarity.


    You can read the full report here.



    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    3 mins
  • Simon Willis confronts scammer 'George'
    Oct 16 2025

    Using vast amounts of leaked documents, The Irish Times, working with the journalism consortiums Investigate Europe, the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and the Balkan Investigative Report Network (BIRN) has identified hundreds of Irish victims of investment frauds carried out by two scam call centres in Georgia and Serbia.


    These leaked audio files reveal how scam callers defraud their victims.


    The audio has been edited for length and clarity.


    You can read the full report here.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    1 min
  • Seamus Heaney’s Ribbons, read by Freya McClements
    Oct 4 2025

    Freya McClements reads Ribbons by Seamus Heaney, one of several previously unpublished works selected by the poet’s family and published in a new book.


    Poem extracted from The Poems of Seamus Heaney by Seamus Heaney, edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue with Matthew Hollis, which will be published by Faber & Faber on October 9th, 2025

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    1 min
  • Podchraoladh Scéal
    Sep 11 2025

    Taifeadadh an clár seo sa Phuball Gaeilge ag an bPicnic Leictreach na bliana seo i Sráidbhaile Laoise.


    I measc na gcainteoirí bhí an t-amhránaí agus gníomhaí pobail Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, an t-iarrthóir neamhspleách don uachtaránacht, Catherine Connolly, tánaiste nuacheaptha Chonradh na Gaeilge, John Prendergast, agus Alan Titley, scríbhneoir agus scoláire, le hEmma Ferrari mar bhean an tí.


    An t-amhránaí Palaistíneach-Éireannach Róisín El Cherif a chuir clabhsúr leis an ócáid le leagan trítheangach de “Siúil a Rún”. Buíochas le Fearghal Saxe a bhí i mbun an taifeadta.


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    58 mins