YouTube has just turned 20 years old. From eyebrow-raising origins to societal dominance, the video platform has proved a genuine game-changer – though not without major controversy along the way. Has it made our lives better or worse?

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Host: Fionnán Sheahan          Guest: Mark Bergen

YouTube has just turned 20 years old. From eyebrow-raising origins to societal dominance, the video platform has proved a genuine game-changer – though not without major controversy along the way. Has it made our lives better or worse?
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Host: Fionnán Sheahan &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Guest: Mark Bergen

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Twenty-six years ago, young Irish woman Kelly-Ann Corcoran fell to her death from the balcony of a five-star hotel in Spain. Her husband Dermot McArdle was later convicted of manslaughter. Now, footage has emerged of a confrontation between McArdle and Ms Corcoran’s relatives, in which he literally laughed off the altercation.   
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Guest: Patrick O’Connell  

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Host: Tabitha Monahan 

Guests: Mary Regan and Cónal Thomas

Taoiseach Micheál Martin sat down with US president Donald Trump for the traditional St Patrick’s Day summit, with Mr Trump in typically boisterous form. How did the Taoiseach get on, though, with Iran, Keir Starmer, and a potential Doonbeg visit all on the agenda? &nbsp;
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Guests: Mary Regan and Cónal Thomas

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As Jessie Buckley closed out her victorious Oscar speech with a cúpla focal, one might wonder if the majority of Hollywood stars looking on knew what she was saying. But that’s hardly the point – it sounded cool. Being Irish is cool. The Irish language is cool. Irish culture is cool. Has it always been, though? And if there has been a spirited revival in recent times, who led the charge and where does it go from here?




Host: Dave Hanratty

Guests: Hugh Carr and Laura Pakenham

As Jessie Buckley closed out her victorious Oscar speech with a cúpla&nbsp;focal, one might wonder if&nbsp;the majority of&nbsp;Hollywood stars looking on knew what she was saying. But&nbsp;that’s&nbsp;hardly the point – it sounded cool.&nbsp;Being Irish is cool. The Irish language is cool.&nbsp;Irish culture is cool.&nbsp;Has it always been, though?&nbsp;And if there has been a spirited revival in recent times, who led the charge and where does it go from here?
 
Host: Dave Hanratty
Guests: Hugh Carr and Laura&nbsp;Pakenham

Logan Paul, PewDiePie and Nipplegate: 20 Years of YouTube controversy

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