Eamon Ryan, Green Party leader talks to Ciara Phelan on his childhood, career and family life.

Reporting from New York on the 25th anniversary, Paul Hosford hears stories of people who lived through the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center on this day in 2001.

In episode 2 of Troubled Ground, the spotlight is on Tuam, a small town in the west of Ireland where the excavation of a mass grave believed to contain the remains of up to 796 babies and children is getting underway.

Episode 1 of Troubled Ground explores the historic exhumation of a mass grave at the site of the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co Galway involving the remains of 796 infants and children. Reporter Alison O’Reilly meets with local historian Catherine Corless who first uncovered the existence of the burial site and whose work eventually led to the excavation. Forensic experts describe the painstaking process of combing through the site in search of lost remains.

Homeless people get almost a quarter of jail sentences handed out in Cork - hear the stories of Marcin and Niall who are homeless in Cork and learn what drives this trend with Kerry Brennan of Cork Simon and other guests. Presented and produced by Deirdre O'Shaughnessy, research by Ev Duggan and Eoin English, on location recording by Chani Anderson, editing and sound design by Ivan Rodrigues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cork's Northside appears disproportionately in our crime statistics - we investigate why, with experts including UCC criminologist Orla Lynch and Katherine Harford of Let's Grow Together. Presented and produced by Deirdre O'Shaughnessy, research by Ev Duggan and Eoin English, on location recording by Chani Anderson, editing and sound design by Ivan Rodrigues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.