Sorcha Pollak

Sorcha Pollak

Sorcha Pollak is an Irish Times reporter specialising in immigration issues and cohost of the In the News podcast

Asian hornets: 24 verified sightings in Cork and Dublin with two nests seized

Invasive species poses ‘significant threat’ to Ireland’s biodiversity

Closing schools in Covid pandemic had ‘hugely detrimental effect’, says Mike Ryan

World Health Organisation ‘at no point’ advised lockdowns, senior global health figure says

‘This could kill’: Highest dosage MDMA ever seen in Ireland identified at Electric Picnic

MDMA tablet was one of 110 drug samples voluntarily submitted through the HSE programme at festival

RFK Jr: Will Trump stand by America’s vaccine-skeptic health chief?

In the News podcast: Will Donald Trump stand by Robert F Kennedy jnr despite the political risk of overhauling vaccine policies?

Elderly Ukrainians unable to access healthcare in Louth feel ‘humiliated’ and ‘exhausted’

Three adults in their 70s, including woman with prosthetic leg, were transferred from housing in Youghal to Dundalk in August

Can Keir Starmer claw back control as Nigel Farage soars in the polls?

In the News podcast: Irish Times London correspondent Mark Paul discusses the political perils facing the British prime minister

How the race for total AI domination is revisiting the worst of human history

In the News podcast: Engineer, journalist and AI expert Karen Hao on the true human and environmental cost of generative AI

‘It’s a win-win situation’ - the programme linking skilled refugees with Irish employers

Talent Beyond Boundaries connects recruiters with skilled refugees and displaced people

Three Irish emigrants on the highs and lows of returning home to Ireland

In the News podcast: Three returnees discuss how they think Ireland has changed since they emigrated

An Irish doctor speaks out about his time working in Qatar

Irish Times health correspondent Shauna Bowers discusses the experiences of a Tipperary doctor caring for Qatar’s wealthiest citizens

Is Ireland heading towards an prescription opioid addiction crisis?

In the News podcast: RCSI associate professor Frank Moriarty discusses the significant increase in opiod prescriptions in Ireland

What happened to Martha Nolan O’Slattara? The Irish entrepreneur found dead in New York

In the News podcast: Irish Times reporter Niamh Browne discusses the Irish fashion entrepreneur’s life and untimely death

Relocation of Palestinian families to Donegal paused amid concerns over access to healthcare

Mothers of six seriously ill children have called for accommodation within two hours’ commute to Dublin

Why is Binyamin Netanyahu defying public opinion to expand the war in Gaza?

In the News podcast: Why is Binjamin Netanyahu escalating the war in Gaza, despite overwhelming opposition to his plan?

Palestinian mothers of seriously ill children refuse relocation to Donegal due to healthcare concerns

Children’s Health Ireland determines it safe to transfer care to regional health centre

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