Sally Hayden

Rosalind Dee, field reporter on a lone bottlenose dolphin in Venice and its environmental implications. Sally Hayden, investigative journalist on attacks harming medical workers and legal fallout in Lebanon. Rob Cameron, radio reporter on Viktor Orbán’s hard-fought election and alleged foreign disinformation. They discuss wildlife in Venice, frontline humanitarian suffering, and shifting political forces in Hungary.

Sally Hayden, an Irish Times foreign correspondent based in Beirut who covers humanitarian impact and displacement. She describes relentless Israeli strikes, mass displacement and shelters filled with families and children. She explains evacuation warnings, confused maps and life in makeshift shelters. She reflects on political pressures, front line uncertainty and why she remains reporting from Beirut.

Sally Hayden, a Beirut-based reporter for The Irish Times and investigative journalist, delves into the harrowing leak of 33,000 photographs revealing the torture and abuse by Assad's regime. She discusses the impact of these images on families seeking answers about their loved ones. Hayden highlights the systematic brutality during Syria's civil war and the importance of advocating for victims' families before releasing such distressing content. She also addresses the prospects of justice and the ethical dilemmas surrounding the publication of graphic evidence.