On today’s Early Edition podcast: <ul><li>Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro appeared in a New York Court yesterday. Meanwhile his former vice president is taking control in Caracas.</li></ul> <ul><li>Archbishop Eamon Martin wrote to Taoiseach Micheál Martin last September about the case of republican activist Denis Donaldson, who was murdered in 2006.</li></ul> <ul><li>New figures show the number of asylum seekers who returned to their country of origin increased last year. But there is no evidence that greater financial inducements on offer were a factor.</li></ul> <ul><li>And a warning about the dangers of unlicensed Botox procedures.&nbsp;</li></ul> Four of today's top stories from <a href="irishtimes.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">irishtimes.com</a>.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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