Afleveringen
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In the latest in his candidate interview series ahead of the June 7th local and EU elections, John McGuirk chats to Derek Blighe, leader of the new Ireland First party. They discuss what it means to be "far right", what to do about energy, and much more:
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Ahead of the June 7th EU elections, John McGuirk talks to long-shot Independent candidate for Ireland South Mary Fitzgibbon about whether she has a real chance to win, why she says we all need to have more children, and why reversing emigration is important to her as a parent.
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Ahead of the June 7th EU elections, John McGuirk talks Independent candidate Peter Casey about why Ireland isn't neutral; why he plans to seek the Presidency again if elected; and what he thinks he can achieve as an MEP.
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PODCAST: Are Sinn Fein irretrievably done for with working class voters who feel betrayed? Did we over-react to the Dublin Portal hijinks? And Sarah explains why she'd always prefer a man to a bear.
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In the second of a series of interviews with candidates ahead of the June 7th EU elections, John McGuirk talks to the Irish Freedom Party's Hermann Kelly about leaving the EU; Why he would let most EU migrants already here remain; and why he's "an ecologist, not a green".
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In the first of a series of interviews with candidates ahead of the June 7th EU elections, John McGuirk talks to Aontu leader Peadar Toibin about immigration, candidates, war, peace, farming, Palestine, and why he's going to personally run in two elections less than a year apart.
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RTE struggle to understand firearms; a new poll says Independents and Others are more popular than any party, at least in the European elections; and the Garda release new figures on hate crime, but it may shock you to hear that they don't really stand up.
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John and Sarah discuss whether there's merit in chemical castration for paedophiles; What to make of Bambie Thug and Eurovision; Javier Millei's astonishing success in Argentina; and general European and Local election chat.
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It's been an abysmal week for the Government as polls show massive levels of discontent with immigration policies, and that hasn't been helped by Minister Helen McEntee's seemingly endless public ineptitude.
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John and Sarah review the week, including Ireland's renewed - if conveniently timed - war with Britain on immigration; reflections on the battle of Newtownmountkennedy; whether the polls are to be believed; and is the cost of living being ignored?
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We're told that 80% of asylum seekers are coming through Northern Ireland, but actual evidence for that is unclear; and a new poll indicates people are poorer, less interested in the enviroment, and just generally not having a good time.
https://www.kildarestreet.com/committees/?id=2024-04-23a.884
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Sarah Ryan explains to John McGuirk why she has decided to manage Niall Boylan's EU election campaign. Also, they talk about events at the Oireachtas committee on immigration, Helen McEntee's bad week, and are smartphones the new "microchipping"?
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Claims that boys are having anti-women content thrown at them by algorithms aren't all that solid; and what do the FOI documents released by the Department of Justice tell us about the recent referendums?
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Bestselling author, Journalist, and now campaigner Helen Joyce joins John and Sarah to explain the contents of the Cass Review into the treatment of "transgender" children, and the wider implications of transgender ideology on western society.
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Harris manages to appear weak less than a week into the job; SF's internal issues; and Ireland tries its hand at some serious geopolitics.
https://twitter.com/johnkvallis/status/1779303075364442585
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/how-frances-fitzgerald-and-a-fear-of-the-civil-service-saved-helen-mcentees-job/a2056415841.html
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John and Sarah discuss Simon Harris's cowardly reshuffle, the desired return of Kate O'Connell to frontline politics, the Cass Review, and the state of abortion politics, stateside.
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The urge to lower taxes and brutalise criminals; new polling; and the feasibility of a HSE for asylum seekers.
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John and Sarah talk JK Rowling's defiance of the Scottish Government, The Government's incestuous relationships with journovisors, the costs of a United Ireland, Sinn Fein's loss of "middle finger status", and checking in on Trump v Biden.
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With FG struggling to get independents to sign up to support the coronation of Simon Harris all it would take is a few Fianna Fail TD to end his reign before it begins.
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John and Sarah discuss how the week-long debate on the Hate Speech Bill underlines the identity crisis facing Ireland's politicians; The possibly permanent loss of Sinn Fein's mojo; and why Assisted Suicide absolutely is a slippery slope, and one that cannot be escaped.
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