Episodios

  • THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL: Cormac Moore

    THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL: Cormac Moore
    Jul 17 2025
    James Craig, the leader of unionist Ireland in the 1920s coined the phrase the root of all evil about the boundary commission, the body set up in 1922 to determine where exactly the border should lie between south and north on this island. But what was it all about? Could it have been any different? Did the border actually beget evil? Cormac Moore has written a fascinating account of the border commission entitled The Root Of All Evil. Cormac is this week’s guest on the podcast.

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    33 m
  • SHE WHO WOULD BE PRESIDENT: Elaine Loughlin

    SHE WHO WOULD BE PRESIDENT: Elaine Loughlin
    Jul 10 2025
    There has been some rustling in the political bushes of late concerning the forthcoming presidential election. Suddenly, a field might be beginning to take shape. Meetings, conventions, nomination processes, all are getting underway as the Summer break looms and the boys and girls in Leinster House break out their buckets and spades. But who is in and who will win? Irish Examiner Political Editor Elaine Loughlin is this week’s guest on the podcast.

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    40 m
  • SEE THEM IN COURT: Sean Murray

    SEE THEM IN COURT: Sean Murray
    Jul 4 2025
    This week there was some dramatic cases that came for hearing in the courts. Former Kilkenny hurler DJ Carey pleaded guilty to a series of charges of deception involving receiving money over false claims that he had cancer. In the Court of Appeal, Conor McGregor withdrew dramatic evidence which alleged the woman whom a High Court jury determined he had assaulted, Nikita Hand, had been assaulted by her former partner, Stephen Redmond, the night after she claimed she was raped by Mr McGregor in December 2018. And we also had the lodging of papers by Rory Gallagher in his action against the GAA and its president Jarlath Burns. Irish Examiner reporter Sean Murray is this week’s guest.

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    38 m
  • THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF SUMMER: Michael Moynihan

    THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF SUMMER: Michael Moynihan
    Jun 26 2025
    This is the time of year when the pulse quickens, the blood rises as county teams up and down the country do battle in the hurling and football championships. Meanwhile, RTE is currently broadcasting a five part series on the history of Gaelic football. Irish Examiner senior journalist Michael Moynihan knows all about championship summers and was a consultant on the documentary. He is this week’s guest on the podcast.

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    39 m
  • HEALTH OF THE NATION: Niamh Griffin and Irene Feighan

    HEALTH OF THE NATION: Niamh Griffin and Irene Feighan
    Jun 19 2025

    To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Irish Examiner’s Feelgood supplement a major survey of women’s health in Ireland was undertaken by the newspaper. Some of the results were surprising, some worrying and a couple were quite shocking. To run their eyes over the results we were joined this week by Feelgood Editor Irene Feighan and Irish Examiner Health Correspondent, Niamh Griffin.


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    32 m
  • THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE: Fintan Drury.

    THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE: Fintan Drury.
    Jun 12 2025

    As the destruction of Gaza by Israeli defence forces continues, bigger questions about how the world got to this point have gone unanswered. The plight of the Palestinian people has long been the issue that much of the west simply doesn’t want to know about. Businessman, author and migration activist Fintan Drury has written a book that melds history with polemic into a compelling narrative. Catastrophe – Nakba II is a timely examination of an issue that is turning into a major indictment of the west. Fintan Drury is this week’s guest on the podcast.

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    36 m
  • MURDER SUICIDE REVIEW: Jacqueline Connolly

    MURDER SUICIDE REVIEW: Jacqueline Connolly
    Jun 6 2025

    In 2016 Alan Hawe murdered his wife Clodagh and their three children. The subsequent garda investigation was found to be deficient in a number of respects. Clodagh’s sister Jacqueline and their mother Mary pushed for a proper investigation. That was conducted but never published. Jacqueline, who wrote her memoir Deadly Silence on the case, believes it should be published in order to prevent any similar tragedies occurring in the future. Jacqueline is this week’s guest on the podcast.


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    33 m
  • THE UNFINISHED HEIST: Glenn Patterson

    THE UNFINISHED HEIST: Glenn Patterson
    May 29 2025
    The robbery of the Northern Bank in Belfast in December 2004 was both a criminal act and, most observors believe, a political act as it as carried out by the Provisional IRA at a time when Sinn Fein was negotiating on the basis that violent and criminal acts by the Provos were at an end. Acclaimed writer Glenn Patterson was in the city centre on the night it happened. His latest book The Northern Bank Job – The Heist and How they got away it is both a cracking read and a historical document of note. Glenn is this week’s guest on the podcast.

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    47 m