The best analysis of the Irish political scene featuring Irish Times journalists, political thinkers and the occasional politician. Hosted by Hugh Linehan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ireland's political, social and current affairs podcast
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A podcast about the culture, history and politics of Ireland by Naomi O’Leary and Tim Mc Inerney. Taking on the knowledge gap since 2017.
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Bursting the bubble that surrounds Leinster House
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Ireland’s original independent left leaning news, politics, and culture podcast that doesn’t take itself too seriously and still punches well above its weight. Join critically acclaimed & derided hosts, Martin McMahon and Tony Groves as they delve into the news of the day, pull apart the spin and challenge you to be an activist. This is the non-corporate, ad free, non-plastic-podcast reality that the medium is made for. There will be shenanigans!
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Saturday with Colm Ó Mongáin questions agendas, dissects the week gone by, and debates the likely issues of the week to come. Tune in to hear the very latest from newsmakers and from those whose lives are impacted by policy makers in Ireland. Listen live every Saturday at 1.05pm on RTÉ Radio 1.
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32 Episodes. 32 Counties. 32 Questions. Every week United Ireland looks at how issues in small places have a much bigger context, and discusses the issues important to you. Let's go!
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Iain Dale is joined by a panel of senior politicians and commentators to answer listener questions on the biggest stories of the week. Debate, in-depth discussion and laughs all guaranteed!
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Sunder Katwala, Cindy Yu, Njambi McGrath & Alexander Downer
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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are writer and director of the British Future think tank on immigration and integration Sunder Katwala, the Spectator's Cindy Yu, comedian Njambi McGrath and former Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer.By LBC
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Sligo-based lecturer manages to get parents & sister out of Rafah
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Dr Salem Gharbia, Lecturer in the Atlantic Technological University in Sligo; Mary Fitzpatrick, Fianna Fáil Senator; Kathleen Funchion, Sinn Féin TD for Carlow-Kilkenny; Marian Harkin, Independent TD for Sligo-LeitrimBy RTÉ Radio 1
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With Putin certain to be re-elected, we hear from the Russian Ambassador
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Yury Filatov, Yury Filatov, Russian Ambassador to Ireland; Mary Fitzpatrick, Fianna Fáil Senator; Kathleen Funchion, Sinn Féin TD for Carlow-Kilkenny; Marian Harkin, Independent TD for Sligo-LeitrimBy RTÉ Radio 1
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Can a solution be found for the asylum seekers in tents?
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Mary Fitzpatrick, Fianna Fáil Senator; Kathleen Funchion, Sinn Féin TD for Carlow-Kilkenny; Marian Harkin, Independent TD for Sligo-LeitrimBy RTÉ Radio 1
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Jennifer Bray and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to discuss the week in politics, including the annual migration of Ministers to foreign lands for St Patrick's Day. But with the crisis in Gaza on many Irish voters' minds, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has a balancing act in how he raises the issue with President Joe Biden. Also on the agenda: More fallo…
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1225. ‘It Shouldn’t Be This Hard’ – St John Ambulance, One Year After the Shannon Report
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIn this Echo Chamber podcast special you'll here from survivor of child sexual abuse at the hands of a senior member of St John Ambulance, Mick Finnegan, Sinn Féin's spokesperson for Sport, TD Chris Andrews, Green Party TD and Chair of the Children's Committee, Patrick Costello and Irish Times journalist, …
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Tracey Crouch, Alistair Carmichael, Camilla Turner & Matthew Stadlen
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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and former sports minister Tracey Crouch, Lib Dem MP and home affairs spokesperson Alistair Carmichael, the Telegraph's Camilla Turner and political commentator Matthew Stadlen.By LBC
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Referendum aftermath: a deep dive into the political repercussions
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Last weekend's referendum defeats have jolted the political establishment. How could all major parties and many other players have got it so badly wrong - and does the failure reveal something deeper going on? To discuss this, Hugh is joined by Jack Horgan Jones, Theresa Reidy and Jane Suiter. They discuss the the impact of the results on Irish pol…
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4. Gaza and the Price of Speaking the Truth
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackShahd Abusalama is a Palestinian academic from Gaza based in the UK. She lost 40 family members during the ongoing genocide; her family is displaced and scattered. She speaks to PalCast hosts Yousef Alajamal and Tony Groves about the pain of enduring this genocide, the feeling the responsibility to rebuild…
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Grace Blakeley, Dame Angela Eagle, Ian Birrell & Alexander Stafford
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Iain Dale is joined on Cross Question by economist and author Grace Blakeley, Labour MP Dame Angela Eagle, investigative journalist and former speechwriter for David Cameron Ian Birrell and Conservative MP Alexander Stafford.By LBC
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Harriett Baldwin, Charlotte Nichols, Zoe Garbett & Natasha Hausdorff
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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and chair of the Treasury Committee Harriet Baldwin, Labour MP Charlotte Nichols, Green Party candidate for Mayor of London Zoe Garbett and lawyer Natasha Hausdorff.By LBC
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1221. An Omnishambles Inside a Clusterf@ck!
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack(Note: This podcast begins with a conversation about the use of ChatGPT in the polling for the referendums that is very, very interesting)The votes are in and no matter what your preference (FWIW, I was a Yes/No voter) it is a humiliation for the government, an omnishambles for lots of the opposition and a…
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‘Two wallops’ for Government as No-No vote emerges strong
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Although counting is still underway in the family and care referendums, the Government has already admitted defeat, with a No-No result looking like the only outcome. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar described the result as two wallops for Government, while Tánaiste Micheál Martin, said there is “no single reason” why the proposals were rejected, and a time …
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Barry Leniha, RTÉ Reporter; Peter Burke, Minister of State for European Affairs & Defence; Eoin Ó Broin, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Mid-West; Marie Sherlock, Labour Senator; Michael McDowell, Independent Senator;By RTÉ Radio 1
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Peter Burke, Minister of State for European Affairs & Defence; Eoin Ó Broin, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Mid-West; Marie Sherlock, Labour Senator; Tom Clonan, Tom ClonanBy RTÉ Radio 1
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Referendum result reaction - The political fallout
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Peter Burke, Minister of State for European Affairs & Defence; Eoin Ó Broin, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Mid-West; Marie Sherlock, Labour SenatorBy RTÉ Radio 1
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Part two of our Conquest mini-series explores the violent occupation of Gaelic Ireland by Elizabethan adventurers between 1560 and 1590, heralding an age of terror and genocide that would ultimately lead to a full-scale war between the Gaelic clans of Ireland and the English crown. From the demise of the Old English Lordships to the tentative plant…
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Pat Leahy and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: There were some interesting developments during the European People's Party (EPP) congress in Bucharest this week – Ursula von der Leyen was roundly endorsed for another five years as European Commission President, and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told delegat…
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1220. Exclusive: The Ditch on the Attorney General’s Advice Leak
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackMinutes after the broadcast moratorium began, in advance of the vote on the Family and Care referendums, online independent media outlet, The Ditch, dropped a bomb. They’d only gone and gotten the unpublished Attorney General's advice to the government on the contentious wording of both referendums.Joining…
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Andrew Wright is a fourth generation dairy farmer near Omagh in Co Tyrone, with a big following on Tiktok. We talked about this video he published. ***** In the world of what used to be called PR, these days they call themselves other things, information management or whatever. PR has PR’d itself. In the world […]…
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Budget Special: Ann Pettifor, Shevaun Haviland, Dr Linda Yueh & Dr Roger Gewolb
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Joining Iain Dale for this Budget Day special Cross Question panel are economist Ann Pettifor who co-authored the Green New Deal and used to advise John McDonnell, Shevaun Haviland from the British Chambers of Commerce, author and Oxford University economist Linda Yueh and financial entrepreneur and former Bank of England adviser Roger Gewolb.…
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3. The Palestinian Voice with Fady Joudah
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackFady Joudah is a Palestinian poet and physician who just released a poetry collection on the genocide in Gaza. In this episode, Yousef Aljamal, Helena Cobban, and Tony Groves talk about poetry, memory, Gaza, Refaat Alareer and silence. Fady argues that the world should listen to the Palestinians and practi…
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Could angry farmers upend European politics?
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Farmer protest movements are becoming an increasingly important part of the political landscape across Europe, from Poland, where they have been spurred by the lifting of tariffs on Ukrainian agricultural produce, to the Netherlands, where Government plans to cut nitrogen emissions have led to the rise of a significant new party, and most recently …
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackNo one should have been shocked to hear that Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, say that he sees care as the responsibility of families and not of the State. He is who he Ayn Rand is.But that's not the Ireland most people want to live in. Joining us on the podcast are three wonderful disabled women, Ann Marie Flanag…
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Damian Green, Nadia Whittome, Nels Abbey & Annabel Denham
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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and chair of the One Nation group of backbench Tories Damian Green, Labour MP Nadia Whittome, social commentator and author Nels Abbey and Annabel Denham from the Telegraph.By LBC
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Ian Blackford, Vicky Ford, Hashi Mohamed & Howard Cox
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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are SNP MP and former Westminster leader Ian Blackford, Conservative MP and former minister Vicky Ford, barrister and broadcaster Hashi Mohamed and Reform UK's candidate for Mayor of London Howard Cox.By LBC
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackOur friend and fellow tortoise shack podcast host, Dr Rory Hearne, has announced that he's seeking to run for the Soc Dems in the upcoming European Elections. So you knew that we were going to sit down and ask him all about it. We discuss his reasons for getting into party politics, the type of tradeoffs t…
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A look ahead to next Friday’s referendums
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Jennifer Bray, Political Correspondent with The Irish Times; Pauline O'Reilly, Green Party Senator; Catherine Connolly, Independent TD for Galway West; Peadar Tóibín, Aontú leader & TD for Meath WestBy RTÉ Radio 1
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Who is looking after unaccompanied minors who have arrived in the state?
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Ann Mara, Education Manager with MECPATHS; Pauline O'Reilly, Green Party Senator; Catherine Connolly, Independent TD for Galway West; Peadar Tóibín, Aontú leader & TD for Meath WestBy RTÉ Radio 1
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Does it matter if the Government lose these referendums?
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Pat Leahy and Jennifer Bray join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: One week out from the care and family referendums taking place on March 8th and campaigning on both sides is finally in full swing, the panel debates whether the Government will be hurt by a failure to get both proposed constitutional amendments over the line consid…
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1205. No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition, Until They Do
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackRejoining us on the podcast to talk all things Spain and Catalunya is Madrid-based journalist and podcaster, Eoghan Gilmartin. He outlines how the amnesty law that is to pardon Catalan independence advocates, is getting used by a politicised Judiciary to charge several politicians with terrorism. Yes, terr…
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Lee Rowley, Ash Sarkar, Baroness Jenny Chapman & Adam Hawksbee
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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are housing minister and Conservative MP Lee Rowley, Novara Media's Ash Sarkar, shadow Cabinet Office minister and Labour peer Baroness Chapman and Adam Hawksbee from the Onward think tank.By LBC
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European elections: a battle between the heavy hitters
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Political scientist Theresa Reidy and political correspondent Harry McGee join Hugh to look ahead to June's European elections, when voters in Ireland and across the EU will pick their Members of the European Parliament. Since the last election in 2019, the electoral map has changed, as has much else in Irish and European politics. There are a plet…
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2. The Death of Aaron Bushnell and Israel’s Depopulation Plan for Palestine
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack(CW: This podcast opens with the audio of Aaron Bushnell's selm-immolation. Please skip to 3 minutes if you don't want to hear it)Forcible depopulation of Gaza has been on Israel’s agenda since 1948. Hadeel Assali, a scholar at Colombia, discusses Israel’s plans, both public and secret, to push out and pun…
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Katherine Fletcher, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Samuel Kasumu & Wendy Chamberlain
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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Katherine Fletcher, political commentator Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, former race adviser to Boris Johnson Samuel Kasumu and Lib Dem MP and chief whip Wendy Chamberlain.By LBC
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Quentin Letts, Anna Firth, Ali Milani & Siobhain McDonagh
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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are political sketchwriter for the Daily Mail Quentin Letts, Conservative MP Anna Firth, chair of the Labour Muslim Network Ali Milani and Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh.By LBC
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#23 The Fresh Batch – We’re Moving To The Tortoise Shack
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIf you heard Podcasts for Palestine, then you'll have heard Dean and Sparky of the Fresh Batch. So rather than do the odd collaboration we've decided to come together. So ladies and gentlemen, here is a short intro to the newest podcast on the shack, a slice of Ballymun Bred.Please say hello to Ballymun's …
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1188. I Live in a Rich Country. Why am I so Poor?
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackWe are bombarded with "we've never had it so good" opinion pieces and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar recently warned against fixing the housing crisis too quickly. So it can be hard to understand why many of us feel poorer than ever. The truth is that inequality is not a bug of our economic system, it's a feature.…
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Mary Butler, Minister of State at the Department of Health and Fianna Fáil TD, and Michael McDowell, Independent Senator and barrister, debate the upcoming referendum concerning the concept of family in the Constitution.By RTÉ Radio 1
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Mary Seery Kearney, Fine Gael Seanad Spokesperson on Children, Disability, Equality, Integration & Youth; Michael McDowell, Independent Senator and barrister; and Tom Clonan, Independent Senator and disability campaigner; debate the second Referendum which refers to care.By RTÉ Radio 1
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The latest scandal engulfing RTÉ and Minister for Media Catherine Martin may be more cock-up than conspiracy, but it is no less damaging for that. The fallout from the dispute over who knew what, when about retirement payments to outgoing executives has already resulted in the departure of RTÉ board chair Siún Ní Raghallaigh. Just how much damage t…
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1207. The Care Referendum – No Justiciable Rights?
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackThe vote on the two referendums on the Family and Care is not far away and while opinion polls suggest a landslide for Yes Yes, events of recent days (Ministers misrepresenting the amendments and FLAC's criticism of the Care aspect) have made enough noise to at least make people investigate what they're vo…
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Sir Trevor Phillips, Matt Warman, Nimco Ali & Barry Gardiner
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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are broadcaster Sir Trevor Phillips, Conservative MP Matt Warman, social activist Nimco Ali and Labour MP Barry Gardiner.By LBC
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Is Ukrainian democracy functioning after two years of war?
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As the second anniversary of Russia's invasion approaches, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy is still a very popular figure among voters. But with no elections having been held since 2019, and with martial law applying in the country, is democracy being undermined? Dan McLaughlin talks to Hugh Linehan about Ukraine's politics, the recent prog…
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1. Gaza, Hawaii, Indigenous People and Modern Settler Colonialism
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackHawaii and Palestine are tied together in many ways. Palestinians’ love for their land reminds us of Kanala Maoli’s love for Hawaii and vise versa. In this episode, which kicks off our second season of PalCast, Dr Yousef Aljamal, cohost Helena Cobban and producer Tony Groves are joined by Uahikea Maile, a …
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Sir Conor Burns, Kirsty Blackman, Zoe Strimpel & Rob Blackie
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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and former minister Sir Conor Burns, SNP MP and cabinet office spokesperson Kirsty Blackman, Sunday Telegraph columnist Zoe Strimpel and Rob Blackie, the Lib Dem candidate for Mayor of London.By LBC
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Caroline Flint, Sir Robert Goodwill, Natasha Devon & Angela Epstein
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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Labour MP and minister Caroline Flint, Conservative MP and chair of the environment committee Sir Robert Goodwill, LBC presenter Natasha Devon and commentator Angela Epstein.By LBC
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1195. Making Affordable Homes Actually Affordable
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackSinn Féin made headlines when they said that they wanted average homes to be within reach of average salaries. Their figure of €300,000 was scoffed at by the Society of Charted Surveyors, who put the cost of building a house in Dublin at €460,000. So what to think?Joining us on the podcast is UCD Asst Prof…
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Referendums: What the amendments would really mean
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An Coimisiún Toghcháin, Ireland’s independent electoral commission, has taken over the functions previously held by the Referendum Commission in relation to referendums. That means it is responsible for explaining the forthcoming referendums on care and the family. Chair of An Coimisiún Ms Justice Marie Baker and Chief Executive Art O'Leary join Hu…
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1204. “If the bombs don’t kill me, starvation will” – Mahmoud Mushtaha in Gaza City
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackCW: This podcast contains subject matter that some listeners might find upsetting.In this important Echo Chamber Podcast, Tony speaks with Irish-Palestinian, Zak Hania, who is in Rafah and young journalist, Mahmoud Mushtaha, who remains in Gaza City.They talk about the ongoing Israeli military bombardment …
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