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A series with a focus on Dáil Éireann, Seanad Éireann and committees of the Oireachtas. The series will also take a weekly look at Local Government activity in County and City Councils and the work of the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont.

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    The Garvaghy road impasse

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2026 22:03


    Cormac is joined by a panel of: Sinead O'Carroll, Journal.ie : Maeve O'Connell, Fine Gael, TD Dublin Rathdown; Louis O'Hara, Sinn Féin, TD Galway East; Aidan Farrelly, Social Democrats, TD Kildare North; Gregory Campbell, Democratic Unionist Party MP East Londonderry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Why is Mark Zuckerberg donating €150,000 to GAA clubs ?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2026 8:32


    Cormac discusses the question with a panel of : Sinead O'Carroll, Journal.ie; Maeve O'Connell, Fine Gael, TD Dublin Rathdown; Louis O'Hara, Sinn Féin, TD Galway East; Aidan Farrelly, Social Democrats, TD Kildare North See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Will the Budget relieve energy woes?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2026 22:41


    Cormac discusses what to expect from the Budget with a panel of : Sinead O'Carroll, Journal.ie; Maeve O'Connell, Fine Gael, TD Dublin Rathdown; Louis O'Hara, Sinn Féin, TD Galway East; Aidan Farrelly, Social Democrats, TD Kildare North.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    How can we regulate AI?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2026 25:26


    Cormac is joined by a panel of: Barry Scannell, AI law specialist with William Fry Solicitors and former member of government's AI Advisory Council; Tony McCormack, Fianna Fáil TD, Offaly; Ciaran Aherne, Labour TD, Dublin Southwest; Gabija Gataveckaite, Dublin Correspondent with the BBC; Paul Murphy, People Before Profit TD, Dublin Southwest.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Expectations from the budget

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2026 25:02


    Cormac is joined by a panel of: Tony McCormack, Fianna Fáil TD, Offaly; Ciaran Aherne, Labour TD, Dublin Southwest; Gabija Gataveckaite, Dublin Correspondent with the BBC; Paul Murphy, People Before Profit TD, Dublin Southwest.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Gardai to take industrial action during key upcoming events

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2026 3:33


    Cormac is joined by a panel of: Tony McCormack, Fianna Fáil TD, Offaly; Ciaran Aherne, Labour TD, Dublin Southwest; Gabija Gataveckaite, Dublin Correspondent with the BBC; Paul Murphy, People Before Profit TD, Dublin Southwest.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Oireachtas Committee on Media

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2026 34:15


    Cormac is joined by a panel of: Eimer McAuley News Correspondent with The Journal; Roderic O'Gorman TD Green Party Dublin West; Patricia Stephenson Social Democrats Senator; Joe Neville Fine Gael TD Kildare.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ireland more vulnerable to summer drought due to climate change - report

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2026 16:42


    Cormac is joined by a panel of: Eimer McAuley News Correspondent with The Journal; Roderic O'Gorman TD Green Party Dublin West; Patricia Stephenson Social Democrats Senator; Joe Neville Fine Gael TD Kildare.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Almost 70% of youth considering leaving Ireland

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2026 33:02


    Cormac is joined by the panel of: Reuben Murray, Policy Advocacy Officer NYCI; Claire Scott, Political Correspondent for the Irish Edition of The Sunday Times; Cathal Crowe Fianna Fáil TD Clare; Padraig Mac Lochlainn, Sinn Féin TD Donegal; Michael Fitzmaurice Independent Ireland Roscommon Galway.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Carbon tax on home heating oil

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2026 14:10


    Cormac is joined by the panel of: Claire Scott, Political Correspondent for the Irish Edition of The Sunday Times; Cathal Crowe Fianna Fáil TD Clare; Padraig Mac Lochlainn, Sinn Féin TD Donegal; Michael Fitzmaurice Independent Ireland Roscommon Galway.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    What can we do to save night-time economy?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2026 5:46


    Cormac is joined by the panel of: Claire Scott, Political Correspondent for the Irish Edition of The Sunday Times; Cathal Crowe Fianna Fáil TD Clare; Padraig Mac Lochlainn, Sinn Féin TD Donegal; Michael Fitzmaurice Independent Ireland Roscommon Galway.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ed Sheeran, Eurovision and Football

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2026 35:02


    On tonight's panel Cormac is joined by: Grainne Ni Aodha, Irish Examiner, News Reporter; Ruth Coppinger, Socialist Party, Dublin West; Senator Cathal Byrne, FG Senate Chief Whip and Senator Gerard Craughwell, Independent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Levy data centres

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2026 10:47


    On tonight's panel Cormac is joined by: Grainne Ni Aodha, Irish Examiner, News Reporter; Ruth Coppinger, Socialist Party, Dublin West; Senator Cathal Byrne, FG Senate Chief Whip and Senator Gerard Craughwell, Independent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Housing stats commencements

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2026 5:33


    On tonight's panel Cormac is joined by: Grainne Ni Aodha, Irish Examiner, News Reporter; Ruth Coppinger, Socialist Party, Dublin West; Senator Cathal Byrne, FG Senate Chief Whip and Senator Gerard Craughwell, Independent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Michael Healy Rae attack

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2026 15:41


    Louise Burne Political Correspondent Irish Examiner; George Lawlor Labour TD for Wexford, spokesperson on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment; Pa Daly Sinn Fein TD for Kerry, spokesperson on Climate, Environment, Energy and Transport; Shay Brennan FF TD Dublin Rathdown, spokesperson for Finance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Metro for Dublin

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2026 17:48


    Louise Burne Political Correspondent Irish Examiner; George Lawlor Labour TD for Wexford, spokesperson on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment; Pa Daly Sinn Fein TD for Kerry, spokesperson on Climate, Environment, Energy and Transport; Shay Brennan FF TD Dublin Rathdown, spokesperson for Finance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Von der Leyen's State of the Union address

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2026 10:24


    Louise Burne Political Correspondent Irish Examiner; George Lawlor Labour TD for Wexford, spokesperson on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment; Pa Daly Sinn Fein TD for Kerry, spokesperson on Climate, Environment, Energy and Transport; Shay Brennan FF TD Dublin Rathdown, spokesperson for Finance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Slow rate of housing delivery

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2026 8:23


    Louise Burne Political Correspondent Irish Examiner; George Lawlor Labour TD for Wexford, spokesperson on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment; Pa Daly Sinn Fein TD for Kerry, spokesperson on Climate, Environment, Energy and Transport; Shay Brennan FF TD Dublin Rathdown, spokesperson for Finance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Social media ban

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2026 8:01


    Naoise Ó Muirí, Fine Gael TD Dublin Bay North; Sinéad Gibney, Social Democrats TD Dublin Rathdown & the party's spokesperson for Media; Matt Carthy, Sinn Féin TD Cavan-Monaghan; Christina Finn, Political Editor at TheJournal.ieSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Cost of living

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2026 27:16


    Naoise Ó Muirí, Fine Gael TD Dublin Bay North; Sinéad Gibney, Social Democrats TD Dublin Rathdown & the party's spokesperson for Media; Matt Carthy, Sinn Féin TD Cavan-Monaghan; Christina Finn, Political Editor at TheJournal.ieSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Support for Irish unity

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2026 17:42


    Naoise Ó Muirí, Fine Gael TD Dublin Bay North; Sinéad Gibney, Social Democrats TD Dublin Rathdown & the party's spokesperson for Media; Matt Carthy, Sinn Féin TD Cavan-Monaghan; Christina Finn, Political Editor at TheJournal.ieSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Housing Committee Recommendations on No Fault Evictions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2026 28:52


    Tonight's panel consists of Maeve O'Connell, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown, Ciarán Ahern, Labour TD for Dublin South West, Ruarí Ó Murchú, Sinn Féin TD for Louth and Megan O'Brien, Political Reporter with the Business Post.

    €1.3bn Spent on School Prefabs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2026 12:28


    Maeve O'Connell, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown, Ciarán Ahern, Labour TD for Dublin South West, Ruarí Ó Murchú, Sinn Féin TD for Louth and Megan O'Brien, Political Reporter with the Business Post.

    Gender Pay Gap Portal for public opinions opens

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2026 10:44


    Maeve O'Connell, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown, Ciarán Ahern, Labour TD for Dublin South West, Ruarí Ó Murchú, Sinn Féin TD for Louth and Megan O'Brien, Political Reporter with the Business Post.

    Hospitality industry before Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2026 19:16


    Tonight's panel consists of Fiona O'Loughlin, Fianna Fáil Senator, Sorca Clark, Sinn Féin TD for Longford Westmeath, Oisín Coghlan, Policy Advisor to the Environmental Pillar, and Eimer McAuley, news reporter, The Journal.

    Climate Change Advisory Council Report

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2026 21:42


    Fiona O'Loughlin, Fianna Fáil Senator, Sorca Clark, Sinn Féin TD for Longford Westmeath, Oisín Coghlan, Policy Advisor to the Environmental Pillar, and Eimer McAuley, news reporter, The Journal.

    Water Quality Report

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2026 9:13


    Fiona O'Loughlin, Fianna Fáil Senator, Sorca Clark, Sinn Féin TD for Longford Westmeath, Oisín Coghlan, Policy Advisor to the Environmental Pillar, and Eimer McAuley, news reporter, The Journal.

    Short Term Lets

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2026 25:58


    Tonight's panel consists of Colm Burke, Fine Gael TD for Cork North Central, Mairéad Farrell, Sinn Féin TD for Galway West, Pádraig Rice, Social Democrat TD for Cork South Central and Harry McGee, Political Correspondent, The Irish Times.

    Derelict Property Tax

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2026 17:14


    Colm Burke, Fine Gael TD for Cork North Central, Mairéad Farrell, Sinn Féin TD for Galway West, Pádraig Rice, Social Democrat TD for Cork South Central and Harry McGee, Political Correspondent, The Irish Times.

    Sinn Féin Abortion Bill

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2026 7:09


    Colm Burke, Fine Gael TD for Cork North Central, Mairéad Farrell, Sinn Féin TD for Galway West, Pádraig Rice, Social Democrat TD for Cork South Central and Harry McGee, Political Correspondent, The Irish Times.

    Govt urged to provide energy credits as over 500,000 bills in arrears

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2026 30:05


    On tonight's panel we were joined by Shane Curley, Fianna Fail Senator (for Galway East), Louis O'Hara, Sinn Fein TD for Galway East, Aubrey McCarthy Independent Senator, Louise Burne, political correspondent, Irish Examiner.

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    PAC raises concerns €7m electric bus storage bill will grow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2026 7:33


    On tonight's panel we were joined by Shane Curley, Fianna Fail Senator (for Galway East), Louis O'Hara, Sinn Fein TD for Galway East, Aubrey McCarthy Independent Senator, Louise Burne, political correspondent, Irish Examiner.

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    HSE audit criticises implementation of public-only consultant contract

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2026 8:58


    On tonight's panel we were joined by Shane Curley, Fianna Fail Senator (for Galway East), Louis O'Hara, Sinn Fein TD for Galway East, Aubrey McCarthy Independent Senator, Louise Burne, political correspondent, Irish Examiner.

    The World Cup kicks off

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2026 3:56


    On tonight's panel we were joined by Shane Curley, Fianna Fail Senator (for Galway East), Louis O'Hara, Sinn Fein TD for Galway East, Aubrey McCarthy Independent Senator, Louise Burne, political correspondent, Irish Examiner.

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    Scale of threat from coastal erosion immense: Report

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2026 21:07


    On tonight's panel we were joined by Sean Kyne, Fine Gael TD from Galway West, Peadar Tóibín TD Meath West and Aontú Party Leader, Conor McGuinness, Sinn Féin TD from Waterford and journalist Sarah Burns from The Irish Times.

    Family carers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2026 21:08


    On tonight's panel we were joined by Sean Kyne, Fine Gael TD from Galway West, Peadar Tóibín TD Meath West and Aontú Party Leader, Conor McGuinness, Sinn Féin TD from Waterford and journalist Sarah Burns from The Irish Times.

    Sinn Féin's motion to stop Ireland v Israel match

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2026 20:09


    On tonight's panel we had Sean Fleming, Fianna Fail TD for Laois, Lynn Boylan, Sinn Fein MEP for Dublin, Patricia Stephenson, Social Democrats Senator and their spokesperson on Foreign Affairs along with Aisling Moloney, political correspondent, Irish Independent.

    The Aughinish Alumnia conundrum

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2026 15:25


    On tonight's panel we had Sean Fleming, Fianna Fail TD for Laois, Lynn Boylan, Sinn Fein MEP for Dublin, Patricia Stephenson, Social Democrats Senator and their spokesperson on Foreign Affairs along with Aisling Moloney, political correspondent, Irish Independent.

    Is a Soc-Dem bill to prevent the US military from using Shannon Airport naive or overdue?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2026 8:54


    On tonight's panel we had Sean Fleming, Fianna Fail TD for Laois, Lynn Boylan, Sinn Fein MEP for Dublin, Patricia Stephenson, Social Democrats Senator and their spokesperson on Foreign Affairs along with Aisling Moloney, political correspondent, Irish Independent.

    Overhaul of rural housing rules

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2026 22:23


    Tonight's panel consists of Barry Ward, Fine Gael TD for Dún Laoghaire, Ruth Coppinger, People Before Profit-Solidarity TD for Dublin West, Richard O'Donoghue, Independent Ireland TD for Limerick County and Christina Finn, Political Editor, TheJournal.ie.

    Launch of new report on the cost of data centres

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2026 20:20


    Barry Ward, Fine Gael TD for Dún Laoghaire, Ruth Coppinger, People Before Profit-Solidarity TD for Dublin West, Richard O'Donoghue, Independent Ireland TD for Limerick County and Christina Finn, Political Editor, TheJournal.ie.

    School places for students with additional needs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2026 10:53


    Alison Field joins the panel of Barry Ward, Fine Gael TD for Dún Laoghaire, Ruth Coppinger, People Before Profit-Solidarity TD for Dublin West, Richard O'Donoghue, Independent Ireland TD for Limerick County & Christina Finn, Political Editor, TheJournal.ie to discuss the difficulties she is facing trying to secure a school place for her son James.

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