Podcasts about ailbhe

Wes Streeting denied plotting to oust Keir Starmer.Ailbhe Rea met the Health Secretary to learn what he's really thinking.***Ailbhe writes: Labour is in danger of presenting itself as the “maintenance department for the country”, he says. “The problem with that kind of practical, technocratic approach is that if someone else comes along and says, ‘Well, I've got a maintenance company too, and mine's cheaper,' why wouldn't people go, ‘OK, well, we'll give that maintenance team a try'?” He doesn't name Starmer, but the critique of the Prime Minister's “practical, technocratic” leadership is clear.Streeting has denied plotting against the Labour leader. But when we speak, he strikes me as someone planning for what may lie ahead. I meet a cabinet minister ranging beyond his brief, thinking seriously about what his party needs to do to win the next election – and beginning to outline an alternative to that “maintenance department” approach.***Ailbhe Rea joins Anoosh Chakelian on Daily Politics from the New Statesman to discuss her interview with Wes Streeting, including the behind-the-scenes parts she couldn't reveal in her article.

AIB is proud to continue its support for the GOAL Mile for the fifth year and as part of the campaign, AIB is offering participants the chance to win €7,000, €2,000 or €1,000 for their Gaelic Games club by registering for their GOAL Mile and entering the AIB GAA GOAL Mile competition AIB, proud supporter of the GOAL Mile, has today teamed up with former Cork hurler Patrick Horgan, Galway LGFA player Ailbhe Davoren, Fermanagh footballer Darragh McGurn, and Kilkenny Camogie player Katie Power to encourage communities in Ireland to ‘Step Up Together' and take part in the GOAL Mile this Christmas. At the press day, Ailbhe Davoren caught up with Galway Bay FM's Darren Kelly to chat about the GOAL Mile, this Sunday's (30th November) All-Ireland senior ladies football semi-final for Kilmacud Crokes against Antrim's Moneyglass, and Galway's inter county year. == As part of this year's campaign AIB is also announcing the return of the GOAL Mile GAA competition. Members of the public who register for the GOAL Mile will have the chance to win €7,000, €2,000 or €1,000 for their Gaelic Games club. To win one of these three prizes, participants need to register for their GOAL Mile and then enter their details in the AIB GAA GOAL Mile competition at https://goalmile.org/aibgaacompetition. Having supported the GAA for decades, this year marks AIB's second year as proud sponsor uniting the four codes of Gaelic Games, as part of the AIB Club Championships. AIB is now calling on club members from all codes to register for their GOAL Mile and continue to play a part in this long-established Christmas tradition, demonstrating the incredible community spirit thriving within clubs nationwide. AIB is encouraging Gaelic Games clubs to sign up to host the GOAL Mile at their clubs, providing a local hub for their communities to participate. AIB will help clubs on their GOAL Mile journey by providing GAA Registration Packs to several newly enrolled clubs across Ireland this December. This year, through AIB's sponsorship of the GOAL Mile, AIB is underscoring both its unique support for the four codes of Gaelic Games and its commitment to GOAL's impactful humanitarian and development. A beloved tradition spanning over four decades, the GOAL Mile originated in 1982 and annually unites tens of thousands who run or walk a mile (roughly 2,000 steps) to support GOAL during the festive season. These vital funds directly contribute to GOAL's impactful humanitarian and development programmes, assisting vulnerable communities in 13 countries across Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and Europe. It's an inclusive event where everyone, from individuals to families, friends, and entire communities, can ‘step up together' to walk, stroll, jog, or run. To get involved individuals can join one of the more than 150 organised events across Ireland, or they can choose to register and complete their own mile at www.goalmile.org.  AIB is also proud that the public can donate to GOAL directly through the AIB app, providing flexible options for everyone to contribute to this great cause.

Beo ó chúirt Bhéal Feirste áit a bhfuil triail an tsaighdiúra F ar siúl agus é curtha ina leith gur dhúnmharaigh sé Jim Wray agus William McKinney ar Dhomhnach na Fola i 1972. Thug an breitheamh le fios sa chúirt ar maidin go dtig leanstan ar aghaidh leis an chás.

It's another collision of movies and music on NO ENCORE as the great Ailbhe Reddy returns to the studio with a killer cinematic Top 5 in tow. That's right, it's movie soundtracks superior to the motion picture itself. Controversial? Probably! Also - do not miss our next NO ENCORE Patreon release; it's a brand new quiz in which guest quizmaster Mark Conroy steps up to the mic as Dave challenges Craig for question-based supremacy. That lands Monday @ patreon.com/noencore - sign up today for a mere five euro. As for this week, let's get on down to it, shall we? ACT ONE: Ailbhe Reddy opens up about new single 'Align', her pivot to writing, and the different creative spaces she finds herself between right now. ACT TWO (32:03): News - Coldplay shout out Charlie Kirk, Clipse ascend to a higher plain, Ed Sheeran reveals his posthumous plans, Avril Lavigne pivots to wine, and Scooby-Doo is officially hipster. ACT THREE (1:01:56): Top 5 Movie Soundtracks Better Than The Movie Itself. Sign up to Ailbhe's SubstackFollow Ailbhe on Instagram / TikTok Ailbhe @ the NCH Tickets Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 is a writer and visual artist based in Caher in East Clare. Having been the featured artist at thresholds and traditions at the 2025 Mountshannon Arts Festival, Anthony spoke to Ailbhe about her craft and she also read out a number of short poems for us live. More about her work can be found on www.albalanna.com. Originally broadcast Live from the SBCR Studio on 16th August 2025 as part of Saturday Chronicle hosted by Pat O'Brien and Anthony Lenihan.  Saturday Chronicle is Sponsored by JAMES M NASH AND DERG KITCHEN DESIGN http://dergkitchendesign.ie Message or what's app the studio on 089 2582647 or email sbcrstudio@gmail.com

Ailbhe Griffith tells her harrowing story about suffering a violent sexual assault and then choosing to meet her attacker afterwards. She is now an advocate for victim-initiated restorative justice.

Tuairisc ón Chúirt i Londain áit a bhfuil Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh ón ghrúpa Kneecap os comhair Cúirte ar maidin don dara huair.

The Best of the Month episode is Patreon-only. Public subscribers get the first 25 minutes or so of the episode as a free preview. Members get to hear the whole episode on Patreon as part of a €6 a month subscription so come join us! Andrea is taking the summer off the podcast and listening parties, so this month's special guest is Ailbhe Reddy, the Irish musician, songwriter and soon to be book author. Ailbhe has recently started a really good Substack, and is working on novel and has a new album on the way, with new music coming in September. Myself and Ailbhe discuss CMAT's gargantuan 'Eurocountry', Carving The Stone, the new album from For Those I Love, new tracks from Sprints, Chappell Roan, Laura Groves, Nuovo Testamento and Iona Zajac. Plus we chat the new Clipse album Let God Sort Em Out, dip into the Irish underground with C2 and Beddyminaj and discuss is there a song of the summer this year? I put forward a contender. We chat about All Together Now Festival, and some TV and films we have watched. Ailbhe plays the National Concert Hall in Dublin on September 20th. Listen on Apple | Android | Patreon | Pocketcasts | CastBox | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS Feed | Podlink * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community

Ardán an Cheoil. Bláthnaid - Consairtín / Ailbhe - Fidil / Fionnuala - Fliúit.

Welcome back to our special Gen Z mini-series of Leadership Discoveries! In this episode, you'll hear Ailbhe Mc Namara, 1st Year Human Resources Management (HRM) Student at Technological University Dublin. Hear how leaders can provide more guidance & mentorship, what we can learn from bad leadership, why Gen Z has the reputation of being more outspoken, why a strong purpose makes a strong culture, and a surprising Quick-Fire round. Connect with Shirley at ShirleyKavanagh.com and on LinkedIn, and Ailbhe at TUDublin.ie and on LinkedIn

Tá Ailbhe thall i Londain leis an scéal is deireanaigh faoi Mo chara nó Liam óg Ó hAnnaidh as an ghrúpa kneecap atá os comhair Cúirt Westminster Magistrates inniu.

Anna Ní Laoi, Kate Ní Dhomhnaill, & Ailbhe Seoige , cailíní gaelach as Conamara a bhéas ag dul ag comórtas peile na Gaeltachta.

Tonight's blazing adventure was wished for by Ailbhe, who is from Galway, Ireland and sent us a voice message with an incredible idea. Ailbhe asked for a story about a girl with sun powers named Sunny, whose mother is the actual Sun, and who is sent down to Gravity Falls with her loyal fire wolf, Felicia.So tonight's story is called “Sunny's Blazing Adventure in Gravity Falls” — a tale full of glowing hair, mysterious mountain secrets, fire-breathing dragons, and new friendships. With help from Mabel, Dipper, and a very brave fire wolf, Sunny discovers not only the magic of Earth, but the power of kindness and courage.And our fact segment tonight is all about coral reefs!

Move over men... the Women's Six Nations is here. England are the heavy, HEAVY favourites, but with World Cup 2025 on the horizon, it's a big year for the remaining contenders, especially the fast rising Ireland women. Joining me to preview this year's championship are podcasters Julia and Ailbhe. Enjoy! Balls.ie Content - https://www.balls.ie/author/caolan-scully/ You can find me @CaolanSRugby on Instagram, X/Twitter, and BlueSky; with my articles available at: https://caolansrugby.wordpress.com Linktree - ⁠https://linktr.ee/caolansrugby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This weeks episode was just such a pleasure to record from start to finish – Ailbhe Garrihy is my guest this week and she is just the most engaging and warm person to chat to, and I know it's such a podcast cliche but I really could have talked to her for hours. Ailbhe is not only the general manager of her thriving family business Dublin Bay Cruises but she's also a mam of two little boys, Sean and Fionn, who at ages 4 and 2 keep her very busy. We chat about raising boys having known only sisters and girls in her family for most of her life, about taking her two on an 11 hour flight to San Francisco and living to tell the tale, and her disciplining hacks for getting her two lads to comply (I call them threats in my house, but maybe that's too strong a word?) Ailbhe has the most grateful and positive approach to parenting, and this episode will give anyone expecting a boy, or a second boy, a real insight into all the loveliness to come. I'll be back next week with another episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Ailbhe & Kino as they talk to the professionals at the very top of the women's game.Whether you're a women's rugby nause or just getting to know the sport, we've got you covered.New episodes every week from this Thursday evening/ Friday morning, and should be available wherever you get your podcasts. NOTE : "MudderRucker - The Irish Women's Rugby Podcast" is not affiliated with Harpin' On Rugby BUT both Ailbhe & Kino are big "friends of the pod" and have made numerous appearances so if you like our feed, please be sure and follow theirs as well. This content is exactly what Irish women's rugby needs, especially in World Cup year!!! JLP

Ailbhe Feeney, bunaitheoir an chomhlacht Ailbhe Bakes ag déanamh pancóga ar an gclár.

For this bonus pod I'm joined by Ailbhe from the Irish Women's Rugby Supporters Club BlueSky account to talk abut her own upcoming new pod..."Mudder Rucker - The Irish Women's Rugby Podcast"...and we chatted about the Irish women's rugby season so far as well as the senior team's prospects for the Six Nations which kicks off March 22.Follow Ailbhe on BlueSky here for updates on her new podcastWhere to find Harpin' On Rugbyhttps://linktr.ee/harpinonrugby

Ag cur síos ar an mhéid a tharla ag Fiosrúchán Bhuama na hÓmaigh inné.

Ailbhe Ní Mhorchú, veigeán ag labhairt faoin aiste bia a bhíonn aici.

Ailbhe Seoige, Macléinn ag labhairt faoin gcaifé Gaeilge in Ollscoil na Gaillimhe.

Officials from Uisce Éireann are set to face a grilling from Kerry County Councillors next month, as a workshop with the utility due to take place. Uisce Éireann has proposed to hold a workshop with members of Kerry County Council on 23rd October. Jerry spoke to Sinn Féin councillor for Tralee, Deirdre Ferris and Independent councillor for Killarney, Niall Botty O’Callaghan.

Ailbhe Ní Mhaoileoin agus Micheál Ó Conghaile. coiste páirc Ros a Mhíl ag labhairt faoin obair atá ar bun acu faoi láthair.

Labhraíonn Ailbhe Ó Monacháin le Seán faoina scéal agus a shaothar, agus an méid atá bainte amach aige mar láithreoir agus mar thuairisceoir le TG4.

Leitrim's Intermediate All-Ireland football winner Ailbhe Clancy sat down with Tommy Rooney to reflect on an incredible season for herself and her team!

Aisling O'Reilly caught up with some of the victorious Leitrim side after their win against Tyrone this evening, as well as grabbing a chat with Tyrone boss, Sean O'Kane

Aisling O'Reilly caught up with some of the victorious Leitrim side after their win against Tyrone this evening, as well as grabbing a chat with Tyrone boss, Sean O'Kane

LGFA: Galway captain Ailbhe Davoren with Galway Bay FM's Darren Kelly ahead of their All-Ireland senior final against Kerry

Galway defeated Cork in Tullamore by a scoreline of 2-07 to 0-10 to book a place in the All-Ireland Ladies football final on August 4th. Reaction from Galway manager Daniel Moynihan, captain Ailbhe Davoren and Cork manager Shane Ronayne. Off the BallJoin the obsession at : offtheball.com/join

In Law and Personality Disorder: Human Rights, Human Risks, and Rehabilitation (Oxford UP, 2024), Dr Ailbhe O'Loughlin considers the controversial and under-researched concern of what to do with dangerous people with severe personality disorders. She brings together scientific evidence, law and policy, to consider risk prevention, public security and human rights. This is a controversial area of law and policy, informed by ongoing debates about 'dangerous' offenders which exists at the intersection of liberal legal principles and advocates of social defence.  In today's conversation, we spoke about preventative detention, the effectiveness of therapeutic intervention and risk management, gaps in human rights protections, and the assumptions that the legal principles and processes that govern this population are founded on. O'Loughlin draws out key issues for reform and calls for further evidence-based inquiry with regards to criminal defences, sentencing and dispositions. This will be an important book for policy makers, legal academics, psychiatrists and anyone who works with this category of offenders.  Dr Ailbhe O'Loughlin is a Senior Lecturer at York Law School, at The University of York. Her research focuses on the intersection between mental health and criminal justice.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In Law and Personality Disorder: Human Rights, Human Risks, and Rehabilitation (Oxford UP, 2024), Dr Ailbhe O'Loughlin considers the controversial and under-researched concern of what to do with dangerous people with severe personality disorders. She brings together scientific evidence, law and policy, to consider risk prevention, public security and human rights. This is a controversial area of law and policy, informed by ongoing debates about 'dangerous' offenders which exists at the intersection of liberal legal principles and advocates of social defence.  In today's conversation, we spoke about preventative detention, the effectiveness of therapeutic intervention and risk management, gaps in human rights protections, and the assumptions that the legal principles and processes that govern this population are founded on. O'Loughlin draws out key issues for reform and calls for further evidence-based inquiry with regards to criminal defences, sentencing and dispositions. This will be an important book for policy makers, legal academics, psychiatrists and anyone who works with this category of offenders.  Dr Ailbhe O'Loughlin is a Senior Lecturer at York Law School, at The University of York. Her research focuses on the intersection between mental health and criminal justice.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychology

In Law and Personality Disorder: Human Rights, Human Risks, and Rehabilitation (Oxford UP, 2024), Dr Ailbhe O'Loughlin considers the controversial and under-researched concern of what to do with dangerous people with severe personality disorders. She brings together scientific evidence, law and policy, to consider risk prevention, public security and human rights. This is a controversial area of law and policy, informed by ongoing debates about 'dangerous' offenders which exists at the intersection of liberal legal principles and advocates of social defence.  In today's conversation, we spoke about preventative detention, the effectiveness of therapeutic intervention and risk management, gaps in human rights protections, and the assumptions that the legal principles and processes that govern this population are founded on. O'Loughlin draws out key issues for reform and calls for further evidence-based inquiry with regards to criminal defences, sentencing and dispositions. This will be an important book for policy makers, legal academics, psychiatrists and anyone who works with this category of offenders.  Dr Ailbhe O'Loughlin is a Senior Lecturer at York Law School, at The University of York. Her research focuses on the intersection between mental health and criminal justice.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/public-policy

In Law and Personality Disorder: Human Rights, Human Risks, and Rehabilitation (Oxford UP, 2024), Dr Ailbhe O'Loughlin considers the controversial and under-researched concern of what to do with dangerous people with severe personality disorders. She brings together scientific evidence, law and policy, to consider risk prevention, public security and human rights. This is a controversial area of law and policy, informed by ongoing debates about 'dangerous' offenders which exists at the intersection of liberal legal principles and advocates of social defence.  In today's conversation, we spoke about preventative detention, the effectiveness of therapeutic intervention and risk management, gaps in human rights protections, and the assumptions that the legal principles and processes that govern this population are founded on. O'Loughlin draws out key issues for reform and calls for further evidence-based inquiry with regards to criminal defences, sentencing and dispositions. This will be an important book for policy makers, legal academics, psychiatrists and anyone who works with this category of offenders.  Dr Ailbhe O'Loughlin is a Senior Lecturer at York Law School, at The University of York. Her research focuses on the intersection between mental health and criminal justice.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law

In Law and Personality Disorder: Human Rights, Human Risks, and Rehabilitation (Oxford UP, 2024), Dr Ailbhe O'Loughlin considers the controversial and under-researched concern of what to do with dangerous people with severe personality disorders. She brings together scientific evidence, law and policy, to consider risk prevention, public security and human rights. This is a controversial area of law and policy, informed by ongoing debates about 'dangerous' offenders which exists at the intersection of liberal legal principles and advocates of social defence.  In today's conversation, we spoke about preventative detention, the effectiveness of therapeutic intervention and risk management, gaps in human rights protections, and the assumptions that the legal principles and processes that govern this population are founded on. O'Loughlin draws out key issues for reform and calls for further evidence-based inquiry with regards to criminal defences, sentencing and dispositions. This will be an important book for policy makers, legal academics, psychiatrists and anyone who works with this category of offenders.  Dr Ailbhe O'Loughlin is a Senior Lecturer at York Law School, at The University of York. Her research focuses on the intersection between mental health and criminal justice.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Law and Personality Disorder: Human Rights, Human Risks, and Rehabilitation (Oxford UP, 2024), Dr Ailbhe O'Loughlin considers the controversial and under-researched concern of what to do with dangerous people with severe personality disorders. She brings together scientific evidence, law and policy, to consider risk prevention, public security and human rights. This is a controversial area of law and policy, informed by ongoing debates about 'dangerous' offenders which exists at the intersection of liberal legal principles and advocates of social defence.  In today's conversation, we spoke about preventative detention, the effectiveness of therapeutic intervention and risk management, gaps in human rights protections, and the assumptions that the legal principles and processes that govern this population are founded on. O'Loughlin draws out key issues for reform and calls for further evidence-based inquiry with regards to criminal defences, sentencing and dispositions. This will be an important book for policy makers, legal academics, psychiatrists and anyone who works with this category of offenders.  Dr Ailbhe O'Loughlin is a Senior Lecturer at York Law School, at The University of York. Her research focuses on the intersection between mental health and criminal justice.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cellist Ailbhe McDonagh came into studio with her former teacher Dr John O'Conor.

Galway senior ladies football captain Ailbhe Daveron joined Paul Shaughnessy at the launch of the All-Ireland Senior Ladies Football Championship.

In this episode, Sam's guest is Ailbhe Harrington. Ailbhe shares two stories which highlight how clients can have a positive or negative impact on you as coach.  She describes how she protected her vulnerability with one client and shared it generously with another with profoundly different results. 

Ailbhe Daveron sat down with Edel Concannon for an in-depth interview

This month in 1933, Francis J. O'Rourke established a clothing manufacturing business that has survived slumps and stagnations, downturns and depressions. Four generations later, it's still in the family. I'm joined this morning by the CEO of Fashion House, Colm O'Rourke, and his daughter, Ailbhe, who's the retail operations manager and buyer.

This is the first of three episodes made in response to a project called Reimagining `Elderhood. Initiated by a group called SOA, or Self-Organised Architecture - a group already in conversation on episode 26 of the podcast - Reimaging Elderhood is an architecture-led project that explores the future housing needs of people in mid-life in Ireland. First up in this episode, Emmett Scanlon talks to Ailbhe Cunningham and Inka Drohn. Ailbhe is an architect based in Cork who, in this project, worked out of a record shop with a community of mjusicians, collectors and more who had formed around the shop. Ailbhe was mentored by Inka Drohn, an architect based in Berlin Germany who specialises in cop-operative and self-organised housing projects. Find out more about this project at www.soa.ie . The podcast we recorded on zoom in October 2023. . Graphic design by Eamonn Hall . Music by Sinéad Finnegan . What Buildings Do is supported by the Irish Architecture Foundation as part of their commitment to advancing the culture of architecture in Ireland.

One year on from Liz Truss' chaotic premiership, host Ailbhe Rea takes on what remains a controversial topic: the role free-market think tanks really play in our politics. Ailbhe interviews the co-founder of one of these free-market think tanks, the ASI's Madsen Pirie, and hears his candid account of how they wield influence across Westminster. Then we dive inside the funding of these think tanks, with the man who beats the drum against so-called dark money in politics, investigative journalist Peter Geoghegan.And we reveal how close the IEA really was — and still is — to Liz Truss and her whole tax-cutting project, with the help of “Nina,” an anonymous IEA member of staff who witnessed it all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar aoi sa chathaoir linn agus muid ag filleadh don séasúr úr seo tá an Ollamh Ailbhe Ó Corráin. Fear a bhfuil na blianta caite aige mar léachtóir ollscoile le hOllscoil Uladh.

Host Ailbhe Rea hits the campaign trail in the greater Glasgow constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West, where a high-profile by-election battle between Labour and the ruling Scottish National Party looks very much like next year's general election in Scotland in microcosm.Ailbhe meets the leaders of the two parties battling it out here: the SNP leader and Scottish First Minister, Humza Yousaf, and the Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar. She meets their candidates, the SNP's Katy Loudon and Labour's Michael Shanks, and the voters of Ruthergen and Hamilton West. Everyone's favourite pollster, Professor John Curtice, explains what's at stake.And do be sure to check out POLITICO's brand new transatlantic podcast "Power Play," hosted by Anne McElvoy. In this week's inaugural episode, Labour leader Keir Starmer unpacks his vision for U.K. foreign policy should he make it to No. 10 at the next election. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As MPs return to parliament after the summer break, host Ailbhe Rea and an array of expert guests provide an essential briefing on everything that's coming up in British politics over the next few months.The Spectator's political editor Katy Balls takes Ailbhe through Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's "not-a-reset" leadership reset, and explains No. 10's thinking around reshuffles, the King's Speech, the party conferences ... and its plan to go "in the gutter" for a fresh wave of attacks on Labour leader Keir Starmer.Paul Johnson of the Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank gives provides a debrief on the U.K.'s economic situation and looks ahead to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's autumn statement, while the Times' Scottish political editor Kieran Andrews has everything you need to know about the upcoming Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election.BBC Northern Ireland's Jayne McCormack ponders whether Stormont might finally get up and running again this autumn, while POLITICO's very own Eleni Courea has all the gossip on a Labour reshuffle — and explores Rishi Sunak's hopes for the G20 summit in India.Finally, POLITICO'S Annabelle Dickson lifts the lid on what might yet prove to be the biggest political event of the year — the final Supreme Court judgement on Sunak's controversial plan to deport undocumented migrants to Rwanda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Ailbhe Rea explores how and why dealing with migrants crossing the English Channel has shot to the top of the prime minister's to-do list — and what he's actually doing about it.Pollster Scarlett Maguire outlines the political headache for Sunak, while disgruntled Tory MP Matt Warman explains how this has now become the top issue of concern for his constituents in Boston and Skegness — hundreds of miles from the Kent coast.Ailbhe also meets an Iranian asylum seeker, Ali, who made that dangerous journey across the Channel himself — and was then left waiting years for a decision on whether he can stay.And we take Sunak's pledge on its own terms and ask two very different experts — immigration lawyer Colin Yeo, and former head of the UK Border Force, Tony Smith — whether the prime minister really can stop the boats. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a special anniversary episode 25 years on from the agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland, host Ailbhe Rea heads home to Belfast to retell the gripping story of how a historic compromise was reached.Former British PM Tony Blair and former Irish premier Bertie Ahern explain why — and how — they decided to pursue a peace deal when they both came to power in 1997, and recall key moments of drama from inside the negotiating room.David Kerr, right-hand man to the late David Trimble — the UUP leader who would go on to win the Nobel Peace prize for his role in the talks — describes the splits and crises within unionism at the time, while chief SDLP negotiator Mark Durkan, later to become deputy first minister of Northern Ireland, explains how his boss John Hume's thinking infused the entire peace process.Mitchel McLaughlin, spokesperson for Sinn Féin during the negotiations, describes the challenge his party's leadership faced in trying to take the entire republican movement with them. Jonathan Powell, chief of staff to Blair, explains what it was like to face Sinn Fein across the negotiating table. And Monica McWilliams, co-founder of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition, shares her memories of those tense final days and hours inside Castle Buildings.Ailbhe also meets Cathy McCann and Betty Speers, two victims of an IRA bomb in 1990 — Cathy was severely injured and Betty's brother was killed — as they reflect on what the Good Friday Agreement means to them. And Ailbhe ends the episode with Sara Canning, the partner of the late journalist Lyra McKee, who was killed by dissident republicans on the 21st anniversary of the agreement, four years ago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.