Podcast appearances and mentions of Hazel Chu

Hazel Chu, Green Party councillor for Dublin City Council // Micheal Lennon, Director of the Skylon Hotel in Dublin and General Manager of the Westport Woods Hotel

Last Sunday, Paris voted to pedestrianize 500 more streets across the Capital. On The Pat Kenny Show, we're asking the question; would increased pedestrianisation work in Dublin? Ivan Yates is joined by Green Party Councillor, Hazel Chu, and Feargus O'Sullivan, Writer for Bloomberg CityLab to go through the possibilities this could offer.

Calls for the Molly Malone statue in Dublin to be elevated to protect her from the public and all that comes with that! So, should it be done?Newstalk's Henry McKean has been out asking the public, and joins Kieran to discuss. Also joining to share her thoughts is former Dublin Lord Mayor and Green Party Councillor, Hazel Chu.

Joining Brendan to discuss the stories of the week were Hazel Chu, Green Party Councillor, John O'Brennan, Professor of European Politics at Maynooth University, Sarah McGuiness, Political Correspondent with the Irish Daily Mail, John Fitzgerald, Economist and former member of the Climate Change Advisory Council.

Joining Anton to go through the main stories from the Saturday papers is Peter Leonard, barrister and presenter of 'The Fifth Court' podcast and Hazel Chu, Green Party councillor & former Lord Mayor of Dublin.

Our Reporter Gavin O'Callaghan & Green Party Councilor for Dublin City, Hazel Chu.

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this GE2024 podcast we talk with Green Party Cllr and candidate in Dublin Bay South. We discuss her reasons for running, why she's keeping faith with the Greens and how she wants to see the next Dáil move beyond market solutions for climate action. For all of our GE2024 coverage including more candidate interviews and manifesto analysis please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack

In the lead up to the General Election, big debates are being held on the Hard Shoulder. Today: Health.With it already being the second biggest area of spending from the government, how can the health sector be improved?Joining Kieran to debate is Stephen Donnelly, Minister for Health and Fianna Fáil General Election candidate for Wicklow, Hazel Chu, Green Party General Election candidate for Dublin Bay South, Edward McManus Aontú candidate for Dublin North West and Dean Mulligan, Independents 4 Change candidate for Fingal East.

Lunchtime Live is taking place in the Royal Dublin Convention Centre for its General Election 2024 Town Hall Special, hearing out listeners' issues and getting answers from candidates face-to-face.Andrea is joined by a live audience to cover topics such as the cost of living, family, healthcare and crime. Also joining is Newstalk's Political Correspondent, Seán Defoe.The election candidates in the audience are:Jennifer Whitmore, Social Democrat candidate for Wicklow.Emer Tóibín, Aontú candidate for Meath East.Ruth Coppinger, People Before Profit candidate for Dublin West.Shane Moynihan, Fianna Fáil candidate for Dublin Mid West.Ciarán Ahern, Labour candidate for Dublin South West.Hazel Chu, Green Party candidate for Dublin Bay South.Grace Boland, Fine Gael candidate for Dublin Fingal West.Daithi Doolan, Sinn Féin candidate for Ballyfermot-Drimnagh.Fergus McDonnell, Independent Ireland candidate for Offaly.

Over the next three weeks Drivetime is taking to the road to cover a wide range of general election constituencies. Starting today with Dublin Bay South. In studio Fianna Fail's Jim O'Callaghan, Fine Gael's James Geoghean, Labour's Ivana Bacik, Hazel Chu from the Green Party, Chris Andrews from Sinn Fein and Independent Kate O'Connell.

Fine Gael & Fianna Fáil are joining forces to block the Green Party's plans for new anti-pollution taxes on cars and heavy good vehicles Hazel Chu, Dublin City Councillor & Former Lord Mayor of Dublin joined Shane and Ciara to discuss.

Fine Gael & Fianna Fáil are joining forces to block the Green Party's plans for new anti-pollution taxes on cars and heavy good vehicles Hazel Chu, Dublin City Councillor & Former Lord Mayor of Dublin joined Shane and Ciara to discuss.

Death threats and abuse have become commonplace in the lives of our politicians, so says a new survey from the Irish Independent, which reported that 60 of 67 TDs surveyed have had threats made against them, with the threats ranging from being “threatened with a gun”, to a threat of being hanged.Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Ceann Comhairle and Hazel Chu, Green Party Councillor and Former Lord Mayor of Dublin join Kieran Cuddihy to discuss.

Sean Defoe goes through this morning's papers with Hazel Chu, Former Lord Mayor of Dublin and Green Party Councillor, Gráinne Ní Aodha, News Reporter with PA Media and Paul Hayes, founder of Beachhut PR

Dublin City Council is due to discuss the city's transport plan during its full meeting later. This follows calls from Minister of State Emer Higgins for the plan to be postponed.Joining Anton Savage to discuss the viability of the plan, and its potential economic impact on Dublin is Hazel Chu, Green Party Councillor and Former Lord Mayor of Dublin and Keith Gavin, Chairman of Irish Parking Association.

Dublin homeowners face higher local property tax bills under a new power sharing agreement expected to be ratified by Dublin city councillors today.Hazel Chu, Green Party Councillor and Former Lord Mayor of Dublin and Daithí Doolin, Sinn Féin Councillor for the Ballyfermot/Drimnagh Area.

Hazel Chu, Green Party councillor for Dublin City Council // Dan Boyle, Green Party councillor for Cork City South Central // Ronan McCrea, Professor of Constitutional and European Law at University College London

Anton sits down with John Cunningham Relationship director with Morgan Mckinley, Hazel Chu, Former Lord Mayor of Dublin and Green Party Councillor and Kevin Doyle Group head of news at Mediahuis to discuss the crucial stories in the Sunday papers

Why has the Dublin-New York Portal been temporarily closed?Brianna Parkins, Columnist with The Irish Times, and Hazel Chu, Green Party Dublin City Councillor joined The Last Word to discuss.Catch the full chat by pressing the 'Play' button on this page.

Political Correspondent Paul Cunningham discusses the tented community that has now moved to the Grand Canal in Dublin. Then, we hear reaction from Hazel Chu, Green Party councillor for Dublin.

As the election cycle comes into full swing for the local, European and mayoral elections in Limerick, we are going to be bringing you tons of coverage over the next coming weeks. To kick things off, we wanted to ask the question about our local government here in Ireland. How does it shape up to modern Ireland, and do we need to do more to empower local councils and authorities? Conor Skehan, Sunday Independent columnist and former Chair of the Housing Agency and Hazel Chu, Former Lord Mayor of Dublin and Dublin City Councillor join Kieran to discuss.

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Former Dublin Lord Mayor and Green Party Cllr Hazel Chu has, it's fair to say, had more than a bumpy few years. From the Lord Mayor's Office during Covid to the racially charged protests where she's personally been the target of horrendous abuse; you'd have to ask who'd want to be a local politician these days? Hazel rejoins us to talk about this and why she is seeking reelection at what is, in her opinion, a crucial moment for Irish democracy. The full interview is available now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-102539811 The An Post Scandal podcast is out here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-102763890

Claire Brock speaks to Barry Ward, Peadar Tóinín, Eamon Ó Cuiv, Hazel Chu, Adam Long & Caroline Malone Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hazel Chu, Green Party councillor for Dublin // Anthony Gray, Owner of Eala Bhan and Hooked Restaurant in Sligo // Orlaith Delargy Creator of petition in 2021 calling for more public toilets

Green Party City Councillor and Former Lord Mayor of Dublin, Hazel Chu joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to discuss some of her favourite books...

Joining Brendan to discuss the newspapers are Fergus Finlay, former CEO of Barnardos and former Labour Party strategist; Hazel Chu, Green Party Councillor in Dublin; Cormac Lucey, Economics Columnist The Sunday Times Ireland; Olivia Kelly, Dublin Correspondent, The Irish Times

A laneway in Dublin city centre has been closed by the city council due to anti-social behaviour. Hazel Chu, Dublin City Councillor with The Green Party, and Nial Ring, Independent Dublin City Councillor joined The Last Word to discuss.Catch the full chat by pressing the 'Play' button on this page.

A Dublin city centre laneway that is known for drug use, violence and anti-social behaviour is being shut to the public. Dublin city councillors voted to shut Harbour Court to the public because of the issues that they've been unable to control. Andrea was joined by Sinn Féin Councillor for Dublin City, Janice Boylan, Former Lord Mayor and Dublin City Councillor, Hazel Chu and more to discuss...

Hazel Chu, Green party Councillor on Dublin City Council

Dublin City has received a lot of negative attention in the past few weeks and months – but Green Party Cllr Hazel Chu wants people to take back the city. Andrea caught up with her to walk around the capital...

Following the recent riots in Dublin, it has been reported that the full pedestrianisation of civic spaces is being reconsidered. This would possibly include allowing taxis into pedestrian areas, with the theory that they might act as some form of ‘passive surveillance' Kieran was joined by Hazel Chu, Dublin City Councillor for the Green Party and Keith Gavin, Irish Parking Association to discuss...

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack We said we'd return to the horrific attack on Parnell Square that injured several people and left a 5 year old child in critical condition, and the subsequent chaotic scenes that played out in Dublin city centre. So here it is. Our podcast with the best immigration reporter in the country, the Dublin Inquirer's Shamim Malekmian, Green Party Cllr and former Dublin Lord Mayor, Hazel Chu and our bastion of sanity, Mr irishelectionprojections.com Harry McEvansoneya. We delve into the topics of classism, racism, the far right opportunists, the medias soft-enabling of hate, the Garda response and resourcing issues and the good, bad and ugly politics that can't be allowed to say that they couldn't have seen this coming. We also pay tribute to the real heroes, the group of strangers who came together and undoubtedly stopped what could have been an even worse act of reprehensible violence. The latest from the UK with listener favourite, Prof Richard Murphy is out now:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-93395024

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this episode PalCast co-hosts, Yousef and Helena speak with Irish TD Richard Boyd Barrett from People Before Profit about his decades long involvement and activism for Palestine and the role of mass movements across the globe in bringing about change in Gaza and granting the Palestinians their right to self-determination. They discuss and highlight other struggles such as Ireland and South Africa, and roles such as the Irish Diaspora in the U.S. Richard expresses his view that it is not "in our thousands, in our milions" but it is "in our millions, in our billions" are now with the Palestinians, which is a sign of freedom to come sooner than many think. For more see:https://justworldeducational.org/ The Dublin Podcast with Shamim Malekmian, Hazel Chu and Harry McEvansoneya is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-93510568

The capital city is attempting to get back to normal today after the horrific stabbing of three children and one woman yesterday which were followed by hours of rioting and looting. Garda Commissioner Drew Harris described last night's riots as “disgraceful” and said a 'hooligan faction driven by far right ideology' contributed to the unrest.Kieran was joined in studio by Ray McAdam, Fine Gael Councillor for North Inner City Dublin and Neale Richmond, Minister of State with responsibility for Employment Affairs & Retail Businesses, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown, Richard Guiney, CEO of Dublin Town, Ciaran Cuffe, Green Party MEP for Dublin, Pat Leahy, Former Assistant Garda Commissioner, Hazel Chu, Green Dublin City Councillor, Lorraine O'Connor of the Muslim Sisters of Eire and Fianna Fáil spokesperson for Justice and TD for Dublin Bay South, Jim O'Callaghan....

Hazel Chu, Green Party Councillor and Nial Ring, Dublin City Councillor

The Quays in Dublin are set to close to car traffic under new proposals from the City Council. A consultation is now open on a new draft Dublin City Centre Transport Plan.Kieran was joined on The Hard Shoulder by Hazel Chu, Dublin City Councillor for the Green Party, Richard Guiney, CEO of Dublin Town and Jim Waldron, Spokesperson for the National Private Hire & Taxi Association to discuss...

Ahead of Irish Heritage Week, it is has been announced that Luke Kelly, Christy Moore, the GAA and a bowl of stew are considered the biggest representatives of Ireland. What do you think when you think of this beautiful country? Kieran was joined by Presenter, Activist, and Author, Emer O'Neill, Newstalk Reporter, Henry McKean and Former Lord Mayor of Dublin, Hazel Chu to discuss...

Peter Brown of baggot Investments; Niall Breslin, singer and mental health advocate; Christina Finn Politics Correspondent at The Journal; Hazel Chu, Green Party Councillor discuss the newspaper stories of the day.

Dublin City Council may have a new way of solving the scourge of seagulls and rubbish on the streets of Dublin. Following the successful trial of Bagbin, a collapsible waste container which prevents birds from getting near the bags inside. Bagbins are set to be phased in to residential and commercial locations all over the city. Kieran was joined by Hazel Chu, Green Party Councillor and Former Lord Mayor of Dublin and Frank McDonald, author, journalist and former environment editor of The Irish Times…

Hazel Chu, Former Lord Mayor of Dublin and Green Party Councillor, discusses a possible vote next year in Dublin on whether the capital should have a directly elected mayor.

Greta Thunberg has been nominated for the Honorary Freedom of the City of Dublin which got us thinking, should Ireland have an official honour system? Like the way in which the UK or France honour their citizens? Kieran was joined by Hazel Chu, Former Lord Mayor of Dublin and Green Party Councillor and Joe Lyanm, Broadcaster and Newstalk's Business Editor…

Todays panel includes Barrister and Columnist, Brenda Power; Lecturer in Economics at UCC, Seamus Coffey; Farmer, Solicitor & Tax Consultant, Aisling Meehan and Green Party Councillor, Hazel Chu. 

There have been calls from the head of the Climate Change Advisory Council,Marie Donnelly for the Government to put in a levy on workers who get free parking in urban areas. Kieran was joined on The Hard Shoulder by Hazel Chu, Dublin City Councillor for the Green Party and Brian Cooke, Director General for the Society of the Irish Motor Industry...

Dearbhail is joined by Hazel Chu, Green Party Councillor & Former Dublin Lord Mayor and Linda Daly, Business, Sunday Times.

Hazel Chu, Green Party councillor and former Lord Mayor of Dublin & Patrick O'Donovan, Minister for the Office of Public Works and Fine Gael TD for Limerick.

The decision to delay road toll increases by six months will cost the taxpayer around €12.5m. Cabinet this morning officially agreed to delay the increase. Kieran was joined by Verona Murphy, Independent TD and Former President of the Irish Road Haulage Association and Hazel Chu, Former Mayor of Dublin and Green Party Councilor to discuss...

A special taskforce is to be set up in Dublin as a response to high levels of street crime.  While full details of the force are yet to be announced it is understood the taskforce will operate across the entire six divisions in the Garda Dublin Metropolitan Region and not just the city centre. But does this go far enough in addressing high crime levels in the city centre?  Green Party Councilor and former mayor Hazel Chu and Mary Whelan, Owner of Eirlooms Irish Craft and Design in Dublin 2 and member of ‘Dublin Can Be Heaven' joined Kieran on the show to discuss...

What is the point of having laws if they are never enforced? 11 out of 22 local authorities across Ireland have issued 0 fines for dog fouling this year. June Tinsley and Hazel Chu joined the Last Word to discuss. Catch the full chat by pressing the Play button on this page.

Late night LUAS services, for now, have been ruled out by the National Transport Authority. Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has asked them a couple of months ago about the prospect of making these services available. Kieran was joined by Brian Caufield, associate Professor at the School of Engineering at Trinity College, and Hazel Chu is Green Dublin City Councilor, to discuss how much of a need there is for better late night transport.

County councillors who become pregnant will be able to avail of maternity leave under plans expected to be signed off at Cabinet this week. Minister of State Peter Burke is expected to bring the amendments to the Local Government Act to Cabinet today after they were deferred last week. Joining Aideen to discuss this was Labour Party Councillor Joanna Tuffy and Hazel Chu, Former Lord Mayor of Dublin.