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Austria took home the Eurovision crown on Saturday night, with Ireland failing to make it to the Grand Final. But, more shockingly, the Irish public awarded Israel 10 points, and the Irish Jury handed over 7. Is Ireland's support for Israel stronger than we realised?Joining Andrea to discuss this is Zoe Lawlor, Chairperson of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Johnny Fallon, Co-Author of the 'Eurovision Handbook', Ian O'Doherty, Columnist with the Irish Independent and Kirsty Blake Knox, Columnist with the Irish Independent.Image: EBU
RTÉ has asked the European Broadcasting Union for a discussion on Israel's inclusion in the Eurovision Song Contest that takes place later this month due to the ongoing war in Gaza.Johnny Fallon, strategy director at Carr Communications and Eurovision enthusiast, joins The Last Word to discuss the likelihood of Israel being excluded from the contest.Catch the full chat by pressing the 'Play' button on this page!
Joining Brendan to discuss the stories of the week were Johnny Fallon, Strategy Director at Carr Communications, Gina London, Former CNN correspondent, Elaine Loughlin, Political Editor with the Irish Examiner, Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh, Medical doctor and columnist with The Irish Independent
The first televised leaders' debate of the General Election campaign took place last night. How did the each party perform last night? We discuss with Johnny Fallon, Political Commentator and Strategy Director at Carr Communications and also Alison O'Connor, Journalist, Broadcaster, and Commentator.
The first televised leaders' debate of the General Election campaign took place last night. How did the each party perform last night? We discuss with Johnny Fallon, Political Commentator and Strategy Director at Carr Communications and also Alison O'Connor, Journalist, Broadcaster, and Commentator.
Midlands-North-West is the largest of Ireland's three European constituencies. 27 candidates are vying for five seats, hoping to win the votes of people across 11 counties. It's a diverse area where would-be MEPs have to field a wide range of issues on the doorsteps, and is a crucial battleground to win the agricultural vote. It's the latest constituency to be profiled by the new season of The Candidate podcast, helping to make sense of the European elections and giving you a comprehensive view of the big issues and the candidates in each area. Political Editor Christina Finn examines how this election could unfold in Midlands-North-West with Johnny Fallon, political commentator and strategy director with Carr Communications; Stella Meehan, editor of Agriland.ie; Jane Matthews, Political Reporter with The Journal, and Muiris O'Cearbhaill, reporter with The Journal.
This weeks marks the 30th anniversary of the historic Downing Street Declaration.Johnny Fallon, of Carr Communications joined Sean to discuss...
This weeks marks the 30th anniversary of the historic Downing Street Declaration.Johnny Fallon, of Carr Communications joined Sean to discuss...
Today's panel includes Brenda Power, columnist at the Irish Daily Mail & Sunday Times; Johnny Fallon, Strategy Director at Carr Communications; Colm O'Gorman, human rights campaigner; Rena Maycock, Chief Executive, Cilter child-protection software and former Chief Executive of iRadio and Liam Collins, Sunday Independent reporter.
Paddy Cosgrove started The web summit conference in 2009 in Bewleys Hotel with a handful of attendees and grew it into a multi-million euro business with 70,000 attendees. He became a millionaire but also began sharing many of his political views in public. After major sponsors started pulling out one by one, Paddy Cosgrave bit the bullet and quit the company that he founded at the weekend. What can we learn about this? Johnny Fallon has been following the story closely and works as a consultant with Carr Communications and joined Joe this morning.
Wild Youth failed overnight in their bid to get Ireland to the final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. It's the fifth time in a row that Ireland has failed to make the grand finale. It's lead to some calls for drastic action, with some even asking whether we should go at all. Emmet Oliver was joined by John O'Brennan, political scientist at NUI Maynooth and Johnny Fallon of Carr Communications, who is also a big Eurovision fan…
Johnny Fallon, Strategy Director with Carr Communications joined Sean on the show today to recap the stories making the headlines this past week...
Johnny Fallon, Strategy Director with Carr Communications joined Sean on the show today to recap the stories making the headlines this past week...
Johnny Fallon, political author and Strategy Director at Carr Communications, discusses former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern's return to Fianna Fáil.
Johnny Fallon, Strategy Director with Carr Communications,
Brendan is joined by Mary Minihan, Acting Features Editor, Irish Times; Dan O'Brien, Chief Economist, IEEA and Columnist at the Business Post; Sarah Kelleher, CEO Lourdes Youth and Community Centre and Johnny Fallon, Strategy Director, Carr Communications and former member of the Fianna Fáil national executive.
Brendan is joined by Mary Minihan, Acting Features Editor, Irish Times; Dan O'Brien, Chief Economist, IEEA and Columnist at the Business Post; Sarah Kelleher, CEO Lourdes Youth and Community Centre and Johnny Fallon, Strategy Director, Carr Communications and former member of the Fianna Fáil national executive.
Johnny Fallon, Strategy Director at Carr Communications, joined Sean to recap the stories making the headlines this past week.
Johnny Fallon, Strategy Director at Carr Communications, joined Sean to recap the stories making the headlines this past week.
We're joined by The Journal's News Editor Daragh Brophy, who was at the Eurovision final in Turin, and Johnny Fallon, strategy director at Carr Communications and Eurovision voting expert, to examine why Ireland has been struggling to win the song contest. What went wrong this year, what were our previous successes down to, and does the fact that we once sent a turkey puppet cast a cloud over our chances of ever winning again? The Explainer is brought to you by The Journal. Providing open access to valuable journalism in Ireland has been the aim of The Journal for a decade. You can contribute to ensure we can keep questioning, investigating, debunking, explaining and informing at www.thejournal.ie/contribute/
Brendan is joined by Grainne Ní Aodha, Press Association, Johnny Fallon, Strategy Director, Carr Communications, Sam Smyth, Journalist and Dr Laura Durcan, Rheumatologist at Beaumont Hospital, Declan Power, Defence Analyst and Writer, spoke to Brendan ahead of Russia's Victory Day, which takes place on May 9th.
Author and Political Commentator, Johnny Fallon and Fact Checker with TheJournal.ie, Brianna Parkins joined Sean on the show today to chat through some of the stories making headlines over the past week...
Lise Hand, Journalist and Commentator, Johnny Fallon, Strategy Director with Carr Communications
Professor Anne-Marie Tobin, Consultant Dermatologist at Tallaght University Hospital – Phone. Johnny Fallon, Strategy Director at Carr Communications, on how best to protect your skin as temperatures soar.
Johnny Fallon takes a look at some great Irish political dynasties
Johnny Fallon, Strategy Director at Carr Communications, took to social media to settle a debate with his wife: he likes to set his alarm every hour from around 2am until 5am, then every 15 minutes until he finally gets up at 6am. Is this unfair to his wife?
Lise Hand, Columnist and Broadcaster, Johnny Fallon, Strategic Director Carr Communications
Gabriel Scally, Professor of Public Health, Johnny Fallon, PR Executive, Carr Communications, Matt Farrell Chairman and Balina FF Comhairle Ceantair, Martin O'Rourke, SIPTU