Episodes

Monday May 06, 2024
TRSI 394 - Helen McEntee or, as some may call her, the albatross
Monday May 06, 2024
Monday May 06, 2024
It's been an abysmal week for the Government as polls show massive levels of discontent with immigration policies, and that hasn't been helped by Minister Helen McEntee's seemingly endless public ineptitude.

Friday May 03, 2024
The Week That Really Was 80 - Perfidious Albion
Friday May 03, 2024
Friday May 03, 2024
John and Sarah review the week, including Ireland's renewed - if conveniently timed - war with Britain on immigration; reflections on the battle of Newtownmountkennedy; whether the polls are to be believed; and is the cost of living being ignored?

Sunday Apr 28, 2024
TRSI 393 - The bears demand blood
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
We're told that 80% of asylum seekers are coming through Northern Ireland, but actual evidence for that is unclear; and a new poll indicates people are poorer, less interested in the enviroment, and just generally not having a good time.
https://www.kildarestreet.com/committees/?id=2024-04-23a.884

Friday Apr 26, 2024
The Week That Really Was 79 - The Elephant in the Room
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Sarah Ryan explains to John McGuirk why she has decided to manage Niall Boylan's EU election campaign. Also, they talk about events at the Oireachtas committee on immigration, Helen McEntee's bad week, and are smartphones the new "microchipping"?

Monday Apr 22, 2024
TRSI 392 - And you thought we'd forgotten
Monday Apr 22, 2024
Monday Apr 22, 2024
Claims that boys are having anti-women content thrown at them by algorithms aren't all that solid; and what do the FOI documents released by the Department of Justice tell us about the recent referendums?

Friday Apr 19, 2024
The Week That Really Was 78 - The Cass Report, with Helen Joyce
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Friday Apr 19, 2024

Sunday Apr 14, 2024
TRSI 391 - It's not about morality, it's about power
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Harris manages to appear weak less than a week into the job; SF's internal issues; and Ireland tries its hand at some serious geopolitics.
https://twitter.com/johnkvallis/status/1779303075364442585

Friday Apr 12, 2024
The Week That Really Was 77 - Satan Lives
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Friday Apr 12, 2024

Sunday Apr 07, 2024
TRSI 390 - Horses and sparrows
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
The urge to lower taxes and brutalise criminals; new polling; and the feasibility of a HSE for asylum seekers.

Friday Apr 05, 2024
The Week That Really Was 76 - Two stuttering wafflers who say nothing
Friday Apr 05, 2024
Friday Apr 05, 2024
John and Sarah talk JK Rowling's defiance of the Scottish Government, The Government's incestuous relationships with journovisors, the costs of a United Ireland, Sinn Fein's loss of "middle finger status", and checking in on Trump v Biden.