Gript Media Podcasts

The Week That Really Was EP32 - A lot of dry tinder

“Very few are willing to speak openly and honestly” - John and Sarah are joined by columnist Cormac Lucey to discuss the state of the nation, including Ministerial competence, abortion, tax cuts, and the hate speech bill:

TRSI 358 - Suck it up Oppenheimer

A new RedC poll shows the vast majority of people believe Ireland has taken in too many refugees, but tells us very little about what people actually think; and the NCCA consults with toddlers.

https://ncca.ie/media/6220/consultationreport.pdf
https://ereader.businesspost.ie/e-reader/edition-1810/14/index.html

The Week That Really Was EP31 - The competence deficit

Does Irish politics suffer from a major deficit of…. ability? That’s the question John and Sarah take on this week in the wake of a farcical health proposal, an aborted tax cut, and the entry of a new contender to replace Joe Biden.

The Week That Really Was EP30 - Inch-ing towards disaster

"A TD told me he actually believed what he'd said and I was shocked because that's so rare" - John and Sarah discuss the political response to Inch, as well as sunburn, AI, and bullying in schools.

TRSI 357 - A refusal to accept reality

FG TDs refusing to run are 'a natural event'; SF becomes ever more respectable; asking the President to stop the hate speech bill is deeply unwise; and Alcohol Action Ireland are coming for non-alcoholic beers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZT-wVnFn60

The Week That Really Was EP29 - Orange Peril

In this week's podcast Sarah reacts to the news that fake tan might be racist; and wonders why women are so consistently in the firing line of modern cultural outrages:

TRSI 356 - In which mention of the UN nearly kills Michael

New polling shows nearly 50% of the country feels their quality of living has declined over the last 12 months; Simon Harris has some thoughts on his political opponents; and FG continue to fall in opinion polls.

 

https://www.redcresearch.ie/consumer-sentiment-remains-decidedly-downbeat/

https://twitter.com/griptmedia/status/1654113707004239872

irelands competitiveness scorecard 2023.pdf

The Week That Really Was EP28 - Baby Killing Pronoun W*nkers

John and Sarah discuss Leo Varadkar's bizarre explanation of the hate speech bill, the Labour Party's new badges, and Sarah's life-long love of Coronation Chicken.

TRSI 255 - 110 - 14

The Hate Speech Bill has cleared the Dail with 110 TDs voting in support of the bill, 14 against; the President has some thoughts on economic growth; and the abortion review has some interesting methodological issues.

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil) – Wednesday, 26 Apr 2023 – Tithe an Oireachtais (oireachtas.ie)

gov.ie - The Independent Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 (www.gov.ie)

The Week That Really Was EP27 - Corruption versus incompetence

In a week dominated by the Niall Collins scandal, John and Sarah debate whether Ireland has a corruption problem, disagree about Niall Collins, and reflect on the Eurovision scandal that rocked the internet.