Gript Media Podcasts

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.

TRSI 354 - If it’s important maybe it’s important that we get it right

Plans to put labelling requirements on wine could see producers refuse to sell in Ireland; a Government report gives the wrong results and has to be redone to get the right one; and the CSO's new report on sexual violence has some unusual results.

https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/3793/1/The%20SAVI%20Report_%20Sexual%20Abuse%20and%20Violence%20in%20Ireland.%20Executive.pdf

The Week That Really Was EP26 - Life in the wilderness

Kevin Myers joins John and Sarah to talk about what it is like to be cancelled, the culture of fear in Ireland, and why he remains trenchantly opposed to Sinn Fein.