Gript Media Podcasts

TRSI 273 - Prudence

As the budget approaches we remind people that it's really just politically easier to let the country go slowly bankrupt rather than make difficult choices. Also the Pension Commission wants to triple the rate of PRSI the self-employed pay.

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/irelands-health-system-isnt-as-underfunded-understaffed-or-underresourced-as-we-think-40852002.html

TRSI 272 - John Prescott could really throw a punch

The Irish electrical system has had 2 amber alerts in the last week; a day after the release of an FF report saying supporting Eoghan Murphy did massive harm to FF's electoral performance Martin has declared any TD who doesn't support Coveney will be suspended for 6 months; MUP and drug deaths; and the polls are not kind to Leo.

TRSI 271 - The dying scream of a big beast

A Fine Gael Minister said SIPO had found that Katherine Zappone did not engage in lobbying; SIPO disagrees; and a review of the Fianna Fail election review.

https://gript.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-Next-5-years-.pdf

https://www.businesspost.ie/news/zappone-was-not-lobbying-when-she-sought-un-special-envoy-role-anti-corruption-watchdog-says-c6de3ad2?auth=login

https://gript.ie/anti-corruption-watchdog-denies-ministers-claim-it-said-zappone-did-not-engage-in-lobbying/ 

TRSI 270 - Ruling the Void

Eamon Ryan wants people to light less fires and use more electricity, a wonderful idea being complicated by the likelihood we'll be suffering rolling blackouts this winter; and why Martin should sack both Simon Coveney and the Fine Gael Minister who leaked the Zappone affair. 

 

https://www.businesspost.ie/energy/electricity-system-amber-alert-issued-this-morning-f772c7e6
https://www.businesspost.ie/climate-environment/ryan-considers-new-rules-to-improve-air-quality-in-urban-areas-dce39b61?utm_campaign=article&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=web

TRSI 269 - Maybe don‘t

Leo gets his head in the game by going on vacation; the Government's new housing plan is a mess; and a study of over 300,000 people has looked at what impact masks actually have.

 

https://www.poverty-action.org/sites/default/files/publications/Mask_RCT____Symptomatic_Seropositivity_083121.pdf

TRSI 268 - Have you ever been synergized?

The price of an assault; the ICCL stands up civil liberties before quickly sitting down; and the Zappone situation has progressed from scandal, to farce, before ending up as a series of incredibly stupid events. 

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/green-councillor-deletes-milkshake-these-racist-vermin-tweet-40810277.html

TRSI 267 - Your epistemology is bad and you should feel bad

Turmoil in the Green Party as unkind things said; Simon Coveney joins the long list of Irish politicians and high ranking guards who have had some trouble with phones; and October 22 becomes the day of freedom.

 

https://extra.ie/2021/08/29/news/politics/brian-leddin-slurs-against-women
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcc2t21xlxE
https://www.ign.com/articles/y-the-last-man-hulu-fx-binary-tackling-transgender-issues

TRSI 267 - Supply and demand believes in you

A shortage of truck drivers in the UK demonstrates that supply and demand is real, and perhaps could even influence the price of houses; the biggest story you're not hearing about is the issues the electrical grid is going to face this winter; and the ICCL's interesting views on protests are calling out in the Sunday Times.

 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/soaring-pay-puts-waitrose-lorry-drivers-on-a-par-with-lawyers-r5673lbls
https://www.businesspost.ie/energy/balance-of-power-why-irelands-electricity-supply-is-threatened-and-what-can-be-done-to-bolster-it-d8fbf07a
https://www.idaireland.com/newsroom/publications/ida-ireland-economic-benefits-of-data-centre-inves

TRSI 265 - Is it a hotpoint you have sir?

More info on the Government's amnesty for illegal immigrants; Afghanistan moves from farce to tragedy for both the British and Americans; and the BBC asks why rent caps don't work.

 

https://gript.ie/exclusive-government-has-no-plan-to-cap-number-of-illegal-immigrants-to-be-granted-amnesty/

https://metro.co.uk/2021/08/26/afghanistan-helpline-redirected-callers-to-washing-machine-company-15156117/
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/26/us-officials-provided-taliban-with-names-of-americans-afghan-allies-to-evacuate-506957
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/555a928a-06a8-11ec-89b3-29a9a04e8645?shareToken=93be4692c0e358916b35ef44444a3ef0
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58317555
https://twitter.com/G_L_Kavanagh/status/1431282869654204420 - The forbidden image

TRSI 264 - Less of a statistic, more of a guess

The new amnesty for illegal immigrants is based more on guesswork than evidence; banks turn on OnlyFans, OnlyFans turns on sex workers; and Twitter refuses to turn on the Taliban.

 

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/undocumented-migrants-in-ireland-offered-once-in-a-generation-amnesty-40775476.html