Gript Media Podcasts

TRSI 313 - And now your shoes are covered in beer

The Taoiseach said Russia's actions in Ukraine constitute genocide, but doesn't bother to elaborate on that; the nation is stunned to discover officials in the Department of Health think little of Stephen Donnelly; and the Government discovers that saying you'll house 200,000 refugees is different than being actually able to house 200,000 refugees.

 

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/casual-contempt-for-donnelly-exposed-as-watt-lets-mask-slip-1.4847975
https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.1_Convention%20on%20the%20Prevention%20and%20Punishment%20of%20the%20Crime%20of%20Genocide.pdf
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/nowhere-for-10000-ukrainian-refugees-to-stay-by-end-of-month-cabinet-told-in-secret-briefing-41528511.html
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/emmanuel-macron-could-lose-frances-presidential-election/

TRSI 312 - We are what we repeatedly do

Fine Gael are said to be trying to move to the economic right to bolster their polling numbers, but given their previous promises regarding the USC why would anyone trust them to tell the truth now?

 

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/fintan-o-toole-refugee-crisis-cannot-be-treated-as-opportunity-to-show-how-lovely-ireland-is-1.4839320
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tanaiste-leo-varadkar-trying-to-give-fine-gael-edge-with-centre-right-policies-d65s088wr
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/pat-leahy-the-squeezed-middle-are-back-and-they-re-mad-as-hell-1.4842198
https://gript.ie/fact-check-donohoe-previously-called-usc-an-emergency-measure-promised-to-abolish-it/

TRSI 311 - Not mentioning the war means mentioning the war

Turns out Irish people don't trust the media a whole lot; Ivan Bacik's first interview leaves something to desire; and Michael asks if you can trust foreign newspapers.

 

Roast Tomato and Smoked Bacon Soup

Ingredients

40g butter
8 tomatoes roasted
1 onion
1/2 leek
2 celery sticks
3 garlic gloves minced
2 stock cubes
100ml double cream
100ml balsamic vinegar
150g smoked bacon

Method

1 - In an oven tray place the tomatoes with the balsamic vinegar and a place of salt and sugar, roast in the oven at 200 degrees for 20 minutes.
2 - In a saucepan saute of the smoked bacon, onion, celery and garlic in butter.
3 - Add the tomatoes to the saucepan with the stock, cubes and simmer for 40 minutes.
4 - Add the double cream and blend.
5 - Add a pinch of sugar and taste for seasoning.

TRSI 310 - Cathal Crowe says cast them into the void

FF TD Cathal Crowe says the quiet part out loud; the case of a woman raped by a transgender woman in a British hospital ward; and Foucault is back in the news because people remembered he was a paedophile.

TRSI 309 - Precedent is the first step on the road to normalisation

Neutrality proves a tricky thing for the government to define; Facebook's kill list; cost of living shockingly continues to increase; and Scottish research shows minimum alcohol pricing drives cross-border shopping.

 

https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/9_1_1961.pdf
https://edmundburkeinstitute.ie/over-55-of-irish-people-have-not-heated-their-homes-at-some-point-in-the-last-year-due-to-energy-prices/

TRSI 308 - Go West

Apparently we missed a war.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/05/russia-ukraine-insurgency/

TRSI 307 - The true spirit of the Olympics

Smiles and happiness as we enter a new golden age for women's sports; and a reminder that the NWCI once called on women who politically disagreed with the NWCI to be stripped of political representation.

 

https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/all-time-mens-fastest-100m-list/
A companion unobtrusive - Rush - The Spirit Of Radio

TRSI 306 - You screw one goat

One tale of a politician saying the wrong thing to a journalist and one tale of a journalist saying the wrong thing to the public; and beer producers seems to be the real winners of sugar taxes.

 

https://gript.ie/fact-check-donohoe-previously-called-usc-an-emergency-measure-promised-to-abolish-it/

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2022-02-10/11/

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/anti-abortion-protesters-say-divine-providence-led-them-to-gather-to-pray-at-hospital-on-day-of-terminations-41335329.html

https://gript.ie/prayer-vigil-participant-recording-shows-ellen-coyne-twisted-my-words/

TRSI 305 - Is there anything to be said for building another prison?

In a shocking turn of events the Government's deliberate policy of increasing the cost of living worked and they now find themselves blindsided by the public's opposition to increases in the cost of living; and we propose a revolutionary new approach to crime - imprisoning criminals for long periods of time in a facility we like to call a 'prison.'

 

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/cost-of-living-rise-overtakes-housing-crisis-as-main-worry-41317989.html
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/consumer/coalition-urged-to-follow-swedish-move-to-cut-car-fuel-taxes-amid-rising-energy-bills-1.4794135
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40797189.html
https://mugwump.substack.com/p/do-longer-prison-sentences-work?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

TRSI 304 - Join our new wine club

Seems like needle spiking was never a thing; the HEA's latest report on sexual harassment is about as statistically valid as any random poll on Twitter; a new problem for the Government's amnesty for illegal immigrants; and Gary finally lets Michael talk about MUP.

 

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40792437.html

 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/non-eu-students-protest-over-discriminatory-amnesty-for-undocumented-immigrants-rd8d7kqpm

 

https://www.finegael.ie/zero-tolerance-for-needle-spiking-needed-to-protect-women-doherty/

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-60069229#:~:text=A%20senior%20police%20officer%20says,with%20needles%20on%20nights%20out.