Gript Media Podcasts

TRSI 199 - Every day is exactly the same

Mary Robinson may just be getting old; Ireland becomes the world's largest open plan prison; AstraZeneca contract shows EU has waived the right to bring AstraZeneca to court for delays; Martin deals a kindness to the restaurant industry.

 

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/stephen-collins-outbreak-of-eu-bashing-among-irish-politicians-is-a-serious-overreaction-1.4488669

https://gript.ie/uncertainty-and-doubt-behind-the-scenes-of-the-zero-covid-campaign/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQoVHqveQ98

Sunday Reflection 48 - The first Sunday of Lent

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses the idea of the desert, and how a journey through a desolate place can lead you to the promised land.

TRSI 198 - An accidental discharge of policy

9 more weeks of lockdown; the unemployment rates hits numbers that don't even look real; and the wonderful revelation that there's nothing stopping you from privately buying vaccines.

TRSI 197 - At least have the decency to lie

The Taoiseach's trip to Washington has gone all mean girls; it's not clear what Simon Coveney actually does; the importance of dose versus vial when negotiating a contract with Pfizer; and the Citizens' Assembly turns its eyes on the place of women.

Sunday Reflection 47 - Sin is contagious

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses how sin disfigures us and cuts us off from communion.

TRSI 196 - You scream, I scream, we all scream for Nord Stream

Vaccinations numbers collapse; the NUJ thinks public funding of journalism won't damage journalism; EU diplomate humiliated by Russial; and how Russian energy is similar to a temperamental lover.

 

https://www.edelman.com/sites/g/files/aatuss191/files/2021-01/2021-edelman-trust-barometer.pdf

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/state-support-for-journalism-is-in-the-public-interest-1.4481394
https://gript.ie/irish-vaccination-numbers-appear-to-have-collapsed/

https://www.rt.com/russia/515015-borrell-moscow-visit-fallout/

TRSI 195 - It was closer to 6,000 a week than you'd like it to be

The Children's Hospital fiasco;  medical evidence, risk, and why you should consider taking Vitamin D; and the more the HSE works the more behind schedule the vaccine rollout becomes.

https://soundcloud.com/therightsideirl/interview-jimmy-sheehan-childrens-hospital

Sunday Reflection 46 - Communion

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he talks about humans call to communion in an increasingly individualistic society. 

TRSI 194 - Enjoy the drum solo

A member of a political people which supports the legalization of euthanasia has some strong words for those who believe in "political ideologies opposed to the saving of lives"; the New York Times has decided it believes in magic words and will sack anyone who utters them without performing the appropriate rituals; and a reminder that more than half of Irish MEPs, when asked to vote on it, were unwilling to say that Ireland should not be designated as a tax haven.

 

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/our-place-in-the-new-european-pecking-order-is-now-clear-1.4476266

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TRSI 193 - Taking the soup

The Irish Times finally takes the soup; the Green Party votes on Ireland using nuclear power, so long as it comes from France; and rumours about how the Commission decided to activate Article 16.

 

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/kevin-myers/blabbermouth-tiernan-rant-wasnt-anti-semitic-his-remarks-on-genocide-were-purely-parodic-26570291.html

 

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/impugning-the-mother-and-baby-commission-does-not-serve-victims-1.4473277

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1954/1954-h/1954-h.htm