Gript Media Podcasts

TRSI 185 - I assume her favourite movie is Bananas

The Indo has published 3 articles, in 1 day, attacking Mary Lou for liking Woody Allen and they haven't even asked her which of his movies is best; how the Government has taken inspiration from the life of Tchaikovsky for their latest bill; and of course vaccinations and more on the Mother and Baby home report.

TRSI 183 - Given Germany's mixed history on genocide they should have asked for more than a phone license

Reports that Germany was offered a side deal to support the passing of the recent EU-China trade deal; the final report on the Mother and Baby homes; at least 4 EU countries have now tried to source vaccines privately; and Mitch McConnell is apparently happy to see Trump impeached.

 

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/d4b3d-final-report-of-the-commission-of-investigation-into-mother-and-baby-homes/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/us/mitch-mcconnell-trump-impeachment.html

TRSI 183 - Defining the exception

New limits on alcohol sales mean that today is the last day you can use loyalty cards to buy alcohol; and Trump's removal from pretty much everything online shows that elections have consequences.

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/doctors-fear-being-left-last-in-mish-mashed-approach-39951606.html
https://twitter.com/navalny/status/1347969772177264644
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2020/12/21/if-it-hadnt-been-for-the-prompt-work-of-the-medics-fsb-officer-inadvertently-confesses-murder-plot-to-navalny/

TRSI 182 - Do what we want or we'll shoot this dog

The government somehow managed to turn closing schools into a political controversy; businesses have been told to expect to close for 3 months; the end of the Trump presidency; the HSE wants control of 40% of the beds in private hospitals for 2 years; and the vaccine rollout is not looking good.

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/bf337-covid-19-vaccination-strategy-and-implementation-plan/ -Graph is page 10.

 

 

 

TRSI 181 - PPARS was basically the civil service's Vietnam

The Irish vaccine rollout is one of the slowest in Europe, with a government target for the end of February that is lower than Israel has vaccinated in a single day, and with the distribution of the vaccine to nursing homes already having to be delayed due to issues with paperwork. It is unclear who is even running the vaccination programme. Basically it's shaping up to be a good old fashioned Children's Hospital style debacle.

 

https://gript.ie/smes-the-people-powering-ireland-how-local-business-is-or-is-not-surviving-in-a-time-of-covid/
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/government-expects-year-end-budget-deficit-of-19bn-for-2020-1.4450574
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2021/0105/1187758-pandemic-unemployment-payment-numbers/
https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations
https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/no-more-room-for-slippages-or-delays-in-vaccine-rollout-nursing-homes-ireland-1059774.html
https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/labourmarket/monthlyunemployment/
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/why-is-ireland-s-covid-vaccination-campaign-off-to-such-a-slow-start-1.4450008

TRSI 180 - The death of George Nkencho

A discussion of the events leading up to the shooting of George Nkencho; when and why it is appropriate to ask a Guard to risk their life; the protests after the shooting; and the potential danger of the comments made by some academics and politicians who seem determined to position the shooting as being due purely to race.

TRSI 179 - You should be angrier about this

Israel vaccinated in 1 day what Ireland hopes to vaccinate in 2 months; Leo says he doesn't know why there are delays beginning vaccination; Der Spiegel reports that EU corruption means there will be nowhere near enough vaccines to go around; and why we should be focusing on vaccinating the elderly rather than health care workers.

Corona: Germany and Europe Could Fall Short on Vaccine Supplies - DER SPIEGEL
https://twitter.com/dfatirl/status/1344932122679779328

https://reason.com/2020/12/18/vaccine-cdc-essential-workers-elderly-racial-covid-19/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/health/covid-vaccine-first-elderly-workers.html
https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/respiratory/coronavirus/novelcoronavirus/casesinireland/epidemiologyofcovid-19inireland/COVID-19%20Daily%20epidemiology%20report%20(NPHET)_20201230_website.pdf
With First Dibs on Vaccines, Rich Countries Have ‘Cleared the Shelves’ - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

TRSI 178 - A life of nearly infinite beauty

Gary talks about the year in review, Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning, suicide, and the difference between pain and suffering.

TRSI 177 - No, CETA does not give companies the right to overturn laws

A new B&A opinion poll puts SF as the largest party; the difficulty attacking SF TD's for speaking positively of the IRA when the state was founded on violence; and why the CETA trade agreement is causing so much trouble for the Greens.

 

https://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/ceta/ceta-chapter-by-chapter/#:~:text=The%20Comprehensive%20and%20Economic%20Trade,between%20the%20EU%20and%20Canada.&text=CETA%20will%3A,workers'%20rights%20and%20the%20environment

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_19_2334

Sunday Reflection 42 - The Annunciation

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses the annunciation and God's plan.