Gript Media Podcasts

TRSI 258 - Clear and unambiguous that the laws are unclear and ambiguous

The Examiner has some, borderline incoherent, thoughts on vaccine hesitancy; and the Zappone thing is bringing more attention to the fact that the Government have been actively misleading the public.

 

https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/ourview/arid-40354553.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

TRSI 257 - The past is a different place

A reminder of a time when Micheál Martin thought parties had to stand for ideas, policies, and principles; a new report says COVID-19 was released from the Wuhan Institute of Virology; and the bishops finally stand up to the government. 

 

https://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0624/626038-fianna-fail/
https://gop-foreignaffairs.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ORIGINS-OF-COVID-19-REPORT.pdf

TRSI 256 - Scorpions and frogs

RTE needs more money, says report by firm who list RTE as a client; FG turns on itself over Zappone appointment - Martin looks on impotently; and with civil servants working so hard it's no wonder the Government are spending public money on researching the 4 day working week.

 

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/minister-rumbled-in-extraordinary-leak-ruse-over-katherine-zappone-job-fury-40708099.html
https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/rtewill-need-to-be-rescuedstatesnew-consultants-report-40704307.html
https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/med-schools-are-now-denying-biological
https://aesopfables.com/cgi/aesop1.cgi?4&TheScorpionandtheFrog
https://mobile.twitter.com/G_L_Kavanagh/status/1421787842884288530

TRSI 255 - With the Balkans no news is good news

PODCAST: Paypal is going to give third party groups access to customer’s financial transaction history in order to combat hate; Bosnia is having a full and frank discussion about genocide; & Katherine Zappone’s employment continues to be an issue for FG.

 

https://www.euronews.com/2021/07/27/bosnian-serbs-will-shut-down-government-over-genocide-denial-law

TRSI 254 - The Zapp is back

Katherine Zappone is to be given a new state job because she asked to be given one; Minister admits 600,000 for a house is not affordable; and RTE pledges to make its climate change reporting better by making its weather reporting worse.

https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2021/0726/1237408-climate-change/
https://www.thejournal.ie/obrien-says-e600000-is-not-an-affordable-home-as-concerns-loom-over-poolbeg-development-5507344-Jul2021/

TRSI 253 - 20 minutes every day on how great nuclear power is

The Soc Dems are having the most adorable heave you've ever seen; nearly every newspaper managed to avoid calling the last protest far-right; and apparently Irish people haven't been talking enough about climate change.

 

Fracking saves the environment - https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielmarkind/2020/11/23/the-united-states-and-the-paris-climate-agreementswhat-does-the-data-say/
https://despair.com/collections/demotivators
RTE's climate group membership - https://gript.ie/ben-scallan-why-is-rte-a-member-of-a-climate-change-activism-group/
https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/climate-change-is-the-elephant-in-the-room-the-media-choose-to-overlook-40686853.html
https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/were-fat-and-getting-fatter-but-no-one-wants-to-talk-about-it-40684928.html
Live footage of one of Michael's mood swings - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkJd5oQXt4g

TRSI 252 - First you get the gas, then you get the power

A short discussion on the life and death of Des O'Malley and the PDs; a reminder that the Irish government is responsible for the high price of cars in this country; Japanese comedians and the Holocaust; and Nord Stream 2 continues to move forward.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNstQ6q-kYw

TRSI 251 - Death, Disease, Famine, Sinead O'Connor

Ian Bailey is back in the news, with both Fintan O'Toole and Sinead O'Connor getting involved; and the COVID-19 CFR and the need to discuss how many deaths are acceptable when we reopen.

O'Toole's piece - https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/fintan-o-toole-ian-bailey-deflects-us-from-the-reality-of-violent-misogyny-1.4624916
Projected deaths in UK from missed healthcare - https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(20)30388-0/fulltext
HPSC's last report on the weekly COVID-19  epidemiology   - https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/respiratory/coronavirus/novelcoronavirus/surveillance/epidemiologyofcovid-19inirelandweeklyreports/COVID-19%20Weekly%20Report_Slidset_HPSC_%20Week_18_WEB_20210511.pdf
Irish COVID-19 hub - https://covid19ireland-geohive.hub.arcgis.com/
Dutch COVID-19 hub - https://coronadashboard.government.nl/landelijk/varianten

TRSI 250 - It's too hot for politics

Two new polls are out, neither of them good news for Fianna Fail or Martin.

 

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/bitter-and-angry-fianna-fail-are-now-a-laughing-stock-40663668.html

https://twitter.com/NextIrishGE/status/1416536109459329026

https://twitter.com/NextIrishGE/status/1416534480093843462 - B&A poll

Sunday Reflection 63 - Like sheep without a Shepard

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses Mark 6:30-34.