Gript Media Podcasts

TRSI 239 - Professor Theo Boer

We sat down with Dr Theo Boer, professor of Health Care Ethics at Groningen Theological University, to discuss euthanasia, assisted suicide, the cultural impact of euthanasia on the Netherlands, and the future of medical care in this area. 

Sunday Reflection 62 - Corpus Christi

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses Corpus Christi.

TRSI 237 - Consensus - real or imagined

The Citizens' Assembly goes off the rails; a Scottish feminist up in court for transphobic tweets shows Ireland how FG's hate speech bill will be used here; FF remain unable to do basic due diligence on their election candidates; and the Belarus situation has been resolved to everyone's satisfaction.

TRSI 237 - Simon Coveney lies back and thinks of China

Simon Coveney made some interesting comments when he recently went to meet the Foreign Minister of China; the ICCL has an interesting understanding of the phrase "100% independent"; and the state is now just giving 6 figure sums of money to anyone who asks.

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20210531133639/https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_662805/t1880004.shtml

 

https://gript.ie/gravy-train-how-public-money-keeps-the-iccl-in-business/

 

https://gript.ie/over-100000-in-public-money-to-be-given-to-anonymous-far-left-group/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f20L0msLsM&list=PLD5OhzwvKKtOPs27ZJUjJ4Euw793mHgub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwyuM0PODuY&list=PLD5OhzwvKKtOPs27ZJUjJ4Euw793mHgub

Sunday Reflection 61 - Trinity Sunday

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses the mystery of the Trinity.

TRSI 236 - We assure you these tigers will never eat your face

Ireland moves into the 19th century as we finally get around to introducing a workable perjury law; the demise of the same sex space; and our annual reminder that TDs can claim more in unvouched expenses than a good portion of this country gets paid

Perjury bill - https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/bill/2018/112/eng/ver_c/b112c18s.pdf

TRSI 235 - The backroom boys

As the Dublin Bay South by-election descends into nonsense we mourn the disappearance of the backroom boys who knew how to actually run a campaign; Biden's push for a global minimum corporate tax rate; and new Irish research on fracking. 

https://twitter.com/OCallaghanJim/status/1396459170136825862
https://www.nuigalway.ie/media/irishcentreforhumanrights/files/reports/ICHR-Report-International-Human-Rights-Impacts-of-Fracking.pdf

TRSI 234 - Interview with Christopher Snowdon of the IEA

Gary sits down with Christopher Snowdon, author of the Nanny State Index. They discuss vaping; smoking; sugar taxes; Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol; the drive towards increased nanny statism coming from NGOs; and what consumers can do to fight back.

 

http://nannystateindex.org/

Sunday Reflection 60 - Pentecost Sunday

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses Pentecost and the descent of the Holy Spirit.

TRSI 233 - At the heart of Irish government lies a vacuum

The High Court has refused to hear a case on religious COVID-19 restrictions, arguing it is moot - we argue the judgement is nonsense; the HSE hack, which no one will be blamed for; and what achievements have Irish politicians actually had over the last decade?