Episodes

Friday Dec 06, 2024
The Week That Really Was 116 - Five more years baby
Friday Dec 06, 2024
Friday Dec 06, 2024
John and Sarah review the election, look forward to five more years of Micheál Martin, look at the strength of "vote left transfer left", and also muse on the Toy Show, Hunter Biden, and the tragic case in New Ross.

Friday Nov 29, 2024
The Week That Really Was 115 - Election Day Musings
Friday Nov 29, 2024
Friday Nov 29, 2024
John and Sarah attempt (poorly) to predict the election, and also discuss Dee Devlin's statement on Conor McGregor, Assisted Dying in the UK, and should dirty jokes from 17 years ago get you suspended?

Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
The Week That Really Was 114 - Everything falls apart
Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
John and Sarah bid farewell to a beloved colleague, and then turn their attention to the wheels falling off the Fine Gael bus. What went wrong - and could politicians across all parties get punished for an utterly insipid campaign?

Monday Nov 25, 2024
TRSI 417 - We know not how late the hour is
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Monday Nov 25, 2024
On Michael Dwyer's death.

Sunday Nov 24, 2024
The Week That Really Was 113 - The McGregor Trial: A postmortem
Sunday Nov 24, 2024
Sunday Nov 24, 2024
John McGuirk is joined by Gript Media's Fatima Gunning, who sat through nearly all of the McGregor trial, and Laura Perrins, former criminal barrister, to talk through the evidence and verdict in the the civil case that captivated the nation.

Friday Nov 22, 2024
The Week That Really Was 112 - Voting our way through WW3
Friday Nov 22, 2024
Friday Nov 22, 2024

Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
The Week That Really Was 111 - Campaign Roundup: The debate from hell
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
"Derek Blighe should have been in that debate" - John and Sarah discuss the RTÉ debate, and the campaign where all the parties agree and are having fake rows about nothing of importance.

Friday Nov 15, 2024
The Week That Really Was 110 - No awards for us
Friday Nov 15, 2024
Friday Nov 15, 2024
John and Sarah bemoan their lack of recognition at the national media awards, review another boring few days in the greatest election of our age, Donald Trump's cabinet nominees, and why John is not a fan of Micheál Martin.

Wednesday Nov 13, 2024
The Week That Really Was 109 - Campaign Roundup 1
Wednesday Nov 13, 2024
Wednesday Nov 13, 2024
With the election campaign underway, John and Sarah review the major issues of the first few days. Which appear to be Michael O'Leary, and whether the country wants new energy or change.

Friday Nov 08, 2024
The Week That Really Was 108 - Orange Man Good
Friday Nov 08, 2024
Friday Nov 08, 2024
John gets a deserved spanking from Sarah over his Trump Derangement Syndrome, The US election gets thoroughly analysed, and a look forward at the very short three weeks campaign to come here in Ireland.