Central Banks across the globe have looked into their toolboxes and seen they’ve only got hammers. Unfortunately that means you and I are all seen as nails. Joining me to discuss the macroeconomic policy that is wreaking havoc, the weak politics and the crash to come, is Russian-Irish Economics Professor in Denver, Constantin Gurdgiev. We also discuss the US midterm […]
This week we read, with some dismay, a factually inaccurate and legally dubious article about the plight of refugees in Ireland and the State’s response. One of the people who called it out was Irish Immigration and Human Rights lawyer, Wendy Lyon, and she kindly joined us to talk all about it. We discussed Ireland’s obligations under international and EU […]
They said it couldn’t be done and that is unconstitutional. And yet here we are. We talk with barrister and legal officer with Threshold, Gavin Elliott, about the eviction winter moratorium and what is good in it and what might be not so good. We look at how overcrowding is both measured and not counted and we ask if the […]
Thanks to Sam Mcilwaine, Shamim Malekmian, Harry McEvansoneys and Lynn Boylan for joining me this week to get stuck into the events of the week. We talk Homelessness now at 11k, Mother and Baby Home Redress flaws, the ECB going full Bank of England, the UVF and UDA making very worrying statements, the State failing to act on its own […]
Joining us to discuss the ongoing issues people affected by the Mother and Baby Homes and the Govts redress scheme and the tracing system is Social Democrats TD, Holly Cairns. She outlines the gaps and penny-pinching structures that the current coalition are calling “the biggest redress scheme in the history of the State”. Note: It falls way short given the […]
This weekend Brazil heads back to the polls and it’s not unfair to say that there’s a lot at stake. Supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro and his opponent Lula Da Silva have clashed and people have been murdered as the world looks on wondering which way the scales will tip. Inflation, inequality and food insecurity are all on the ballot, […]
The trolly crisis is out of control and while Covid might not be getting the headlines it once was, it is still dangerous enough that it is having serious implications for hundreds of people and putting strain on our already struggling health service. Joining us on the tortoise shack is DCU’s Professor of Health Systems, Anthony Staines. We talk about […]
It was a pleasure to be joined by Emma DeSouza and Roman and Eoin of the ditch to discuss the week that was and what is up ahead. We chat about Dr Vicky Conway posthumously winning Irish Women’s Lawyer of the Year, the ridiculous and vile “Ireland is Full” hashtag, the Children’s Hospital’s Grenfell cladding, the Global Property Bubble Index […]