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TRSI 373 - An action can be evil but not sinful
October 15, 2023 11:58 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBAnswering the age old question "War, what is it good for?" The answer is probably not absolutely nothing.
The Week That Really Was 51 - Hatikvah
October 13, 2023 12:06 - 51 minutes - 29.1 MBThe budget and the war: Two topics dominate this week’s podcast, after a very depressing week. Do Irish politicians lack imagination? And is there any prospect at all of peace in the Middle East? John and Sarah discuss:
TRSI 372 - Like a child or a small dog
October 08, 2023 12:00 - 49 minutes - 51.2 MBRoderick O'Gorman is finding it difficult to answer questions; the merging of the NGOs and Irish politics; and with the budget approaching polling shows most Irish households can't afford to cover a €1,000 emergency. https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/10/07/almost-half-of-irish-adults-could-not-cover-the-cost-of-an-unexpected-expense-of-1000-survey-finds/
The Week That Really Was EP50 - Despatches from the Seanad
October 06, 2023 09:23 - 1 hour - 83.9 MBJohn and Sarah are joined from the Seanad by Senator Ronan Mullen, in an episode that covers Colette Colfer’s stand against her university’s new gender policy, an update on the hate speech bill, and a question about whether the Seanad is a more hostile place than it used to be.
TRSI 371 - Kindness is our hallmark
October 01, 2023 12:21 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBA protest is an assault on democracy but voting to restrict protests is apparently just dandy; Minister Catherine Martin gets involved in lease agreements for religious groups; and El Salvador's murder rate falls yet lower.
The Week That Really Was EP49 - Carlow Teachers redux
September 29, 2023 10:12 - 56 minutes - 77.5 MBDoes the case of the “racist gymnast coach” resemble the Carlow Teachers scandal? John and Sarah discuss that, the Laurence Fox scandal, and the latest opinion poll in this week’s episode.
TRSI 370 - Even Jesse Owens got his medals
September 24, 2023 11:59 - 43 minutes - 46.3 MBA state funded charity tells teachers to lie to parents; there's apparently a very thin line between an honest mistake and gross racial prejudice; and the measurement of tax. https://twitter.com/mhdksafa/status/1705255758978269390
The Week That Really Was EP48 - Giving Both Barrels to the Brand
September 22, 2023 08:48 - 58 minutes - 80.2 MBShort version blurb: Sometimes a little whataboutery goes a long way: John and Sarah compare the reaction to the “blithering idiocy” on Kildare Street, to the silence over the left-wing extremism on display in Dublin just last Saturday.
The Week That Really Was EP47 - Anger and Rage
September 15, 2023 09:16 - 47 minutes - 65.9 MBPaul Murphy’s doxxing disgrace, RTE’s 80k photographer, Micheal Martin’s infection warning, and dumb new speed limits: It was a week to raise the hackles of the most placid person. John and Sarah are no exceptions: Available on Spotify & iTunes Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7kOPNDrvsxqXv8uicOotvP iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-week-that-really-was/id1653091194?uo=4
TRSI 369 - (Fiscally) Harder, Better, Faster
September 10, 2023 08:17 - 33 minutes - 34.7 MBIBEC calls for taxes to increase; the Fiscal Advisory Council is deeply unhappy; and calls for a reduction in speed limits are both ill-conceived and unneeded. https://www.fiscalcouncil.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Pre-Budget-Statement-2024-..pdf https://www.rsa.ie/news-events/news/details/2023/01/01/13-rise-in-road-deaths-recorded-in-2022
The Week That Really Was EP46 - Up the Ra, Down with Cars
September 08, 2023 08:37 - 50 minutes - 69.7 MBJohn and Sarah discuss a packed week in Stradbally which started with Up the Ra chants at the Electric Picnic and ends with Ukrainians about to move into the site on an emergency basis. Also: Speed limits, American Mommy bloggers going to jail, and why Sarah’s a tough parent herself.
TRSI 368 - In which Michael says ’booty’
September 03, 2023 11:59 - 53 minutes - 57 MBGrade inflation; the Electoral Commission and the 'right not to be misinformed'; and you've got to admire the sheer balls on the ICCL. https://app.tickettailor.com/event/ev_2888507
The Week That Really Was EP45 - Did the earth move for you?
September 01, 2023 08:42 - 59 minutes - 81.6 MBHaving survived an earthquake in Greece, and listened to three hours of Andrew Tate on her holidays, Sarah returns to an Ireland transformed by new constituency boundaries, and the dramatic fall from grace of singer Roisin Murphy.
TRSI 367 - A statement murder
August 27, 2023 11:55 - 44 minutes - 37 MBMan makes tragic mistake of getting on a plane in Russian airspace; the Pareto Principle for habitual criminals; and grade inflation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQNULEudss
The Week That Really Was EP44 - More deadly than the male
August 25, 2023 09:19 - 45 minutes - 62.1 MBJohn is joined by Irish writer Conor Fitzgerald (@fitzfromdublin) to discuss the question of whether Ireland, and western society at large, is increasingly divided politically along gender lines, and why cultural institutions sometimes seem to hate their own audiences.
TRSI 366 - Smugness comes before the fall
August 20, 2023 12:18 - 33 minutes - 42.3 MBThis week we discuss the financial troubles of two titans of the property sector, the Peter McVerry Trust and Evergrande. https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Firish-personal-finance-flowchart-v2-1-v0-sx1ensn284c91.jpg%3Fs%3D8b79a0fb56bd5bb031b966ce89aeec813d3aa353
The Week That Really Was EP43 - Seducing the Queen of Lydia.
August 18, 2023 10:26 - 51 minutes - 70.1 MBAccording to the government democracy is where the government pays billions of dollars to one side and jails the other.
TRSI 365 - It’s certainly not financial advice, although you probably need some
August 13, 2023 08:44 - 52 minutes - 65.1 MBLet's have a closer look at SF's new housing submission; the PR problem of tourists being brutalised by criminals; and financial literacy in the Irish population. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/freespeechireland/979702 https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/08/09/edge-of-misogyny-in-criticism-of-helen-mcentee-is-unmistakable/ https://www.sinnfein.ie/files/2023/EOB_PRS_submission1.pdf
The Week That Really Was EP42 - Mad as hell and not going to take it any more
August 11, 2023 08:17 - 54 minutes - 74.5 MBIn the sorry absence of Sarah Ryan, John is joined by NIAMH UI BHRIAN to discuss Gerard Craughwell’s one-man crusade against Gender Self-ID, Helen McEntee as the victim of misogyny, and the prospects for the new Farmer’s Alliance.
TRSI 364 - Enlightened centrism
August 07, 2023 12:28 - 40 minutes - 48.3 MBGary has returned from his travels and climate change is the agenda for this week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W33HRc1A6c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qPwfICdqXQ
The week that really was 31 - City of (no) God
August 04, 2023 10:52 - 41 minutes - 24.3 MBIn this week’s episode, Sarah tells John all about the Lizzo banana scandal, which leads to a chat about the unfashionability of normal boring old sex, and a question: Has the fall of traditional religion and the rise of a new religiosity led to a fall in contentment?
The Week That Really Was EP41 - City of (no) God
August 04, 2023 10:52 - 41 minutes - 24.3 MBIn this week’s episode, Sarah tells John all about the Lizzo banana scandal, which leads to a chat about the unfashionability of normal boring old sex, and a question: Has the fall of traditional religion and the rise of a new religiosity led to a fall in contentment?
The Week That Really Was EP40 - Infertile Ground
July 28, 2023 08:16 - 1 hour - 92.6 MBJohn and Sarah talk about the issues of the week, ranging from gold heists to climate worries, crime, and Sinead O’Connor. But also, as the Government introduces free IVF for some couples, the growing challenge of infertility:
The Week That Really Was EP39 - Capital Projects
July 21, 2023 08:07 - 55 minutes - 75.7 MBIn this week’s episode, the story of a missing American woman leads John and Sarah into a chat about gender quotas, victimhood, the state of Dublin, the Children’s Hospital and how the media can’t stop terrifying the population with scary stories of crisis.
The Week That Really Was EP38 - The Far Wrong
July 14, 2023 09:02 - 1 hour - 97.7 MBJohn and Sarah are joined by William Campbell of the @hereshowpodcast to tell them – as respectfully as possible – why they’re wrong about most things, and why Ireland is in fact one of the most successful countries in the world.
TRSI 363 - Roving bands of pro-lifers being slowly chased by police
July 09, 2023 12:03 - 51 minutes - 60.1 MBThe hate crime bill has been pushed back after an unexpected backlash, but it's far from dead; RTE decide respectable people don't need to be asked to provide evidence; and the safe access zone bill begins its march through the Oireachtas.
The Week That Really Was EP37 - Bring back the Old Leo
July 07, 2023 07:39 - 58 minutes - 81 MB“Justin Trudeau with fancier socks” – That’s Keith Redmond’s verdict on Leo Varadkar as he joins John and Sarah to talk hate speech, Helen McEntee’s illiberalism, RTE’s implosion, and the public finances careening out of control:
TRSI 362 - At best it’s still pretty bad
July 02, 2023 11:52 - 58 minutes - 70.5 MBA key plank of the Government's housing policy hasn't worked for the last 11 months, the end (maybe) of affirmative action in America; and the polls show both the government and RTE are in a spot of bother.
The Week That Really Was EP36 - Anatomy of a scandal
June 30, 2023 09:04 - 49 minutes - 67.7 MBRTÉ dominates this week’s podcast, as John and Sarah wonder whether the state broadcaster has even a shred of credibility left; Also: Is Dublin a crime-ridden dump, and who is to blame?
Public Morality and the Culture Wars
June 25, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 37.2 MBGary Kavanagh sat down with Bryan Fanning, Professor of Migration and Social Policy at UCD, to discuss the professor's latest book, Public Morality and the Culture Wars; immigration; LGBT rights; abortion; and coercive public morality. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BHSWHDNJ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0
The Week That Really Was EP35 - Sorry, but we’re knackered
June 23, 2023 08:36 - 52 minutes - 72.5 MBIs the tide of public opinion turning on the transgender agenda? John and Sarah are joined by women’s rights campaigner Laoise DeBrun to discuss the Hate Speech Bill, Ryan Tubridy, Lost Submarines, and Laoise’s drafting of a new bill to keep men out of women’s prisons.
TRSI 360 - Senator Screams at Clouds
June 18, 2023 14:14 - 51 minutes - 61 MBThe hate speech bill was debated in the Seanad this week, and despite the lack of media attention the debate demonstrated the full value of the Seanad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj0Tj8dnrYw https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2023-06-13/10/#spk_78 https://twitter.com/griptmedia/status/1669275401397456898 https://www.lawlibrary.ie/bar-reviews/the-bar-review-june-2023/ - Page 100 for piece on hate crime bill.
The Week That Really Was EP34 - Truth to Power
June 16, 2023 07:03 - 56 minutes - 77.2 MB“it’s almost like a tea party”: Gript’s own Ben Scallan joins John to talk about his journey from political candidate to Government press conferences, the pitfalls of Ireland’s political system, and how impending fatherhood changes a man.
TRSI 359 - A golden age for female sports
June 11, 2023 12:15 - 41 minutes - 53.4 MBA transgender cyclist is currently 300km ahead of their nearest rival in a 2500km race taking place on the west coast; and excise increases are mostly due to the government wanting you to be miserable. Welcome to the Official TAW ride in Ireland - TransAtlanticWay
The Week That Really Was EP33 - Neither head nor tail on it
June 09, 2023 09:20 - 51 minutes - 70.4 MB“It’s like being governed by a divorced mum and dad” – John and Sarah discuss the growing sense that Ireland just doesn’t have a leader, and also reflect on the terror in France, and the Labour Party’s call for a “NPHET style” approach to immigration.
The Week That Really Was EP32 - A lot of dry tinder
June 02, 2023 08:37 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MB“Very few are willing to speak openly and honestly” - John and Sarah are joined by columnist Cormac Lucey to discuss the state of the nation, including Ministerial competence, abortion, tax cuts, and the hate speech bill:
TRSI 358 - Suck it up Oppenheimer
May 28, 2023 12:56 - 1 hour - 87.5 MBA new RedC poll shows the vast majority of people believe Ireland has taken in too many refugees, but tells us very little about what people actually think; and the NCCA consults with toddlers. https://ncca.ie/media/6220/consultationreport.pdf https://ereader.businesspost.ie/e-reader/edition-1810/14/index.html
The Week That Really Was EP31 - The competence deficit
May 25, 2023 21:33 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MBDoes Irish politics suffer from a major deficit of…. ability? That’s the question John and Sarah take on this week in the wake of a farcical health proposal, an aborted tax cut, and the entry of a new contender to replace Joe Biden.
The Week That Really Was EP30 - Inch-ing towards disaster
May 19, 2023 08:22 - 47 minutes - 65.8 MB"A TD told me he actually believed what he'd said and I was shocked because that's so rare" - John and Sarah discuss the political response to Inch, as well as sunburn, AI, and bullying in schools.
TRSI 357 - A refusal to accept reality
May 14, 2023 12:00 - 45 minutes - 52.8 MBFG TDs refusing to run are 'a natural event'; SF becomes ever more respectable; asking the President to stop the hate speech bill is deeply unwise; and Alcohol Action Ireland are coming for non-alcoholic beers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZT-wVnFn60
The Week That Really Was EP29 - Orange Peril
May 12, 2023 09:29 - 47 minutes - 65.9 MBIn this week's podcast Sarah reacts to the news that fake tan might be racist; and wonders why women are so consistently in the firing line of modern cultural outrages:
TRSI 356 - In which mention of the UN nearly kills Michael
May 07, 2023 12:42 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBNew polling shows nearly 50% of the country feels their quality of living has declined over the last 12 months; Simon Harris has some thoughts on his political opponents; and FG continue to fall in opinion polls. https://www.redcresearch.ie/consumer-sentiment-remains-decidedly-downbeat/ https://twitter.com/griptmedia/status/1654113707004239872 irelands competitiveness scorecard 2023.pdf
The Week That Really Was EP28 - Baby Killing Pronoun W*nkers
May 05, 2023 12:23 - 40 minutes - 55.6 MBJohn and Sarah discuss Leo Varadkar's bizarre explanation of the hate speech bill, the Labour Party's new badges, and Sarah's life-long love of Coronation Chicken.
TRSI 255 - 110 - 14
May 01, 2023 10:49 - 49 minutes - 44.1 MBThe Hate Speech Bill has cleared the Dail with 110 TDs voting in support of the bill, 14 against; the President has some thoughts on economic growth; and the abortion review has some interesting methodological issues. Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil) – Wednesday, 26 Apr 2023 – Tithe an Oireachtais (oireachtas.ie) gov.ie - The Independent Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Te...
The Week That Really Was EP27 - Corruption versus incompetence
April 28, 2023 11:01 - 54 minutes - 74.3 MBIn a week dominated by the Niall Collins scandal, John and Sarah debate whether Ireland has a corruption problem, disagree about Niall Collins, and reflect on the Eurovision scandal that rocked the internet.
TRSI 354 - If it’s important maybe it’s important that we get it right
April 23, 2023 11:58 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBPlans to put labelling requirements on wine could see producers refuse to sell in Ireland; a Government report gives the wrong results and has to be redone to get the right one; and the CSO's new report on sexual violence has some unusual results. https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/3793/1/The%20SAVI%20Report_%20Sexual%20Abuse%20and%20Violence%20in%20Ireland.%20Executive.pdf
The Week That Really Was EP26 - Life in the wilderness
April 21, 2023 09:54 - 1 hour - 89.8 MBKevin Myers joins John and Sarah to talk about what it is like to be cancelled, the culture of fear in Ireland, and why he remains trenchantly opposed to Sinn Fein.
TRSI 353 - Apologetics for a barking dog
April 16, 2023 11:59 - 34 minutes - 33.2 MBGermany shuts down its last nuclear reactors as the green movement cheers; a bad week for journalism; and the government has a new, almost certainly unconstitutional, way of dealing with those filthy people trying to make money in the property market.
The Week That Really Was EP25 - Knick Knack, Paddywhack, read for Joe a poem
April 14, 2023 10:43 - 38 minutes - 52.6 MBJohn and Sarah discuss the Biden visit and our national love of being loved, as well as reviewing the state of the parties after THAT poll last weekend.
TRSI 352 - The observer effect of political polling
April 10, 2023 11:52 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBA reminder of the futility of our complaints; modern day book burnings akin to the Nazis, or so they say; and the latest opinion poll. https://gript.ie/significant-methodological-issues-with-recent-study-on-non-religious-teachers-fears/