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TRSI 239 - Professor Theo Boer
June 06, 2021 12:55 - 30 minutes - 70.4 MBWe 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
June 06, 2021 10:41 - 8 minutes - 20.1 MBFather 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
June 04, 2021 14:24 - 53 minutes - 122 MBThe 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
June 02, 2021 14:58 - 55 minutes - 126 MBSimon 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-gi...
Sunday Reflection 61 - Trinity Sunday
May 30, 2021 11:00 - 7 minutes - 18 MBFather 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
May 28, 2021 13:37 - 52 minutes - 120 MBIreland 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
May 26, 2021 17:45 - 49 minutes - 114 MBAs 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
May 23, 2021 12:30 - 51 minutes - 119 MBGary 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
May 23, 2021 10:23 - 6 minutes - 15.8 MBFather 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
May 21, 2021 13:14 - 41 minutes - 94 MBThe 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?
TRSI 232 - Simon Coveney's Cenotaph
May 19, 2021 14:10 - 55 minutes - 128 MBSimon Coveney realizes people have a right to protest, so long as they do it in Israel; the Associated Press and Hamas; and burning a toddler with a blowtorch is a crime, but apparently not like a super serious crime. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/11/how-the-media-makes-the-israel-story/383262/ https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/ap-collaboration-nazis-reporting-news https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/thousands-attend-rallies-in-irish...
TRSI 231 - Votes are equal, voters are not
May 16, 2021 11:59 - 45 minutes - 104 MBArlene Foster and the DUP demonstrate the danger of getting what you wish for; and public confidence in the Government's ability to handle COVID-19 improves, but SF continue to move up in the polls.
Sunday Reflection 59 - The Ascension
May 16, 2021 09:56 - 6 minutes - 15.5 MBFather Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he reflects upon the Ascension.
TRSI 230 - A holiday is really just an opportunity to work without distraction
May 14, 2021 13:11 - 30 minutes - 70.2 MBMillions more in state funding of media revealed; everyone is dreadfully afraid of being seen as posh; and Stephen Donnelly now elicits pity rather than anger. https://twitter.com/NewstalkFM/status/1392812766696771586
TRSI 229 - The M Night Shyamalan of ethnographic research papers
May 12, 2021 14:43 - 52 minutes - 120 MBThe Royal College of Physicians goes to war on the concept of academic freedom; politicians keep shouting at each other over a problem none of them have really tried to fix; and a fascinating study on anti-mask sentiment gets so much right before going totally off the deep end. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2101.07993.pdf https://twitter.com/AlanFarrell/status/1390818311638765576
TRSI 228 - You asked for this
May 09, 2021 13:57 - 58 minutes - 134 MBMichael has some feelings about alcohol prices he needs to work out; the Government thinks problem drinkers should switch to vodka; NPHET comes out against rapid antigen testing in the same way they came out against masks; and the British elections. https://www.cochrane.org/CD013705/INFECTN_how-accurate-are-rapid-tests-diagnosing-covid-19
Sunday Reflection 58 - The Final Discourse of Jesus
May 09, 2021 11:05 - 6 minutes - 15.4 MBFather Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he reflects on the final discourse given by Jesus to his Apostles after the Last Supper.
TRSI 227 - And then the locusts came
May 07, 2021 12:11 - 53 minutes - 122 MBFF have some thoughts on housing policy; the Government has pumped millions into Irish media; April vaccine target missed by 160,000; and Mick Wallace says China is a normal country.
TRSI 226 - Interview with Professor Gerard Casey
May 05, 2021 12:25 - 55 minutes - 127 MBWe interview Professor Gerard Casey about his new book Hidden Agender: Transgenderism's Struggle Against Reality. http://books.imprint.co.uk/book/?gcoi=71157100341290 https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Agender-Transgenderisms-Struggle-Societas/dp/1788360583
Sunday Reflection 57 - The True Vine
May 02, 2021 11:20 - 6 minutes - 15.8 MBFather Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he reflects on John 15.
TRSI 225 - The hills are alive with the sound of repression
April 30, 2021 12:19 - 53 minutes - 123 MBPopulation joins in mass call for Gript to be state funded; the Bar Council shows the government how to stand up to China; the Examiner tries to hurt YFG and hurts itself in its confusion; and the Government wants to educate you about sex.
TRSI 224 - We used to have a thing called charities
April 28, 2021 12:19 - 55 minutes - 128 MBThe EU goes to court; man pokes bear, surprised when mauled; the party of law and order decides to reward breaking the law; and the nanny state comes for bridal parties.
TRSI 223 - The Citizens' Assembly is just a prophylactic
April 25, 2021 16:35 - 56 minutes - 130 MBThe CA has come back with its latest round of considerations, showing that there is nothing a carefully selected group of people won't say if you barrage them with nonsense for two months. https://www.citizensassembly.ie/en/what-we-do/meetings/voting-results-citizens-assembly-on-gender-equality/full-list-of-recommendations.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20190331155445/https://www.citizensassembly.ie/en/News/RED-C-Internal-Audit.pdf
Sunday Reflection 56 - Good Shepard Sunday
April 25, 2021 08:51 - 7 minutes - 16.7 MBFather Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he reflects upon Good Shepard Sunday.
TRSI 222 - We've got some targets out the back we could show you
April 23, 2021 13:07 - 41 minutes - 95 MBCelebration as we hit our March vaccination target in late April; Donnelly jumps the gun on an EU court case; Leo fails to understand the purpose of a target; and Marc MacSharry remains confident in certain things, less confident in others. https://gript.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1613725900577_AZ_FIRMATO_REPORT.pdf
TRSI 221 - A verdict, if you can keep it
April 21, 2021 13:33 - 51 minutes - 118 MBThings to do this summer now that the Government has made getting married illegal; the Hate Crime Bill Round 2; and Chauvin is guilty, but for how long? http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2021/si/171/made/en/print http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2021/si/168/made/en/print
TRSI 220 - The Pascal is a great name for a currency
April 18, 2021 12:05 - 59 minutes - 137 MBWe've nearly hit March's vaccination target; unemployment is down to a mere 24%; the new hate speech bill; and the President has had some thoughts. http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/General_Scheme_Criminal_Justice_(Hate_Crime)_Bill_2021.pdf/Files/General_Scheme_Criminal_Justice_(Hate_Crime)_Bill_2021.pdf
Sunday Reflection 55 - The scriptures foretold the life of Jesus
April 18, 2021 10:12 - 6 minutes - 14.1 MBFather Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he reflects on Jesus instructing the Disciples that his life had been foretold by the Scriptures.
TRSI 219 - Like an old folk's home at dementia hour
April 14, 2021 12:30 - 59 minutes - 135 MBA new campaign, backed by the youth wings of nearly every political party in the country, has launched to end conversion therapy, but the bill they want passed is so broad it could see parents jailed for refusing to allow their son to wear a dress; the mandatory hotel system is coming apart at the seams; and what use is a constitution if the average person can't afford to protect their constitutional rights.
Sunday Reflection 54 - Reflections on the Resurrection
April 11, 2021 11:51 - 8 minutes - 18.6 MBFather Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he reflects upon the Resurrection.
TRSI 218 - Speak ill of the dead
April 11, 2021 11:34 - 54 minutes - 125 MBThe danger of political metaphor - from fires in theatres to the white man's burden; new freedoms for vaccinated may actually have no basis in law; PBP take a brave stand against the politics of respectability; and Gary discovers the joy of being a Soviet style bureaucrat. https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-68-what-exactly-are-antifa/ https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ohhib - Spitting Image Election Special
TRSI 217 - The Indo is just being tsundere
April 09, 2021 13:59 - 42 minutes - 97.5 MBThe most informed view on the North you'll hear this week; Israel can't pay its bill; Ireland South continues its support for Iran; the HSE just did exactly the same thing as the Beacon Hospital; and how 0-4 and fuck the consumer is the Irish way.
TRSI 216 - Obviously we're trustworthy, it's all the other media
April 07, 2021 15:43 - 1 hour - 139 MBHundreds of NGOs called for the "elimination" of laws stopping adolescents from consenting to sex and no one noticed; the job of media is to cover stories with a pillow until they stop moving; and 60 Minutes gives Ron DeSantis a wonderful present. https://gript.ie/allow-children-as-young-as-10-to-consent-to-sex-lgbt-ngo/ https://iwhc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Beijing-25-Feminist-declaration.pdf https://extra.ie/2021/04/01/news/irish-news/vaccine-booking-system-abused - DM story http...
TRSI 215 - Brevity is the essence of wit
April 02, 2021 12:28 - 47 minutes - 110 MBPaul Reid and Stephen Donnelly should both be sacked.
TRSI 214 - It's incredibly cheap and the genocide is over
March 31, 2021 14:19 - 51 minutes - 119 MBThe Government has finally arrested a religious minister; mandatory quarantine moves from failing to farcical; vaccination figures don't add up; and Sinn Fein having a Facebook moderator from Serbia is not the knockout scandal the Indo and FG seem to think it is. https://gript.ie/minister-arrested-during-sunday-service-by-gardai/ https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gardaifurious-over-farcical-hunt-for-quarantine-absconders-40254914.html https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/public-s-loss...
TRSI 213 - Come in ye Black and Tans, come in and jab me like a man
March 28, 2021 12:31 - 1 hour - 152 MBPerfidious Albion to the rescue; If you're angry about the Beacon Hospital you may want to look at who exactly the HSE has been vaccinating; multiple people escape from mandatory quarantine on its first full day; and Fianna Fail survived the crash but look increasingly unlikely to survive Martin. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/uk-to-offer-covid-vaccines-to-ireland-nhxjftcwd
Sunday Reflection 53 - Palm Sunday
March 28, 2021 10:25 - 8 minutes - 20.2 MBFather Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses Palm Sunday, the entrance into Jerusalem, and the Passion.
TRSI 212 - Purity Control
March 26, 2021 14:26 - 45 minutes - 105 MBIt's a good day for racists as the Government embraces the one drop rule; good news as unemployment falls to a mere 24.8%; the EU accidentally raided a facility shipping vaccines to the third world; and despite what Government TDs may have told you we are nowhere near hitting our vaccination targets.
TRSI 211 - Get back to the strawberry fields
March 24, 2021 15:11 - 54 minutes - 124 MBThe state isn't sure what the law says, the courts aren't sure either, but the guards will still punish you for breaking it; the anatomy of a small fake news story; racism, racism everywhere but not a stat to see; and a new anti-Covid nasal spray hits the market. https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40249778.html https://inar.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2020_iReport.pdf
TRSI 210 - That old reliable
March 21, 2021 13:11 - 56 minutes - 130 MBA priest decides to find out what exactly a penal law is; ISAG keep on keeping on; British protests against lockdowns; and the tri-weekly reminder of how badly this is going. https://www.wsj.com/articles/europes-gang-that-couldnt-shot-straight-11616193641?st=iify3a6dmiv89fu&reflink=article_email_share https://tcdlaw.blogspot.com/2021/03/religious-services-and-rule-of-law.html https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/it-would-be-a-mistake-to-dismiss-anti-lockdown-protesters-as-outsiders...
Sunday Reflection 50 - The fifth week of Lent
March 21, 2021 10:33 - 8 minutes - 18.5 MBFather Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses sacred spaces and finding what is real.
TRSI 209 - The problem of not enough people dying
March 19, 2021 16:52 - 1 hour - 149 MBRussia says Sputnik vaccines are available "if" the Government is interested; Martin doesn't want to look desperate; lies, damned lies, and incompetently presented statistics; Newstalk suffers a self-inflicted gunshot wound; and Mary McAleese wants the Catholic Church to adopt FF's Dublin Strategy. https://gript.ie/revealed-how-newstalk-disappeared-a-criticism-of-the-zero-covid-group/ https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/newsfeatures/covid19-updates/integrated-information-service-vaccina...
TRSI 208 - Representation without taxation
March 17, 2021 15:25 - 56 minutes - 129 MBProtesting and your rights; the government's willingness to blame the public for the government's mistake; lowering the voting age to 16; and AstraZeneca vaccinations and political cover. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/act/9/section/5/enacted/en/html#sec5 https://www.youth.ie/get-involved/campaigns/vote-at-16/#reason-7
TRSI 207 - Coveney's charm offensive
March 14, 2021 13:46 - 1 hour - 163 MBSimon Coveney keeps making friends; ISAG founder confirms he shared material; the actual law behind lockdowns; and a leak from the European Medicines Agency. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-ireland-idUSKBN2B507C https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n627 https://tcdlaw.blogspot.com/2021/03/religious-services-and-rule-of-law.html
Sunday Reflection 51 - The third week of Lent
March 14, 2021 11:16 - 8 minutes - 18.7 MBFather Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses Nicodemus.
TRSI 206 - And not a drop to drink
March 12, 2021 16:21 - 1 hour - 138 MBA rumour regarding Simon Coveney and the British vaccine surplus ; apologetics for the EU ruined by discovery of vaccine mountains; and how a 6% reduction in alcohol consumption becomes an "ocean of alcohol." https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/there-are-no-spare-vaccines-available-for-ireland-to-lobby-for-1.4506889 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/us/politics/coronavirus-astrazeneca-united-states.html https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-double-covid-vaccine-order-from-pfizer-b...
TRSI 205 - A Final Embarrassment
March 10, 2021 16:20 - 52 minutes - 121 MBThe ISAG situation continues to develop despite the silence of the zero-covid group; the IFCN attempts a course correction; the Bishops still have the capacity to surprise; and the government's forced quarantine plans are effectively a total ban on travel to Ireland from large parts of Africa. https://gript.ie/watch-senator-ronan-mullen-raises-isag-leaks-in-the-seanad/ https://gript.ie/recent-journal-fact-check-actually-non-fact-checking-content-international-fact-checking-network/ htt...
TRSI 204 - Oh the places you'll go!
March 07, 2021 12:53 - 1 hour - 138 MBMore on Moonshot's recent study of the far-right in Ireland, particularly the Irish Time's coverage of it; fact-checking the Journal; and Dr Seuss out, but Mein Kampf is still in.
Sunday Reflection 50 - The third week of Lent
March 07, 2021 11:09 - 6 minutes - 15.4 MBFather Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses sacred spaces and finding what is real.
TRSI 203 - The far-right point
March 05, 2021 17:32 - 1 hour - 151 MBThe ICCL have had some thoughts on the recent protest; how to turn research showing basically no far-right into a fear piece; fact-checking the Journal; and how the Covid story will end. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/unusually-high-proportion-of-young-males-researching-far-right-topics-1.4500287 https://moonshotcve.com/far-right-search-traffic-in-ireland-2021/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wbjZDtR2e0