John 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. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/despatches-from-the-seanad/ Available on Spotify […]

This week’s podcast covers all the fallout to the great spoiled vote of 2025: Simon Harris’s migration u-turn, Micheál Martin’s jeopardy, the Galway West by-election, and the state of Ireland’s right wing politics. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/fallout/ Episode 162 00:00 Introduction and Personal Reflections 02:00 Post-Election Fallout in Ireland 07:01 The Impact of Spoiled Votes 15:50 Leadership […]

John and Sarah spend most of this week’s episode talking about the murder of Charlie Kirk, the pathology of those cheering it, and where we go from here. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/the-worst-week/ ‎ 00:00 The Impact of Tragedy 02:56 The Nature of Political Violence 05:34 Debate and Discourse in Politics 08:22 The Role of Media and Public […]