Here's How ::: Ireland's Political, Social and Current Affairs Podcast

Here's How ::: Ireland's Political, Social and Current Affairs Podcast


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Here's How 35 - Jim O'Callaghan and Fianna Fáil in Government
May 18, 2016

Jim O'Callaghan is a senior counsel, and TD for Dublin Bay South. He was key to the negotiations between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil that led to the formation of the current governmnet. This is the text of the confidence and supply agreement between Fian...

Here's How 34 - Pink Pricing and Motor Tax
May 11, 2016

This is Ray's petition against what he calls the unfair '2Tier' Irish car tax law. This is a table of the current motor tax rates for pre- and post-2008 vehicles. Dr Julien Mercille is a lecturer in the Department of Geography in University College Dub...

Here's How 33 - The Census and the Election Outcome
April 20, 2016

Tony Downes is an Administrative Officer in Census Publicity with the Central Statistics Office. Census day is on 24 April, the exact centenary of the 1916 Rising. If you didn't receive a census form yet, you should call 1850 2016 04 to get one.

Bumper Here's How Election Edition 32 - Sorcha Nic Cormaic (SF), John Brassil (FF) and Seán Kyne (FG)
February 25, 2016

Cllr Sorcha Nic Cormaic is the Sinn Féin councillor for Dundrum on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, and candidate in Dublin Rathdown. In our discussion, I mentioned this report from the EPA. Cllr John Brassil is the Fianna Fáil councillor for Lis...

Here's How 31 - Eamon Delaney of the Hibernia Forum
February 23, 2016

Paddy Power's odds on the next government are listed here, and this is Adrian Kavanagh's analysis of recent opinion polls. Eamon Delaney is the director of the Hibernia Forum, he's also a writer, journalist and former diplomat.

Here's How 30 - Bríd Smith of People Before Profit
February 11, 2016

Bríd Smith is the People Before Profit candidate in Dublin South Central.

Here's How 29 - Anne-Marie McNally of the Social Democrats
February 08, 2016

Anne-Marie McNally is the Social Democrats candidate in Dublin Mid West. She also writes extensively for Broadsheet and works in Leinster House for the party.

Here's How 28 - Eamon Ryan of the Green Party
February 05, 2016

Eamon Ryan is the leader of the Green Party, and a candidate for the Dáil in the Dublin Bay South constituency. This is theJournal.ie article about Glenealy, Co Wicklow persuading candidates not to display posters along with dozens of anti-poster comme...

Here's How 27 - Mailo Power of Renua
February 02, 2016

Mailo Power, running in Waterford for Renua defends her party's policies ahead of the election.

Here's How 26 - Finian McGrath of the Independent Alliance
January 19, 2016

With the approach of the election, I hope to interview a candidate for each political group about their platform in the 2016 election. Finian McGrath TD will be running in the election in Dublin Bay North for the Independent Alliance.