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 25 - Conor Cullen of Alcohol Action Ireland
January 12, 2016

This is the coverage of Patrick Durcan's comments about Martin McNamara and his 321 previous convictions at Killaloe District Court on 5 January. Conor Cullen is the head of communications and advocacy for Alcohol Action Ireland.

Here's How 24 - Gaye Dalton, former Sex Worker
December 28, 2015

Following the interview with Sarah Benson from Ruhama in Episode 21,  Gaye Dalton got in touch with me to discuss her personal experience, and how that affects her view or Ruhama's work. Gaye's YouTube channel is here.

Here's How 23 - Floods, Insurance and Corruption
December 17, 2015

Sinead Carroll is a solicitor with Ernest J. Cantillon Solicitors. Jason O'Sullivan is the founder of JOS Solicitors. Hugh McElvaney has been a Fine Gael councillor in Monaghan since 1999. He has been central to massive inappropriate rezoning throughou...

Here's How 22 - Dr Garrett McGovern on Injecting Rooms and Drug Decriminalisation
December 08, 2015

I referred to the damage done to children's education, particularly to disadvantaged children by long school holidays. This is backed up by many studies, including this one from the Institute for Public Policy Research. -

Here's How 21 - Sarah Benson CEO of Ruhama
November 12, 2015

Sarah Benson is the CEO of Ruhama. - The Good Shepherd Sisters and the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity were credited with founding Ruhama on Ruhama;s website up to February 2015, but all references to both those orders have been deleted from the pa...

Here's How 20 - Refugees, Immigration and Migration
November 05, 2015

Mike's original audio file is here. - This is the Baroness Jay report into the sex abuse scandal in Rochdale, England. - These are the UNHCR reports that report 1.7m Syrian refugees in Turkey and 1.8m in Lebanon,

Here's How 19 - Martin Collins of Pavee Point
October 29, 2015

Martin Collins is the co-director of Pavee Point. - Fr Micheál Mac Gréil published the study that measures the 'social distance' that people feel to various minority groups, and Travellers consistently are measured to be the most marginalised. -

Here's How 18 - NAMA and Cork Council Merger
October 18, 2015

Mick Barry is an AAA / Socialist Party councillor on Cork City Council. - This is the article, written by Frank Daly of NAMA, (behind paywall, hint open in incognito window) where he claims "Some claim we should have got a better price,

Here's How 17 - Crime Reporting and Conor Faughnan
October 05, 2015

This is a long, detailed article  on the violent attack on the Corcoran family. Like almost every other report, in every newspaper, the report omitted that the men convicted of the crime were Travellers. -

Here's How 16 - VW, and Exclusive Interview with Jamie Bryson
September 29, 2015

This Episode has a major interview with Jamie Bryson, the loyalist blogger and activist about his revelations on the Nama/Project Eagle affair. - These are the reports that first uncovered the software designed to cheat on EPA emissions tests when...