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The Week That Really Was 51 - Hatikvah

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2023/10/13

The 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:

49:09

TRSI 372 - Like a child or a small dog

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2023/10/08

Roderick 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/

01:01:07

The Week That Really Was EP50 - Despatches from the...

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2023/10/06

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.

01:01:59

TRSI 371 - Kindness is our hallmark

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2023/10/01

A 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.

56:25

The Week That Really Was EP49 - Carlow Teachers redux

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2023/09/29

Does 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.

43:57

TRSI 370 - Even Jesse Owens got his medals

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2023/09/24

A 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

58:23

The Week That Really Was EP48 - Giving Both Barrels...

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2023/09/22

Short 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.

47:58

The Week That Really Was EP47 - Anger and Rage

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2023/09/15

Paul 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

33:20

TRSI 369 - (Fiscally) Harder, Better, Faster

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2023/09/10

IBEC 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

50:45

The Week That Really Was EP46 - Up the Ra, Down with...

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2023/09/08

John 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.

53:33

TRSI 368 - In which Michael says ’booty’

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2023/09/03

Grade 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

59:25

The Week That Really Was EP45 - Did the earth move...

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2023/09/01

Having 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.

44:45

TRSI 367 - A statement murder

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2023/08/27

Man 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

45:11

The Week That Really Was EP44 - More deadly than the...

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2023/08/25

John 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.

33:58

TRSI 366 - Smugness comes before the fall

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2023/08/20

This 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

51:02

The Week That Really Was EP43 - Seducing the Queen of...

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2023/08/18

According to the government democracy is where the government pays billions of dollars to one side and jails the other.

52:40

TRSI 365 - It’s certainly not financial advice,...

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2023/08/13

Let'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

54:15

The Week That Really Was EP42 - Mad as hell and not...

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2023/08/11

In 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.

40:03

TRSI 364 - Enlightened centrism

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2023/08/07

Gary 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

41:33

The Week That Really Was EP41 - City of (no) God

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2023/08/04

In 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?

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