Podcast

On this episode of The Niall Boylan Podcast, Niall is joined by media producer AJ Walshe to discuss a deeply personal and emotional email sent in by a listener facing a life-changing decision.

In this special edition of The Niall Boylan Podcast, Niall is joined by his good friend, Director of Elections Sarah Ryan, Barrister-at-Law, for a lively chat and roundup of the biggest stories making headlines this week.

Niall discusses the growing controversy surrounding character references in criminal cases following reports that former TD Jim Glennon provided a character reference for convicted sex offender Daniel Ramamoorthy.

Niall talks to Stephen Delaney and Cormac Lucey about one of the biggest political and economic questions facing the island of Ireland, should there finally be a border poll on a United Ireland?

Niall asks listeners for their views on one of the most divisive moral and social issues facing Ireland today, surrogacy. The debate reignited last week after an American commercial surrogacy company planned to hold an event in a Dublin hotel called “Babies and Bites”. The event was later cancelled following public backlash and questions surrounding the legality of promoting commercial surrogacy in Ireland.

Ireland decided last year to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest because of Israel’s participation. RTÉ has also decided not to broadcast the hugely popular song contest.
A petition has now been set up by Graham Linehan, co-creator of Father Ted, demanding that RTÉ apologise and that the Director General resign over the decision.

Niall talks to Ciaran and Jessie Redmond about the heartbreaking situation their family now finds themselves in after their youngest daughter was diagnosed with leukemia and requires round the clock care. The diagnosis turned their lives upside down overnight, forcing Ciaran to give up work to care for their child full time while Jessie continues working just to try and keep the family afloat.

On this episode of the podcast, Niall debates the tipping culture row that has exploded online after a restaurant sign went viral. The sign on the restaurant door reads: “DEAR GUESTS, YOUR SERVER IS NOT A VOLUNTEER. THEY DON’T WORK FOR FREE. WE DON’T SERVE FOR FREE. IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO TIP, YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO DINE OUT.”

On this episode of the podcast, Niall is joined by journalist Laura Perrins from Gript Media to discuss whether modern society has lost its moral compass by abandoning religion and traditional Christian values.