Podcast

Today on the show, Niall dives into one of the most heated cultural and political debates of the week: RTÉ’s decision to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest while Israel remains a participant. The national broadcaster has confirmed it will neither take part in nor air the contest—a move that has sparked strong reactions across Ireland.

In this episode, Niall sits down with Eilís Mulroy for an in-depth conversation about one of the most contentious aspects of Ireland’s abortion legislation: the mandatory three-day waiting period. Drawing on new data from the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA), Niall and Eilís unpack the organisation’s findings that there is “no scientific support” for imposing a delay on anyone seeking abortion care.

On today’s show, Niall speaks with Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín following his fiery contribution in the Dáil yesterday — a speech that has already stirred intense debate nationwide.

Tóibín claimed that members of the Government have become “brainwashed by trans activists” and that not one of them is willing to answer what he calls a “simple question”: “What is a woman?”

Today, Niall opens the phone lines to tackle a dilemma many people quietly live with but rarely talk about openly.

We received an email from a man who has spent twenty years in the same job. He feels undervalued, underpaid, and stuck—but with a wife and two children depending on his steady income, he’s terrified to take the leap and start his own business. His wife says go for it. Some of his friends agree. Others tell him it would be reckless.

This week, Niall sits down with Cllr. Albert Deasy for a frank and timely discussion on a question many Irish households are quietly asking this winter: Why can the Government find another €125 million for Zelenskyy and Ukraine, yet refuse to fund energy credits for its own citizens—citizens who are facing some of the highest energy bills in the world?

This week Niall takes calls from listeners — some angry, some sorrowful, some torn — about the holiday-time crackdown An Garda Síochána begins every December: Operation Live-saver. With drink-driving arrests spiking around the festive season, the stakes couldn’t be higher.

In today’s episode, Niall sits down with journalist and bestselling author Eoin — writer of Vandalising Ireland — to discuss one of the most contentious issues currently shaping Irish politics: the surge in asylum claims entering the Republic of Ireland via Northern Ireland.

Niall opens the lines for a deeply divisive and emotional discussion sparked by an email from a worried listener. She says her next-door neighbour — a single mother of two young children, aged around 11 and 7 — leaves them home alone every weekday while she goes to work, sometimes not returning until after 6pm.

Australia is set to become the first country in the world to ban under-16s from all social media. At first glance many people will say, “Great — it’s about time!” But how exactly do they plan to enforce it?