Podcasts

This Week with Niall — Tensions flare in Dublin as pro-Palestine protestors are arrested for attempting to block the Port Tunnel — for the second time since Friday. The Gardaí moved in quickly, but the debate is far from over.

In this explosive episode, Niall dives into the political storm shaking Ireland as Jim Gavin dramatically withdraws from the 2025 Presidential Election. Joining him is John McGuirk from Gript Media, offering sharp analysis on what’s being called the biggest fiasco in modern Irish politics.

In this episode, Niall opens the phone lines and asks a hot-button question: should vaping be treated the same as smoking — with the same stigma and the same strict laws?
With vaping now seen as “cool” among younger people, it has quickly become a public health and social issue.

In this episode, Niall sits down with economist and financial commentator Karl Deeter to dig into a question that’s being debated across Ireland: should college fees be abolished?

Currently, students in Ireland pay on average between €3,000 and €4,000 per year in college fees. As a recent development, Tánaiste Simon Harris has publicly committed to a gradual phasing out of those fees. In his own words, “third level education fees will need to be phased out in the coming years” to allow for their eventual abolition.

In this episode, host Niall speaks with Nick Delehanty, independent candidate and small-businessman, about his bid for the presidency: the hurdles, the strategy, and where it all went wrong 

In this episode, host Niall sits down with Niamh Uí Bhriain (Gript Media) for a deep-dive on where Ireland currently stands in the fight over euthanasia and assisted dying — and exactly why Niamh strongly opposes legislative change in this area.

In this episode, Niall sparks a heated conversation after mentioning he knows parents who chose to homeschool their three young children. Their reason? As Christian parents, they don’t want their kids’ heads “filled with liberal nonsense.”

In this episode, Niall is joined by Laura Perrins from Gript Media to dive into one of the most debated parenting topics: discipline. The conversation started after Laura posted on X, “Smarter parents know what is better parenting, usually. Smart parents don’t usually hit or shout at their children which does impact personality later on.”

Host Niall is joined by schoolteacher Eric Nelligan to debate whether children should have mobile phones in school. The conversation focuses on Northern Ireland’s new pilot scheme, launched by Education Minister Paul Givan,