Podcasts

In this episode, Niall is joined by Karl Deeter to explore whether Ireland should follow Sweden’s lead in tightening restrictions on smoking. Sweden is on track to become “smoke-free” by 2025, thanks to high cigarette taxes, outdoor smoking bans, and a harm reduction approach that promotes safer alternatives like nicotine pouches.

On today’s phone-in show, Niall tackles a heartbreaking dilemma sent in by a listener. A woman has been keeping a secret for nearly a decade: her 9-year-old daughter is not biologically her husband’s child. After a heated breakup years ago, a one-night encounter led to a pregnancy. She later confirmed through a private DNA test that her husband is not the father—but she has never told him.

On today’s show, Niall is joined by James and Sheila Sexton to discuss a campaign that’s challenging Ireland’s inheritance tax laws.

Under the current system, children can inherit up to €400,000 tax-free from their parents, while siblings, nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and others are restricted to much smaller thresholds—€40,000 or €20,000 depending on the relationship. For citizens without children, this creates a stark inequality: they cannot use the generous Group A allowance and face heavy tax penalties if they wish to leave their estate to loved ones outside the immediate family.

On today’s show, Niall opens the lines to ask a simple but controversial question: are Garda speed traps really about saving lives—or are they just making money?

Today on the show, Niall is joined by Karl Deeter and callers to debate a question that’s dividing opinion across Ireland: should the Gardaí be armed, and can we trust them with tasers?

Today, Niall is joined by Eric Nelligan from Aontú to tackle a hot-button issue in Irish education: Should single-sex schools be a thing of the past? The debate reignites as St Joseph of Cluny Secondary School in Killiney welcomes male students for the first time in its 70-year history. With the Labour Party previously suggesting that all secondary schools should be co-educational, the question arises: should the state push for mixed schools, or should parents have the right to choose single-sex education for their children?

In this thought-provoking episode, Niall is joined by journalist Ian O’Doherty to explore a timeless yet deeply divisive question: Would you fight for your country?

Prompted by a recent survey of British men showing that only one in three would be willing to defend their nation if war broke out,

In this episode, Niall sits down with Bishop Denis Nulty of Kildare and Leighlin to explore one of the biggest questions facing the Irish Church today: why has Mass attendance declined so dramatically over the past few decades?

In this episode, Niall is joined by Laura Perrins of Gript Media to explore why the Irish tricolour has become such a flashpoint in today’s political debates. With recent protests in Dublin, Cork, and Limerick marked by seas of Irish flags, Niall and Laura ask: why has a symbol of national pride become so divisive?