Chit Chat Celts

Today, we are going to discuss the up-and-coming midterm elections to the US House of Representatives and the US Senate to be held on the 3rd November 2026. The results of this election will determine the course of US Politics over the next two years and in particular the power of the Trump Presidency. But before we discuss all that we have our first guest joining us on Chit Chat Celts. Declan , W...

Today, we are going to discuss the up-and-comingelection to be held in Spain on Sunday 29th November 2026. This follows a defeat of the Prime Minister PEDRO SANCHEZ housing legislation in the Parliament.  Spanish politics as you could imagine is much morefragmented than the UK or Ireland, so the Boys will give you s a rundown of the runners and riders, what caused it, what the issues are and what...

Over the past couple of weeks the leaders of threenationalist parties holding he titles of First Minister in Northern Ireland , Scotland and Wales met in Cardiff and signed a Memorandum of Understanding outlining their aims for self determination for their countries. Plaid Cymru,the SNP and Sinn Fein main platform is independence from the UK. We discuss what this means to each country and the unio...

This episode is a first for a very sad reason…. Itis our first normal podcast without our great friend Colin. We hope we will do his memory justice.   Today we are going to look at Global GovernmentDebt and explain how that affects all of us in our daily lives. Before you tune out if you are an investor, mortgage repayer, retiree on private or state pension this subject matters to you. QOD is on C...

In this shortened episode, Declan and Walker talk about their friend and fellow podcaster Colin who passed away recently. They re-live and re-tell some of the stories and experiences they had with Colin and hopefully capture some of the personality of a highly respected and loved man.

Today we are going to catchup with some topics which we missed from last weeks episode.   Firstly the EU – what are your thoughts on its current existence, where it sits today in the global world and what should it do to ensure itself in the new global future? Then - lets talk for a few minutes on the National Health Service and Health Service Executive ? What are you experiences of it and what on...

After last weeks episode on the heavier subject of Immigration, we are going a little lighter this week and giving our listeners an insight into your hosts personal political and sporting heroes. Some may be well known, some may not (GAA) and some may be controversial - but we will let you decide on that. Question of the Day then looks at what is happening in Ukraine, with the sacking of Zelensky&...

Todays episode we are going to talk about Immigration and in particular the approach Spain has taken on this contentious issue compared to the rest of Europe. As you know In our Podcast we will always wrap upthe session with a question of the day section. What is going on in the Iran War and the implications of lasting resolution.  

Todays episode we are going to talk about the WorldCup including its interplay with Politics and As our question of the day we are going to discuss Andy Burnhams first policy speech and answer the question canhe change the UK in two years.

In today’s episode the guys discuss CHINA and where they see it with regards the UK and IRELAND and where it is positioning itself in the WORLD. We also ask the question who would you trust more in the world CHINA or the USA and tackle this in the Question of the Day

Todays episode Is looking at SPAIN.   We are all now all living in Spain either permanently or for the majority of the year and have many past experiences ofvisiting SPAIN either for work or on holiday. It therefore would be good to explain these experiences and what has led us to settle down in Andalusia, Spain.   We are all going to take around 5-10 minutes each tolist all our previous connectio...

This podcast allows Declan to give a detailed review of his home country and the strides through the last few centuries to where it is today. Start with the passing of the Act of Union that created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to what exists today for Ireland. Declan will run through a quick history of Ireland from then till now and them we will have a quick discussion on a ques...

Todays episode Looks at theupcoming Devolved Government elections in Wales in particular but will also delve into what’s likely to happen north of the border in Scotland also. - Explain the De Hoyt election methodology in playin Wales. - The past dominance of Labour and why it is underpressure - The rise of Plaid on back of domestic Welshissues and not its traditional independence push.

The Darien Scheme was a late 17th century attempt by the Kingdom of Scotland to establish a colony on the Isthmus of Panama, near the Gulf of Darien. Conceived as a bold solution to Scotland's economic struggles, the scheme ultimately became a national disaster with far reaching consequences, incuding its influence on the 1707 Act of Union with England.