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Ignore the haters – journalist Aaron Maté is a vital voice for peace and for Palestine, in the face of imperial projects to destroy them both. He joined Eoghan McNeill of The Ditch and Harry Browne in the People's Hall to talk about many things, including the USA, Ukraine, and his own relationship with an Irish whistleblower on a Syria story. The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch, https:/...

Whether they play or not, the Irish men's soccer team fixtures with Israel have further expanded the space for fighting genocide and apartheid with boycotts. Campaigner, basketball player and researcher Rebecca O'Keeffe tallies up the score for the movement, and makes a final plea for the players to act when the institutions have failed. The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch, hosted b...

The media and political establishment acts like we're already at war – and seeing 'threats' everywhere is part of the fight. In a world where just talking can mark you as a hybrid warrior, Trinity College Dublin academic, writer and activist Rory Rowan joins us to discuss what it all means, and fails to mean. The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch, hosted by Harry Browne, with Paulie Doyle of...

Gardaí extracted false confessions and protected their own. Politicians and developers rigged the planning system. And journalist Frank Connolly helped expose the corrupt players and the class interests they represented. We discuss why the stories in Connolly's new book, 'Exposed', are deeply relevant to today's Ireland. The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch, hosted by Harry Browne, with Eogh...

Ireland was a crucible for colonial mass murder. The brilliant playwright and actor Donal O'Kelly has been reflecting on what his award-winning show 'Catalpa' left out of the history it depicts – including genocide, and the value of direct action to resist it. Plus: Kate Shanahan RIP, and The Ditch takes a victory lap three years after it was attacked over its Niall Collins reporting. The Party Li...

Crime journalism is a massive and growing phenomenon in Irish media – much bigger, if you look at international comparisons, than Irish crime. Maynooth author and researcher Cian Ó Concubhair has been talking to reporters about whether and how they view such reporting as having a role in democracy. The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch, hosted by Harry Browne, with Paulie Doyle of The Ditch....

How relevant is the search for 'good Israelis' to the struggle for Palestinian liberation? As the world's attention turns to Israel's internal politics in advance of October elections, Gaza journalist Eman Mohammed brings powerful insights into what we can expect and what it ultimately means – and we also dig into the letter and spirit of the Boycott Divestment Sanctions movement. The Party Line i...

FIFA and its boss Gianni Infantino are irredeemably corrupt – but is UEFA in any position to preach? Writer and researcher Andy Storey breaks down the football power play on The Party Line, a podcast from The Ditch – hosted by Harry Browne and Paulie Doyle of The Ditch. You can also watch here: https://youtu.be/uYiuF6V69gQ 'Official Ireland wants a diaspora of visitors and investors' https://www.o...

Are borders sites of 'sovereignty' – or is it more relevant to understand them as, inevitably, sites of terrible, seemingly arbitrary violence and harm? From Ceuta to Donegal, we talk about the borders that divide us. Postdoc researcher Niamh Keady-Tabbal of Maynooth University joins The Party Line, hosted by Niamh Ní Bhriain and Harry Browne, with Paulie Doyle of The Ditch. You can also watch her...

Highlights from the first 20 episodes of The Party Line, a podcast from The Ditch – hosted by Harry Browne and Niamh Ní Bhriain, with the team of Ditch journalists: Eoghan McNeill, Paulie Doyle and Roman Shortall. Big thanks to Art O'Connor at the Whistleblower, and to Emmet White, for helping The Party Line improve and grow. 02.10 Eman Muhammed on The Ditch (ep03)     02.43 Eo...

RTÉ, Ireland's national broadcaster, is hammered by scandal – and hampered by a combination of deference to government and devotion to commercial imperatives. Betty Purcell, former radio and TV producer in RTÉ – who also sat as the elected staff representative on the RTÉ Authority – joins The Party Line, hosted by Harry Browne and Niamh Ní Bhriain, with Eoghan McNeill of The Ditch. 'The Ditch inve...

The tech lords' vision of the power and inevitability of AI is directly opposed to any vision for socialism. The powerful American political thinker Jodi Dean joins The Party Line, a podcast from The Ditch – hosted by Harry Browne and Niamh Ní Bhriain, with Eoghan McNeill of The Ditch. 'Mason Hayes & Curran chairperson, Meta's lawyer was going to attend cancelled Peter Thiel event' https://www...

A lot of pro-Palestine activism rests on legal concepts and language – genocide, apartheid, and the illegality of the Israeli occupation. But in Gaza, they're burning international-law books for fuel. Are we wasting time and energy by seeking justice through the courts? Critical legal scholar John Reynolds of Maynooth University joins the pod to argue out the contradictions. The Party Line is a po...

Palestinian journalists Leila Warah and Zena Tahhan explain why Ireland disappoints them, and how they continue to cover an increasingly brutal and catastrophic Israeli occupation. And host Niamh Ni Bhriain joins Eoghan McNeill of The Ditch to consider the cruelties of 'affordable' housing, and what liberal discourse about Anglo-Irish relations always manages to leave out. The Party Line is a podc...

Under pressure from backbenchers, Micheál Martin postponed the legislation to scrap what he once said was "the core of Irish neutrality" – the Triple Lock. The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch – with Niamh Ní Bhriain and Paulie Doyle. 'Taoiseach's Triple Lock plan facing backbench pushback' https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2026/0620/1579454-triple-lock/ 'Disgraced property developer "110 per...

The empire is a dangerous, fascistic mess. Investigative journalist Matt Kennard reflects on how the state of the US military has contributed to a wider social and political crisis – and why standing with Palestinians is more important than ever. The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch, hosted by Harry Browne and Niamh Ní Bhriain, with Paulie Doyle of The Ditch. 'Jack Chambers urged Irish sport...

Riots in the North against immigrants, strikes in Italy against a right-wing government's re-armament programme – where are Right and Left going in a world where the powerful are increasingly at peace with fascism? Writer William Wall brings his knowledge of Italy and Ireland to The Party Line, while Eoghan McNeill of The Ditch joins Harry Browne to report from a day on the streets of Belfast. 'Co...

Jenny Maguire, Aoife Grace Moore, Rory Rowan and Oisín Gilmore join Eoghan McNeill of The Ditch to talk about getting Left voices heard. Filmed at the Whistleblower bookshop and café for its opening on May 23rd 2026. Recording and editing: Emmet White ontheditch.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Has capitalism's American-led empire sown the seeds of its own military defeat? The Professor of Imperial and Global History at King's College London, Richard Drayton, joins the pod to talk about how military technology, and the political economy it's embedded in, have yet again changed the face of war. The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch, ontheditch.com – hosted by Harry Browne and Niamh N...

Former MEP Clare Daly talks about politics, corruption, Europe, and the future of the Left. The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch, ontheditch.com , with Niamh Ní Bhriain, Harry Browne and Eoghan McNeill of The Ditch. 'Patrick O'Donovan didn't admit secret call with Coimisiún na Meán about media examination': https://www.ontheditch.com/patrick-o-donovan-secret-call/ 'Patrick O’Donovan’s depart...

Missile and drone components to Israel, AI-powered gun-turrets from France – Ireland's place in the global weapons trade is growing. But so is the resistance. The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch, ontheditch.com . Niamh Ní Bhriain and Harry Browne are joined by Roman Shortall of The Ditch. 'Palestine Action Éire target Acra Control in Dublin': https://x.com/wereontheditch/status/205645010251...

Paul Holden is back on the pod to mark another phase in the collapse of the Keir Starmer project. It's got so bad that a Labour MP trolled the British prime minister by visibly carrying Paul's book, The Fraud, in the House of Commons. The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch, news and comment from Ireland – ontheditch.com . It's hosted by Niamh Ní Bhriain and Harry Browne, with Paulie Doyle from...

Tadhg Hickey chats about flags, flotillas, getting Zucked off Instagram, and seeking material solidarity on the Left. The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch, news and comment from Ireland, ontheditch.com – hosted by Harry Browne and Niamh Ní Bhriain, with Eoghan McNeill of The Ditch. Ditch story discussed: https://www.ontheditch.com/senior-british-judges/ 'Sinn Féin is looking in the wrong dir...

Drop Site News founding editor Nausicaa Renner joins us to talk about journalism and politics in the US today. The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch, news and comment from Ireland, ontheditch.com – hosted by Harry Browne and Niamh Ní Bhriain, with Eoghan McNeill of The Ditch. Ditch stories discussed: https://www.ontheditch.com/ghislaine-maxwells-lawyer/ and https://www.ontheditch.com/can-you-...

What are the costs of the Irish economic strategy of foreign direct investment – in terms of politics, ethics, and quality of life? The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch, news and comment from Ireland, ontheditch.com – hosted by Niamh Ní Bhriain and Paulie Doyle of The Ditch, with guests Paddy Bresnihan of Maynooth University and Pat Brodie of University College Dublin. Ditch stories discusse...