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In this latest Podcast from Frank Brehany, he talks about the Climate Crisis and how it has affected regions and Travel Consumers. He explores his own experiences from 2022 & 2023 along with the now widespread affects of the Crisis. He talks about his own solutions to mitigate his travel impact, along with the reaction from media, politicians and the Industry itself. He examines the affects on...

In my latest Podcast in the Magdalene Rose series, I explore the growing anger in our societies and how anger and failures have affected the Magdalene Community in Ireland and around the world. Through this journey I examine injustice and the true nature of Human Rights. For the Magdalene Community it has become a question of what should be done next. I explore one potential route which has major...

In my latest Podcast, I explore information received from European Cabin Crew about a political campaign launched by an airline. I examine the way in which the campaign through a petition is constructed and the use of Consumer data. The moral of the story, whether you support such advances from any Commercial enterprise, is to make sure when you tick those Ts&Cs and Privacy Notice, that you on...

In this latest broadcast, Frank Brehany brings his listeners up-to-date on what is happening about bringing clean air to those who work or travel on aircraft. It's been a tumultuous few years, with conflict and the pandemic bringing fear and innovation to this great scientific challenge. Frank talks about the background to where we are now and how work, the debate about whether you can hold Co...

In this latest production, Frank Brehany recalls an encounter some 5 years ago with a nun, which occurred outside of his search for his Grandmother's and Father's lives within the Mother and Baby Home and Magdalen Laundry system in Ireland. This chance encounter revealed a shocking ignorance of the history of the Church and more importantly, an unwillingness to consider evidence with Churc...

In my latest travel Podcast, I talk about my recent  experience of security checking at a UK Airport. I travelled during the recent school-half-term period and was witness to a controlled chaos though to some puzzling behaviours from Consumers. Toward the end of the Podcast, I offer my key tips on how to approach the summer of 2023, just to try and make your airport experience a little less s...

In my latest Podcast of this series, I am conscious that the Mother and Baby Home Institutions Payment Scheme Bill, 2022, has now begun its journey through Seanad Éireann I do not hold with a prevailing view that it is a hopeless situation as the Bill passes through the Seanad, but rather it is an opportunity. I have already submitted my own amendment proposals to the Senators in the hope that the...

As The Dáil debates the final stages of the Redress Bill for Mother and Baby Homes, I examine the nature of Redress and how Government holds all the cards, both in its construction and narrative. I speak to policy and values and make a direct comparison to the values I have calculated for my Grandmother's work over 42 years. I also examine the nature of the forgotten dead and how this wider policy...

In the first Podcast in my Essential Consumer series, I talk about an unusual Consumer problem; the failure to receive your e-receipt. Not so much of a problem if your goods are all in good working order, but what if they're not? I take you through practical and legal steps on how to prove your transaction so that you can then exercise your Consumer Rights if you need to. I set out easy practical...

In my latest Podcast from 'A Magdalene Rose' series, I come full circle in my discussion about the Irish Republic's Redress scheme for Mother and Baby Homes. I believe that at the heart of this scheme, not only does the scheme fail the living, but also of all those women and children who died before the State Apology at the beginning of 2021. The behaviour of the ruling parties was laid bare for a...

In my latest Podcast, I talk about my experiences of the last year, my writing A Magdalene Rose and what I hope to achieve, the Irish Political scene and how Government appears deaf to the voices of the many Victims and Survivors, past and present. I talk about my rich engagement with Survivors across the island of Ireland and through their words, their documentation and my family's documentation,...

In my latest Travel Podcast, I look at the state of New Year Predictions and the upbeat Travel articles, all providing a positive spin on what Consumers should do in the year ahead. I examine the way holidays are sold, along with trying to cut through the hype that followed 'Sunshine Saturday'. No conversation on Travel would be complete without talking about the effects of Brexit & the Pandem...

In my last Travel Podcast for 2022, I offer my Travel Predictions for 2023, all in the face of Brexit, War and a Cost of Living Crisis. In this Podcast, I offer my view to Consumers on: Climate Change, Brexit, COVID19, Cost of Holidays, Local-Foreign or No Holidays?, Travel Capacity, Other International Risks and the risks to Consumer Rights. This is not the usual end-of-year gloss you can read ab...

In my latest Magdalene Rose Podcast, I examine the fallout from the recent sermon delivered in County Kerry in Ireland. I explore what was said and follow the breadcrumbs to the Catholic Catechism and make some interesting discoveries. These discoveries not only hold importance for all the Victims & Survivors of the Magdalen Institutions, but to the very communities condemned from the pulpit....

In my latest Travel Podcast, I talk about my latest getaway to Egypt. This is an unusual and personally difficult destination for me as you will discover, but, my experience delivers not only many tips, but observations that demonstrate that the real glory of this wondrous country is found in the many people I met along the way. It's a longer Podcast than normal, but I wanted to pack so much into...

In this latest Podcast, I talk about the latest developments this week from the Irish Parliament, the Oireachtas, and how the government proposes to resolve the question of compensating the former inmates of Ireland's Mother and Baby Home Institutions. There are many who are disappointed by the current state of affairs, from the virtually empty chamber through to the many exclusions found in the R...

In this Podcast, I talk about the experience on one Consumer, who found that his Fixed-Rate Contract being changed unilaterally to a Variable-Rate by his Energy Company. I highlight the actions he took, what helps Consumer Laws could give him and how there appeared to be a breach of contract at play. I helped him to define a strategy, before he begins to think about any route towards an Ombudsman....

In my latest A Magdalene Rose™ Podcast, I draw attention to one personal journey for Justice. In this episode, I talk about the proposed Redress scheme, offered by the Irish Government and how prejudice and detriment is being offered to the many Victims of the Mother and Baby Home Institutions. In particular, I draw attention to the many people who died before 13 January 2021, the date of the Stat...

In my latest Podcast, I talk about one of my favourite campaigning issues, Cabin Air Quality. Having been involved in this work since 2006, I talk about the latest developments, highlighting what we as campaigners faced in the years that followed my introduction to this International scandal. This work brought us into the arena of International Standards-making, hoping to achieve a Standard that c...

In my latest Podcast, I talk about the Summer of 2022, the extreme heat and weather, my experiences and the future for Travel in this period of Climate Change. I highlight the staggering statistic that 57% of UK Holidaymakers are simply not worried about Climate Change, against over 70% in another survey who thought that by 2027, some European destinations will be too hot to visit. In the midst of...

In my latest 'A Magdalene Rose' Podcast, I talk about the recent funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and my recent journey to Dublin. I explore a personal grief, brought to life by the simple sound of bagpipes. I also compare and contrast respect given to the dead, against that given to my own Grandmother and many other Magdalen Women. Whilst my book of 'A Magdalene Rose' is finished and awaiting public...

Let's face it, Travel in 2022 is a mess, more so if you live in the UK! But the storm that surrounds UK Travel has been a long time in the making, made worse by the Pandemic and Brexit and fuelled by legislators who simply don't understand the needs of Travel Consumers. In this Podcast, I examine the issues that affect Consumers, including the reactions of Consumers themselves. But I also offer cl...

In my latest Travel Podcast, I examine the fall-out from the sudden and brutal sacking of P&O Ferry staff. Whatever the outrage now being expressed in the UK Parliament, there remains an untold story, that of Consumer Rights, when so many ferries were cancelled. I talk about my conversations on the radio and how, despite the fact that the UK has left the European Union, the Regulations and Pro...

In my latest Podcast, I look at the effect of the Ukrainian Invasion, the rolling nature of COVID, and back to my old friend, Brexit, and what all this means for your Rights in Regulation. The Podcast explores the extra pressures now being faced by European (incl UK) Consumers as a result of Russia's actions in Ukraine, and what that might mean for holidaymakers who may have booked a Summer 2022 b...

In my latest Magdalene Rose Podcast, I offer Chapter 20, which is a letter I wrote to my Father when I was writing the book. Although he passed away in 2001, the promise I made to him was important, which led to my journey to discover his secret. As I wrote the book, I felt that I needed to talk to him, to share my thoughts about what I had found and what I was thinking. It is both joyful and mela...