William Campbell

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Here's How is Ireland's political, social and current affairs phone-in podcast. You can air your views by recording a message on on our voicemail line, and presenter William Campbell will play the best calls in the show each week. Contribute your views to the Here's How Podcast - dial +353 76 603 5060 and leave a message, or email your recording to podcast@HeresHow.ie. All views are welcome, and two- to three-minute with a single clearly-argued point are preferred. Find full details and tips on how to leave a good message at www. HeresHow.ie/call

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Here’s How 39 – Michael Taft on Irish Indigenous Business 15.06.2016

Michael Taft is the Research Officer for Unite the Union in Ireland. He is also a writer who appears frequently on Broadsheet and the Irish Left Review, and writes his own blog at Unite’s Notes On The Front. This is the World Bank economic openness index that I mentioned that shows that Ireland has a […]

Here’s How 38 – Eoin Ó Broin and Sinn Féin in Opposition 08.06.2016

Eoin Ó Broin is the newly-elected Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Mid-West. He is a former local councillor in both Dublin and Belfast. The tracking of the opinion polling for Irish political parties, including Sinn Féin, since 2007 is here. This is the text of the confidence and supply agreement between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael.

Here’s How 37 – Fact Checking with Dan Mac Guill 01.06.2016 22:45

Dan Mac Guill is a journalist with TheJournal.ie, and he has authored their excellent Fact Check series, including the one that we discussed about the effect of the closure of rural Garda stations. The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul article that I mentioned is here. Details about the shortages of sugar, Coca Cola and […]

Here’s How 36 – Gemma O’Doherty and Unsolved Murders 25.05.2016

Gemma O’Doherty is an investigative journalist who has worked on the disappearance of Mary Boyle, the murder of Fr Niall Molloy and the penalty points cancellation scandal. This is a report in the Irish Independent about Conor Lenihan’s obsequious article praising the Mr Justice Frank Roe who acquitted Richard Flynn in bizarre circumstances.

Here’s How 35 – Jim O’Callaghan and Fianna Fáil in Government 18.05.2016 19:14

Jim O’Callaghan is a senior counsel, and TD for Dublin Bay South. He was key to the negotiations between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil that led to the formation of the current governmnet. This is the text of the confidence and supply agreement between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. Information is here about the Lib-Lab […]

Here’s How 34 – Pink Pricing and Motor Tax 11.05.2016 32:38

This is Ray’s petition against what he calls the unfair ‘2Tier’ Irish car tax law. This is a table of the current motor tax rates for pre- and post-2008 vehicles. Dr Julien Mercille is a lecturer in the Department of Geography in University College Dublin, and a frequent columnist and media contributor.

Here’s How 33 – The Census and the Election Outcome 20.04.2016 25:44

Tony Downes is an Administrative Officer in Census Publicity with the Central Statistics Office. Census day is on 24 April, the exact centenary of the 1916 Rising. If you didn’t receive a census form yet, you should call 1850 2016 04 to get one. Information about problems in the US census is here. Note that […]

Bumper Here’s How Election Edition 32 – Sorcha Nic Cormaic (SF), John Brassil (FF) and Seán Kyne (FG) 25.02.2016 1:04:15

Cllr Sorcha Nic Cormaic is the Sinn Féin councillor for Dundrum on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, and candidate in Dublin Rathdown. In our discussion, I mentioned this report from the EPA. Cllr John Brassil is the Fianna Fáil councillor for Listowel on Kerry County Council and one of the party’s candidates in Kerry. Seán Kyne TD represents Galway West […]

Here’s How 31 – Eamon Delaney of the Hibernia Forum 23.02.2016 32:53

Paddy Power’s odds on the next government are listed here, and this is Adrian Kavanagh’s analysis of recent opinion polls. Eamon Delaney is the director of the Hibernia Forum, he’s also a writer, journalist and former diplomat. We discussed their general election briefing and mentioned the UN’s target for overseas aid, which Ireland falls far short […]

Here’s How 30 – Bríd Smith of People Before Profit 11.02.2016 19:58

Bríd Smith is the People Before Profit candidate in Dublin South Central.

Here’s How 29 – Anne-Marie McNally of the Social Democrats 08.02.2016 17:33

Anne-Marie McNally is the Social Democrats candidate in Dublin Mid West. She also writes extensively for Broadsheet and works in Leinster House for the party.

Here’s How 28 – Eamon Ryan of the Green Party 05.02.2016 29:44

Eamon Ryan is the leader of the Green Party, and a candidate for the Dáil in the Dublin Bay South constituency. This is theJournal.ie article about Glenealy, Co Wicklow persuading candidates not to display posters along with dozens of anti-poster comments, and this is their, and in their online (unscientific) poll, 89 per cent of people […]

Here’s How 27 – Mailo Power of Renua 02.02.2016 20:41

Mailo Power, running in Waterford for Renua defends her party’s policies ahead of the election.

Here’s How 26 – Finian McGrath of the Independent Alliance 19.01.2016 18:20

With the approach of the election, I hope to interview a candidate for each political group about their platform in the 2016 election. Finian McGrath TD will be running in the election in Dublin Bay North for the Independent Alliance. These are the 10 principles that the Independent Alliance says it will require to give its support to […]

Here’s How 25 – Conor Cullen of Alcohol Action Ireland 12.01.2016 30:20

This is the coverage of Patrick Durcan’s comments about Martin McNamara and his 321 previous convictions at Killaloe District Court on 5 January. Conor Cullen is the head of communications and advocacy for Alcohol Action Ireland. In the discussion we talked about the report recommending a minimum price for alcohol, proposed to be €1.00 per unit of […]

Here’s How 24 – Gaye Dalton, former Sex Worker 28.12.2015 32:55

Following the interview with Sarah Benson from Ruhama in Episode 21, Gaye Dalton got in touch with me to discuss her personal experience, and how that affects her view or Ruhama’s work. Gaye’s YouTube channel is here.

Here’s How 23 – Floods, Insurance and Corruption 17.12.2015 24:50

Sinead Carroll is a solicitor with Ernest J. Cantillon Solicitors. Jason O’Sullivan is the founder of JOS Solicitors. Hugh McElvaney has been a Fine Gael councillor in Monaghan since 1999. He has been central to massive inappropriate rezoning throughout his career as a councillor. The Standards in Public Office (SIPO) Commission has been constantly undermined by […]

Here’s How 22 – Dr Garrett McGovern on Injecting Rooms and Drug Decriminalisation 08.12.2015 24:38

I referred to the damage done to children’s education, particularly to disadvantaged children by long school holidays. This is backed up by many studies, including this one from the Institute for Public Policy Research. Dr Garrett McGovern is a GP specialising in the treatment of addiction and Medical Director of the Priority Medical Clinic in Dublin.

Here’s How 21 – Sarah Benson CEO of Ruhama 12.11.2015 53:32

Sarah Benson is the CEO of Ruhama. The Good Shepherd Sisters and the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity were credited with founding Ruhama on Ruhama’s website up to February 2015, but all references to both those orders have been deleted from the pages of their website since, although some old annual report PDFs still mention […]

Here’s How 20 – Refugees, Immigration and Migration 05.11.2015 14:40

Mike’s original audio file is here. This is the Baroness Jay report into the sex abuse scandal in Rochdale, England. These are the UNHCR reports that report 1.7m Syrian refugees in Turkey and 1.8m in Lebanon, a country not much bigger than County Cork. Update: The contributor, Mike, got back to me and queried me for […]

Here’s How 19 – Martin Collins of Pavee Point 29.10.2015 38:47

Martin Collins is the co-director of Pavee Point. Fr Micheál Mac Gréil published the study that measures the ‘social distance’ that people feel to various minority groups, and Travellers consistently are measured to be the most marginalised. The health, infant mortality, maternal mortality and life expectancy of Travellers are all much worse than the general […]

Here’s How 18 – NAMA and Cork Council Merger 18.10.2015 20:49

Mick Barry is an AAA / Socialist Party councillor on Cork City Council. This is the article, written by Frank Daly of NAMA, (behind paywall, hint open in incognito window) where he claims “Some claim we should have got a better price, but they know there was no bidder willing to pay more,” however the […]

Here’s How 17 – Crime Reporting and Conor Faughnan 05.10.2015 26:41

This is a long, detailed article on the violent attack on the Corcoran family. Like almost every other report, in every newspaper, the report omitted that the men convicted of the crime were Travellers. Conor Faughnan of AA Ireland spoke about automating the checking of Tax, NCT and Insurance rather than displaying disks.

Here’s How 16 – VW, and Exclusive Interview with Jamie Bryson 29.09.2015 35:18

This Episode has a major interview with Jamie Bryson, the loyalist blogger and activist about his revelations on the Nama/Project Eagle affair. These are the reports that first uncovered the software designed to cheat on EPA emissions tests when VW cars were tested. This is the report that shows that air quality doesn’t match the […]

Here’s How 15 – John Lyons and Nama’s Project Eagle 26.09.2015 29:41

NAMA’s Northern Ireland portfolio is named Project Eagle. The entire portfolio was sold to Cerberus. The maximum sentence for lobbying NAMA is six months in prison or a €1,000 fine. Judge Martin Nolan said that it would be incredibly unjust to send the Anglo criminals Pat Whelan and William McAteer to prison for their part in […]