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In this patron only podcast Martin and Tony fight over what the polls are telling us, predict what the result will be next weekend and fight even more over the COP meeting that decided to send a message of PFO to poorer countries who are already experiencing the worst impacts of climate breakdown.

Jen Cummins is a first time candidate with the Soc Dems in Dublin South Central. It's a very diverse and dare we say unequal constituency and Jen has her work cut out for her in the last week of the campaign. But as you'll hear, she is clearly a person of substance who is up for the challenge.

In this GE 2024 candidate podcast we talk with Independent (left) Cllr John Lyons, who is running against the odds in Dublin Bay North. John talks about the last few months in his constituency, the Coolock riots and how community building is central to societal progress. We won’t lie, we are fans of John’s.

In the last few weeks of the US presidential campaign Latin American journalist with El Pais, Nicholas Dale Leal spent time in Miami, Georgia and right along the border in Texas. He joins us now to discuss what he saw and how it felt as a Colombian citizen who lives in Mexico to see the way things are and have shifted in the US of A.

Sorry for the gap in pods, I've been under the weather. In this GE 2024 podcast we go into the latest campaign news and then very in-depth on Sinn Féin's manifesto pledge to review RTE...

A wrap of the day and some news on why people are dodging us!?!?

Aid trucks are looted in Gaza. People are desperate. But is all as it seems? A Washington Post article revealed that looters coordinate with the Israeli army and stay close to them! 109 aid trucks for UNRWA were looted and this week the Hamas police killed 22 looters. Meanwhile in the north of Gaza, Israel killed 74 people from the same family, while their campaign continues to still try push peop...

In this GE 2024 podcast we talk with Síomha Ní Aonghusa who is a campaigner on housing, women’s rights, anti-racism, and Palestine solidarity. She’s also a musician, actor and comedian. So not your normal route into politics then. Enjoy.

A short podcast on the latest from GE2024 and all that stuff.

In this GE 2024 pod we talk with Rabharta Party, Lorna Bogue, who is a city councillor representing Cork City South-East on Cork City Council since 2019 and is running in Cork South Central. She explains why they have changed their party’s name in order to better reflect what their values are and why she’s determined to build a workers-first movement.

Lots coming your way; this revolution won't start itself. Here's this weeks rant a little earlier than usual because there's a lot on!

In this episode of Sparks Will Fly, Ray speaks with two old friends, Eoin Lee and Denis. They get stuck into volunteering, travelling, acting the maggot, repair cafes and lots lots more.

Ahmed Masoud is a Palestinian novelist and writer who grew up in Jabalyia refugee camp. He joins us to speak about his family in Jabalyia, a brother who was killed by Israel, and a sister who was under siege in the refugee camp for 40 days. Ahmad shares his thoughts on the importance of literature, writing, storytelling during this critical time. A powerful testimony from a brilliant writer. Tune...

PBP Cllr Conor Reddy is in Tony’s constituency of Dublin North West. So this was a conversation between two locals and Martin about local, national and international issues via Conor’s political views.

In this GE2024 podcast we talk with Green Party Cllr and candidate in Dublin Bay South. We discuss her reasons for running, why she’s keeping faith with the Greens and how she wants to see the next Dáil move beyond market solutions for climate action.

In this GE 2024 podcast we talk with independent candidate in Donegal, Thomas Pringle, about his experience of the last Dáil and what his hopes are for the next term, should he be re-elected. Mica scandals, healthcare availability, housing crisis, a left anlloance and more.

Martin was pretending to be unwell, but I pulled him out of bed eventually and this is the conversation that followed. I'm very sorry to have ruined what's left of your Sunday!

In this Echo Chamber Pod GE 2024 Special we are joined in the tortoise shack by Mr irishelectionprojections.com 's Harry McEvansoneya and the man behind irelandthinks.ie, Kevin Cunningham to discuss everything from why Nate Silver is a spoofer to what the polls are saying less than three weeks out from the Irish general election. A feast of a podcast for political polling and projection nerds.

In this GE 2024 Candidate podcast we talk with (when she's not suspended) Green Party TD for Dublin Central, Neasa Hourigan. Naturally as her party is in government this interview was a bit different and while it was certainly spicy, we didn't fall out completely...

Last night was a shocking non-shock and you'll hear lots of people with lots of opinions on why Donald Trump won and why Kamala Harris lost. But on this pod, Prof of Economics, Constantin Gurdgiev breaks down the Topical and Tactical reasons and then tells us what it means for US isolationism, Gaza, Ukraine, the EU, the BRICS and little old Ireland.

Dr. Yipeng Ge is a primary care physician and public health practitioner who has witnessed the atrocities in Gaza firsthand as a humanitarian medical volunteer. He shares with the PalCast co-hosts his experience of being in Gaza as a medical worker during the ongoing genocide. He tells us how hungry people were so kind to him and his colleague, going so far as to share their meals, and although th...

In this episode of Sparks Will Fly, Ray is joined by Reboot Republic Host, Rory Hearne to chat with their special guest, plumbing apprentice Sadhbh Coffey Duff. This is a belter of a conversation with a wonderful young woman. Yup! Music is by Meryl Streek.

In this GE 2024 candidate podcast we talk with Kildare South Cllr Chris Pender of the Soc Dems in what is a conversation that takes a life of its own. Chris opens up about becoming homeless, mental health struggles and why there's nothing in the Dáil more difficult than the obstacles that he has had to overcome.

Martin woz ere. So we had a chat and it will be one of those forever-behind-the-paywall ones.

In this Podcast Rory and Tony talk with Sally Hayden, Irish journalist and award winning author of My Fourth Time, We Drowned, about the reality of the Israeli invasion and attacks on Lebanon. Sally has been living in Beirut since January and describes what she has seen and the experiences of people on the ground, as she has written about in her regular Irish Times articles. We talk about Israel's...