On The Record with Gavan Reilly Highlights

Did you that Belfast recently achieved the status of Unesco World City of Music? But the musical history of the city is much more than just a response to the Troubles, stretching back all the way to the eighteenth century. As the city prepares for the NI Music Awards this week, it’s a good time to explore the journey. Gavan is joined by Donal Fallon for another episode of Hidden Histories to discu...

Joining Gavan Reilly to run through the top stories from the Sunday papers is Aideen Finnegan, Journalist with the Irish Times & Valerie Cox, Journalist & Author. Aidan Regan, Associate Professor at the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin also joins Gavan to look at the role of the US Federal Reserve in shaping the global economy and its relationship with Ir...

This week brings much reflection on the First World War as Friday, the 11th day of the 11th month, will see Armistice Day. Economist, barrister, Westminster Parliamentarian, poet, writer, and more besides, Tom Kettle was one of the most remarkable Irish lives lost in the war. One of the leading Irish nationalist voices of his day, his decision to enlist in the war effort certainly raised some eyeb...

Joining Gavan On the Record to discuss PwC's Global Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey 2022 is Laoise Mullane, Director of PwC People & Organisation.

Joining Gavan to discuss the forthcoming US Midterm elections is Anthony Zurcher, BBC North American Correspondent.

Joining Gavan to discuss her experience with delays in accessing her birth cert and other personal information is Jennifer Stevens, Features Editor with the Sunday Times Ireland.

Joining Gavan On the Record is Sinn Fein leader, Mary Lou McDonald. Together they discuss the forthcoming elections in Northern Ireland, the ongoing political impasse in Stormont, former Sinn Féin councilor Jonathan Dowdall's involvement in criminality, as well as the party's Ard Fheis which took place this weekend.

Joining Gavan Reilly to run through the top stories from the Sunday papers is Rachel Iredale, Consulting Director with RSM Ireland & Jack Horgan-Jones, Political Reporter with the Irish Times.

Joining Emmet Oliver to discuss the ongoing political impasse in Northern Ireland is Doug Beattie, Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party.

Joining Emmet Oliver to discuss the latest political opinion polls, as well as her recent dispute with the Iranian ambassador to Ireland, is Ivana Bacik, Leader of the Labour Party and TD for Dublin Bay South. Emmet also took a call from Borzou Daragahi, International Correspondent at The Independent to discuss the ongoing civil unrest in Iran.

Donal Fallon joins Emmet Oliver for another episode of Hidden Histories. This week they discuss the legacy of Irish gothic novelist, Sheridan Le Fanu.

Joining Emmet Oliver to run through the top stories from the Sunday papers is Breda Browne, PR Director of Unique Media & Gerard Howlin, Public affairs consultant, political commentator, and former senior government adviser.

Joining Gavan to discuss the Irish government, earlier this year, considering evacuating Irish Defence Forces peacekeepers from the Democratic Republic of Congo using rented cars is Tom Clonan, Senator & Security Analyst.

Joining Gavan to discuss the growing crisis in relation to housing and supporting Ukrainian refugees as well as the housing shortage in Ireland in general is Wayne Stanley, Head of Policy and Communications with the Simon Communities of Ireland.

It was a bad week for Liz Truss but a good one for George Canning. Finally removed from the bottom of the table, Canning was, until this week, the shortest-serving Prime Minister in British history. One of only four British Prime Ministers commemorated with a statue in Parliament Square, it may seem an unusual honour to bestow on a four-month Prime Minister. His life was fundamentally linked to Ir...

Joining Gavan to discuss the ongoing political chaos in Westminster and what we might expect in the forthcoming UK Conservative Party leadership election is Dominic McGrath, Political Correspondent at PA Media.

Joining Gavan to run through the top stories from the Sunday papers is Larry Donnelly, Law Lecturer at the University of Galway & Tanya Ward, Chief Executive of the Children's Rights Alliance. Together they discuss the Ukraine refugee crisis, UK political turmoil following the resignation of Liz Truss, and the ongoing issue of housing in Ireland.

Tim Bale, Professor of Politics in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London joined Gavan on the show to discuss Kwasi Kwarteng being sacked from his position as UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer.

John-Mark McCafferty, CEO of Threshold joined Gavan on the show to discuss the governments pursue to impose the evictions ban over winter months.

Kingston Mills, Professor of Experimental Immunology, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin joined Gavan on the show to discuss the controversies raised recently at EU level over the testing of the Covid vaccines.

Joining Gavin to run through the top stories from the Sunday papers is Valerie Cox - journalist and author and Philip Ryan, Political Editor with Independent Newspapers.

Today, October 16th, is the anniversary of the death of one Marie-Antoinette. Rarely has someone in history been recalled for so few words - ‘Let Them Eat Cake.’ Her execution shook opinion everywhere - including here in Ireland - but lesser-known is the bizarre plot that seemingly existed to assist her in a dramatic escape to Ireland. Just who wanted to bring this social pariah to Ireland, and is...

Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien joined Emmet on the show today to discuss the nation's shock and grief after the explosion which took life of ten people in Creeslough. He discussed the support government is due to provide for those in community affected by the tragedy.

On this date in 1967, a 39-year-old was unceremoniously executed in Bolivia. In time, his image would be described as becoming "as iconic as the Nike swoosh logo or the golden arches of Mcdonalds'. That's somewhat ironic - given the 39-year-old was Ernesto "Che" Guevara. The story had curious Irish dimensions, including media fascination with the young revolutionary when he landed on Irish soil. D...

Another round of the never-ending civil war in the Tory Party had started after the party's conference during the week and the revealing of the minibudget that was a financial and political disaster. Where will Tories go from here? Emmet was joined by George Parker - Financial Times Political Editor in London to discuss this.