On The Record with Gavan Reilly Highlights

Joining Gavan to run through the main stories from the Sunday papers is John O’Brennan, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration at NUI Maynooth & Fine Gael MEP For Dublin, Frances Fitzgerald. Together they discuss the rise in support for Sinn Féin in the latest Red C Poll, the first confirmed case of Monkeypox in Ireland, the potential risks of facial recognition technologies being used by A...

One person is likely dying of hunger every 48 seconds in drought-ravaged Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, according to estimates by Oxfam and Save the Children in a report published this week highlighting the world’s repeated failure to stave off preventable disasters Gavan was joined 'On the Record' by Jim Clarken, CEO of Oxfam Ireland to discuss.

Joining Gavan to discuss his visit to Kyiv to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is Senator Mark Daly, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann.

Joining Gavan to run through the top stories from the Sunday papers is Hugh O’Connell, Political Correspondent with the Irish Independent & Sunday Independent, and Gina London, International Communications Strategist & Trainer, and a former Award-winning CNN correspondent. Together they discuss the ongoing housing crisis and the impasse in Northern Ireland in relation to the NI Protocol. Colm O’Go...

Joining Gavan to discuss Sweden's potential move to apply for NATO membership is Philip O’Connor, a journalist based in Stockholm. Listen and subscribe to On The Record with Gavan Reilly on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify.      Download, listen, and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking...

Dr. Jenny Walsh, Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist joined Gavan to discuss the issues surrounding the move of the National Maternity Hospital to the St Vincent's site. Listen and subscribe to On The Record with Gavan Reilly on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify.      Download, listen, and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or...

This weekend marked the anniversary of the birth of Israel, born in May 1948. Irish interactions with the Israeli state were sometimes surprising - but so was Irish influence on that state. Donal Fallon joined Gavan for another episode of Hidden Histories to discuss. Listen and subscribe to On The Record with Gavan Reilly on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify.      Download, listen, and...

Joining Gavan to run through the top stories from the Sunday papers is Gerard Howlin, Public affairs consultant, political commentator, and former senior government adviser & Aideen Finnegan, Journalist/Host of How to Pivot Podcast. Brian Rowan, author of 'Political Purgatory: The Battle to Save Stormont' and the 'Play for a New Ireland' also joined Gavan to discuss the ongoing stalemate in St...

Hidden Histories: The Alliance Party

Simon Mc Garr: The deal between the NMH and St Vincent’s is a "powder keg with St Vincent's holding the matches"

Mary Lou McDonald: It's unacceptable for DUP to refuse to serve with Michelle O'Neill

On the Record Sunday Paper Review May 8th

Today is the anniversary of the opening of one of the world’s great landmark buildings, with a story connected to Ireland and Irish labour in many ways. On 1st May 1931, President Herbert Hoover symbolically pushed a button in the White House that supposedly turned on the lights of the Empire State Building. The gesture was merely symbolic, but in New York a building that would change the appearan...

John FitzGerald Adjunct Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin joined On The Record with Gavan Reilly on the day that the carbon tax for household fuels is set to rise. The professor made the point that both the current Oireachtas and the former Oireachtas both supported the Carbon tax. Fitzgerald also made the point that the carbon tax is being undercut by the price of oil at the moment...

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O'Brien and Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin Fingal joined Gavan today for On The Record to discuss the latest measures for Ukraine and the homeless. The minister also spoke about short term lettings and how they would be regulated. He also spoke about the figures for homelessness in Ireland which that there were 9,825 people in this situation...

Joining Gavan to run through the top stories from the Sunday papers is Grainne Ni Aodha – Journalist at The Journal.ie & John Lee, Executive Editor Daily Mail Group Ireland. Together they discuss the controversy with NPHET, the scurge of cocaine in schoolboy rugby and of course the Katie Taylor win last night in boxing. Listen and subscribe to On The Record with Gavan Reilly on Apple Podcasts,...

Joining Gavan to discuss the proposals to ban the sale of turf is Eamon Ryan, Minister for Transport, Climate, Environment & Communications, TD Dublin Bay South and Green Party Leader & Matt Carthy, Sinn Féin spokesperson on Agriculture, TD for Cavan Monaghan. Listen and subscribe to On The Record with Gavan Reilly on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify.      Download, listen, and...

Today is the anniversary of the birth of one of the world’s most famous propaganda broadcasters. But William Joyce - better known as ‘Lord Haw Haw’ - was just one cog in a much bigger machine of World War II-era propaganda radio aimed at these islands. Irland-Redaktion was certainly a bold attempt at utilizing the power of radio, but was anybody listening? Gavan was joined by Donal Fallon for anot...

Joining Gavan to run through the top stories from the Sunday papers is Aoife Barry, Assistant News Editor at The Journal.ie & Fionnann Sheahan, Ireland Editor at the Irish Independent. Together they discuss the investigation into the leak of a GP pay deal contract by Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar, the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, as well as the new oversight body aimed at overseeing the ho...

Hidden Histories: The time when Benjamin Franklin came to Ireland

Stormont election that could reshape the political landscape in Northern Ireland

On the Record Sunday Paper Review April 17th

Devi Sridhar: European countries in terms of dealing with pandemic just wanted to have it all

As polling stations across France open for the first round of a hotly contested presidential election, Gavan was joined by Paris-based journalist, Stephen Carroll to discuss the closing gap between the two front runners - Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. Listen and subscribe to On The Record with Gavan Reilly on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify.      Download, listen, and subscribe o...

This week, we’ve all heard plenty about time capsules and perhaps you availed of the opportunity to fill one in for this year's census. Through Irish history, time capsules - the idea of speaking to a later generation - have long interested us. Some have let us down upon ‘discovery’, while others remain safely hidden for future generations. Donal Fallon joined Gavan for another episode of Hidden H...