On The Record with Gavan Reilly Highlights

Joining Gavan Reilly On the Record to run through the top stories from the Sunday papers is barrister, Peter Leonard and presenter of the legal podcast 'The Fifth Court' & Michelle Murphy, Research and Policy Analyst at Social Justice Ireland. Gavan also took a call from Damian Rance, Chief of Communications and Advocacy at UNICEF Ukraine who is based in Kyiv.

As the population of Ireland is set to continue to grow in the coming years, should we then have more TDs in the Dail? Joining Gavan to discuss is Peadar Toibin TD and Leader of Aontú & Dr. Eoin O'Malley from the School of Politics at DCU.

Joining Gavan to discuss the question of whether the ban on evictions should be extended beyond March is Ivana Bacik, leader of the Labour Party.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the election of Gerry Adams as MP for West Belfast for the first time - a seat he would hold from 1983 until 1992, and then from 1997 until 2011. Yet decades earlier, the West Belfast MP seat was held by a man who seemed genuinely unshakeable - ‘Wee Joe Devlin’. He was one of the most influential Irish politicians of his day so much so that even the rise of...

Joining Gavan Reilly On the Record to run through the top stories from the Sunday papers is Gabija Gataveckaite, News reporter at Independent.ie & Dr. Rachel Iredale, Consulting Director at RSM Ireland. Gavan also took a call from Derek O’Rourke, Regional Security Advisor GOAL Middle East to discuss the humanitarian effort underway in Syria & Turkey.

Joining Gavan On the Record is Paddy Comyn, Head Of Communications with the AA (Ireland). Together they discuss the ban on Russian petroleum products from February 5th, 2023 onwards as well as the NCT backlog.

Today, February 5th, marks the anniversary of the public premiere of 'Mise Éire' which was, perhaps until the last few months, the high point of Irish language cinema and certainly one of the defining greats of Irish film. But how Mise Éire came to be, and how it was received, also makes it one of the most fascinating moments of Irish cinema history. Gavan is joined On the Record by Donal Fallon f...

Joining Gavan On the Record is John Finucane, Sinn Féin MP for Belfast North. Together they discuss the future of the Stormont Assembly & the significance of the UK government's announcement to launch an independent inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing.

Joining Gavan Reilly On the Record to run through the top stories from the Sunday papers is Siona Cahill, Account Director DHR Communications & Tanya Ward, Children's Rights Alliance Chief Executive.

Historian Donal Fallon chats to Gavan Reilly about the capsized Naomh Eanna at Grand Canal Dock

CEO of Women’s Aid, Sarah Benson breaks down the current legislation before the Oireachtas designed to help people in abusive relationships, and the upcoming #StandStrong campaign on February 6th.

Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue joins Gavan Reilly to discuss the controversial deal between Coillte and Gresham House, which allows international private investors to enter the Irish forestry market.

Joining Gavan Reilly to run through the top stories from the Sunday papers is journalist and author Valerie Cox, and executive editor of the Daily Mail Group, John Lee. Lewis Goddall- analysis and investigations editor of @Global also chimes in.

Joining Gavan On the Record is John McGuinness, Fianna Fail TD For Carlow Kilkenny & Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach. Together they discuss the future of banking and the government's report of the Retail Banking Review.

Joining Gavan On the Record is Louise O’Reilly, Sinn Fein TD for Dublin Fingal. Together they discuss the unique challenges faced by women in politics and her own experiences of working in the public eye.

Joining Gavan On the Record is Roderic O’Gorman Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth. Together they discuss refugee accommodation shortages as well as the ongoing controversy surrounding Paschal Donohoe's 2020 general election expenses.

Joining Gavan Reilly to run through the top stories from the Sunday papers is Gina London, Leadership Communications Specialist, and Sunday Independent Columnist & Aideen Finnegan, Audio Producer for The Irish Times.

Joining Gavan On the Record is Neale Richmond TD, Minister of State for Employment Affairs and Retail Business. Together they discuss his recent appointment as Minister of State in the Departments of Enterprise, Trade & Employment, and Social Protection.

This week, 'Dublin Discovery Trails' launched a new app that aims to highlight the rich and surprising history of the Liffeyside docklands. Has any area of the city been transformed as much as one which went from dockers offloading ships to the so-called ‘Silicone Docks’? Donal Fallon joins Gavan Reilly for another episode of Hidden Histories to discuss.

Joining Gavan Reilly On the Record is Heather Humphreys, Minister for Social Protection and Minister for Rural & Community Development. Together they discuss the cost of living, Damien English's resignation, and the abuse women TDs face from the public online and in person and whether some of the abuse they are subjected to would prevent other women from entering politics.

Joining Gavan Reilly to run through the top stories from the Sunday papers is Breda Brown, co-Founder / Communications Director of Unique Media, and Chair of the Irish Writers Centre & Hugh O’Connell, Deputy Political Editor of the Irish and Sunday Independent.

Following commemorations for the January 6th Capitol Hill riots and the dramatic scenes in the House of Representatives as Kevin McCarthy was finally voted in as House Speaker, Gavan is joined by Paul Brandus, West Wing Reports to discuss what is next for the US and its increasingly divided political system.

Joining Gavan to discuss the ongoing trolley supply and hospital overcrowding crisis is Prof. Alan Irvine, IHCA-Irish Hospital Consultants Association representative.

On this day in 1959, a hero of the Second World War, Charles de Gaulle, became President of France. What followed was a decade of real turbulence, ultimately leading to his resignation a decade later in 1969. Upon leaving, De Gaulle most unexpectedly made for Ireland. While we’re used to foreign Presidents visiting for a day or two, De Gaulle spent a remarkable six weeks in Ireland, walking the be...

Joining Gavan Reilly to run through the top stories from the Sunday papers is Aoife Barry from the journal.ie & Gabija Gataveckaite, News reporter at Independent.ie.