The Michael Reade Show : Podcast Archive

Today: : Is time about to run out on the 32nd Daill, strike action by school secretaries today, Minister Heather Humhpreys discusses the  €28m Economic Stimulus Package announced for the Border Region and Ireland’s Ambassador to the United Nations in New York, Geraldine Byrne Nason, speaks to us ahead of being awarded the Freedom of her hometown of Drogheda this evening Hosted on Acast....

Independent Cllr Sharon Keogan who won 2 council seats in the local elections told Michael why she thinks it's unfair and unjust that she is not entitled to 2 State grants for female candidates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today: Dramatic cross –border pursuit after shuttle bus hijacked at Dublin Airport, Lisa Smith asks for case against her to be dropped, can a deal be reached to restore power sharing in the north,a crunch meeting between the Taoiseach and the FF leader to take place this evening to discuss a date for the general election and Marie Kierans got reaction on the streets of Navan to the current ho...

On today's show: The Restaurants Association of Ireland tell us why they're opposed to publishing calorie details on their menus. As the ED overcrowding problems continue across the country Sinn Fein's Health Spokesperson Louise O Reilly says it's laughable Government didn't prepare for the current flu epidemic. Fine Gael's Fergus O Dowd discusses the decison to defer the RIC commemorations planne...

Today: Opposition mounts over the government’s plans to commemorate members of the Royal Irish Constabulary, it’s time to tackle excessive executive pay, according to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, number on hospital trolleys hits record high, local councillors discuss the situation surrounding the five local workers who have lost their cleaning jobs and it’s Tuesday which means we paid a vis...

Peter Kavanagh, Head of Communications and Public Affairs with Active Retirement Ireland, discusses the fact that 30,000 workers approaching retirement age may have to go on the dole for a couple of years because they won't be eligible for the State pension Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today : Should people be able to protest at maternity hospitals providing abortion as calls for establishment of exclusion zones intensify, we’ll have the latest on the plight of local workers who’ve lost their cleaning jobs , and as the qualifying age for the state pension rises it has emerged that some 30,000 workers retiring this year may have to claim the dole – we got reaction and its no...

Today: SF MEP Matt Carthy discusses the bid to restore power sharing in the North, a United Ireland and Brexit, Deputy Brendan Smith on the push on to advance the Narrow Water bridge project, workers who were contracted to a cleaning company at Indaver told how they showed up for work yesterday to be told their jobs were gone, and Mayor of Drogheda Paul Bell calls for scrambler and quad bikes to b...

Today :European Affairs Minister Helen McEntee joined us in studio to talk Brexit and the issues likely to dominate the political year ahead,  Fianna Fail’s Thomas Byrne highlighted the lack of school places for children with special needs, Professor Patricia Casey on why she feels we are not taking the use of cocaine in this country seriously and Peter Fitzpatrick on Lisa Smith. Hosted on Ac...

Today: Cannabis growhouse discovered in a Dundalk following a house fire, Gardai confirm a'large sum of money' has gone missing at Drogheda Garda Station, we had the latest on the attempted ATM robbery in Ardee over the weekend, the obstacles facing Irish immigrants who return home to live, toll increase on the M3, we spoke to emergency and essential personnel who will be working on Chri...

Today: Six women have died  so far this year from violence, we spoke to Sarah Benson of Women's Aid, Joe Healy the outgoing President of the Irish Farmers Association discussed the challenges facing farmers with Brexit looming,  a kind hearted Carlingford restaurant owner told us us why he has decided to open his doors to the needy and lonely on Christmas day, as a threat hangs over...

Today: The future of Irish soccer is under threat as the reality of the FAI’s dire financial crisis emerges, an arson attack in Drogheda overnight leaves a house completely gutted and Donald Trump has become the third President in the US history to be impeached.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today: Inquest into death of Ruth Maguire, violence against sex workers, pay in the health sector, the greedy insurance industry and the plight of a Meath boy whose spinal surgery was cancelled at the last minute due to a shortage of nurses.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today: Fat cat salaries, uniting Ireland, protecting freedom of speech, Fine Gael complaint against Lisa Chambers and we paid a visit to our weekly crime desk with local gardai.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fine Gael TD Deputy Fergus O Dowd outlines the reasons behind his decision to lodge a formal complaint with the Dáil ethics watchdog about Fianna Fáil's Brexit spokesperson Lisa Chambers over voting practices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today: Minister Helen McEntee on the UK election results and Boris Johnson 's plan to bring his EU withdrawal agreement back before Parliament next week, the DUP’s Jim Wells responds to his party’s election results which saw Nigel Dodds lose his seat to Sinn Fein, should the clerical ethos of school patrons continue to determine what’s taught about sex in schools and good news for business people...

Fine Gael MEP and 1st Vice President of the European Parliament Mairead McGuinness joined us with her reaction the UK Election outcome and what the result will mean for Ireland and Brexit going forward. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today: A Landslide victory for Boris and the Tory party but not a good day at the office for the DUP – we had reaction and analysis to the UK election results and its implications for Ireland and Brexit, elderly lady hounded by HSE debt collector, the Dail clerk believes errors in fitting that printer were honest mistakes, and Not guilty by reason of insanity – we’ll heard details on the...

Today: Property owners warn that any rent freeze will devastate the market and make the housing crisis worse, two local court cases expose gaps in our mental health service, the fallout from the FAI continues, people living in the Grangebellew and Clogherhead areas annoyed at delay to the approved extended Bus route to Drogheda and fear it may now never happen, and  the profits being mad...

Today: Sinn Fein’s bill to freeze out of control rents is being backed by Fianna Fail and the Housing Minister is not happy, we got the low down on the politics of it all from our Political Correspondent Sean Defoe, water quality is deteriorating in our rivers, according to a shocking new report, it is time to get serious about Perjury to end the Compo—culture – we spoke to Senator Padraig O Ceidi...

Today: IFA President Joe Healy on the blockades at supermarket distribution centres as the row continues over beef prices, Fine Gael accused of using the Navan to Dublin rail line as a political football after announcement of latest review, could Stormont return in time for Christmas and are you tired and fed up spending so much time on the road to get to and from work? A local councillo...

Today: The FAI has been invited to an emergency Oireachtas Sport Committee meeting on Wednesday . The chairman of that committee is local deputy Fergus O’ Dowd who joined us in studio this morning as pressure mounts on Minister Ross to ensure that the game at grassroots level can continue to be funded. Also today: Legislation proposing the mandatory carrying of dog litter bags, Sinn Fein...

Today: The spiralling cost of the National Children’s Hospital is set to escalate further by at least 50 million but project chiefs admitted yesterday that they don’t actually know what the final cost will be –we got reaction from Sinn Fein’s Imelda Munster, a member of the Dail PAC committee, farmers warn that yesterday’s blockade at Aldi will be the first of many unless there’s an imme...

Threshold CEO John Mark McCafferty spoke with us following the launch of their annual report - he told us about the work they do and he says they believe that without housing organisations like theirs the current homeless figures would actually be doubled. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today: As the homeless figures reached over 10,500 for the first time, Housing Charity Threshold claims there would be double the number in emergency accommodation but for its interventions. We spoke to to its Chief Executive John Paul McCafferty morning, Marie KIerans asked people on the streets of Drogheda if they have confidence in the Housing Minister, the turbulent week that was in...