The Michael Reade Show : Podcast Archive

Today: Fianna Fail’s Thomas Byrne on why his party abstained in the vote of no confidence in Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy which was defeated by just three votes while we also separately got reaction from Junior Housing Minister Damien English. Also today: a decision has to be made before 10.30 this morning on whether to charge Lisa Smith or release her from garda custody and a local cervica...

Following the defeat of the motion of no confidence in Minister Eoghan Murphy in the Dáil last night, Fianna Fail's Thomas Byrne outlined why he and his party colleagues abstained from the vote and Fine Gael's Minister of State on Housing Damien English told us why Government need to be moving on from the vote and continuing the progress they are making on tackling the housing crisis. Hosted on Ac...

Today on the show: Fr Peter McVerry told us that he has no confidence in Government's strategy to solve the housing crisis. Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Sport Fergus O Dowd called on the FAI to bring order to the chaos within their organisation and Gavin Booth, solicitor for the family of Seamus Ludlow gave details of their meeting with the Garda Commissioner - these stories and more along...

Today: The return of Lisa Smith and her daughter is dominating media coverage today and was discussed on this morning’s show with a number of guests including her solicitor, Peter Fitzpatrick TD and her former friend Carol Duffy, a bill to ban the provision of pornography to children, the implications of  Fridays by elections results and how the Invictus  cross border Project in Dun...

Darragh Mackin, Lawyer with Phoenix Law in Belfast spoke to us as Lisa faces into another day of questioning by Gardai since her return to Ireland yesterday. He says there has been no evidence implicating her in any crime and unless that changes she has the same right as anyone else to be considered innocent until proven otherwise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today: Local Deputies Imelda Munster and Deputy Shane Cassells , who are members of the Dail’s Public Accounts Committee joined us to discuss the controversial Leinster House printer which has cost the taxpayer almost 2 million euro,  politicians should face sanctions for racist comments, according to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC), It’s Black Friday and...

Today: Chairman of the Oireachtas Sport Committee Deputy Fergus O Dowd on the FAI audit being sent to gardai, protesting farmers, the Housing Minister to face a No Confidence vote ,the imminent return of Lisa Smith and we get reaction to the government’s proposed graduated speeding penalty point system as part of a crackdown on excessive speed. T Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Today on the show: PAC member Deputy Imelda Munster spoke with us about their report on the cost of the Dáil printer, Social Justice Ireland outlined why they believe Government are failing to deliver on the 5 pillars of their own housing strategy and "Mary" spoke with Marie Kierans about the difficulties she and her family are facing in their sub-standard rented accomodation Hosted on Acast. See...

Marie Kierans spoke with "Mary" about the difficulties she and her husband are facing with their rented accomodation - they are currently paying €1200 a month for a house which has a rat infestation and severe mould problems. She says she and her husband worry constantly about the impact the house is having on their children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the show: Laura Bambrick of ICTU discussed the findings of their new report on workplace sexual harassment. Deputy Thomas Byrne described the failure of Govt to provide education to children in direct provision in Carrickmacross as gross negligence and our Political Editor Sean Defoe brought us all the details of the overspend on the Dáil printer and Leo's secret canvas with election hope...

ICTU's Social Policy Officer Laura Bambrick discussed the findings of their survey on workplace sexual harassment - it found that 8 out of every ten workers who experienced harassment do not report it to their employer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today: New direct provision centres planned for 13 counties including Louth and Meath, the fall out from the whatsapp message controversy involving the former Meath Co Board chairman, the poor quality of the rural roads in Louth and the government slammed over the escalating waiting list for home care in Meath. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Greene, Sports Editor with the Sunday Independent on his coverage of the Peter Halloran controversy, where he failed to be sanctioned by the Meath County board over whatsapp messages to a referee. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the show : Minister Helen McEntee spoke with us fresh from her election as Vice President of the European People's Party, Gillian Dennehy of Womens Aid spoke with us about the findings of their Femicide Watch report 2019 and Deputy Fergus O Dowd spoke to us about his contentious comments regarding his intolerance of anti-migrant speech. These stories and more along with comments & cal...

Today: Minister Heather Humphries discussed the government’s National Broadband plan,Cllr Sharon Tolan is urging extra garda resources needed to tackle drugs related crime in Laytown and Bettystown,  and worrying new data shows that teenagers have reported being sexually assaulted after socialising with their peers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Teresa Buczkowska, Integration Co-ordinator with the Immigrant Council of Ireland discusses the controversial comments by FG election candidate Verona Murphy, Teresa says there's an urgent need to address the infection of political discourse with anti-migrant sentiment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today: We kicked off the programme with a look at the National Broadband plan which was signed off by the Government yesterday, anti-migrant sentiment needs to be stamped out according to the Immigrant Council of Ireland, a new mental health text line launched for third level students and concerns around the location of a 661 housing estate planned for Drogheda.   Hosted on Acast. S...

Today: The state is losing up to 27 million euro in outstanding unpaid fines, including those for driving offences while more than 70,000 drivers disqualified since 2012 have failed to surrender their licences - we spoke to Chair of the Dail’s P[ublic Accounts Committee Sean Fleming who has described the situation as a ‘total shambles’ , Arlene Fitzsimmons of the North East Doc Meath explained why...

Carol Duffy, a former friend of Lisa Smith, expresses her concerns over Lisa being allowed back into the country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today: Outrage over the rejection of funding for Drogheda’s much needed Northern Port Ace Route, Sinn Fein is looking for a coalition partner - we discussed the main talking points of the party’s Ard Fheis over the weekend, ATM in Dunleer targeted by raiders , residents of Lis Na Dara in Dundalk speak to us about their concerns over the planned new link road which will run right thr...

Our news journalist Marc O Driscoll outlined details from the court case of Andrew O Brien charged in connection with the seizure of guns and ammunition in Drogheda this week. Local TD's Fergus O Dowd and Imelda Munster also joined us to talk about the ongoing Garda operations in the town. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today: Junior Housing Minister Damien English joined us amid calls for a rent freeze as the average monthly rent reaches over €1,400, increasing the pension age, garda raid on Drogheda Fire Station and a 38 -year- old Drogheda man is remanded on bail after being charged in connection with the seizure of guns and ammunition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today: Call for a public inquiry into scouting Ireland abuse cases, the proposed new route for the Slane by pass, vaping could be damaging your health, Ardee pothole damages car tyre of local resident and people on the streets of Dundalk give us their view on Lisa Smith’s impending return.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the show: Government accused of trying to "water down" efforts to investigate the death of hit and run victim Shane O Farrell. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick called for Lisa Smith to be given a 2nd chance, Cllr Pio Smith welcomed the success of local Gardai in recent days following drug and gun seizures and the risks & consequences of taking private health insurance patients out of the publ...

Indepedent TD Peter Fitzpatrick joined us to speak on behalf of Lisa's family and he says they are desperate to get her & her daughter home safely. They say she is fully ready to face the full force of the law if found guilty and they appealed to Government to give her a 2nd chance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.