The Stand with Eamon Dunphy

Journalist and author Ian Williams talks to Eamon. Ian Williams was foreign correspondent for Channel 4 News and NBC in Moscow, the Indo-Pacific and China. He has also covered conflicts in the Balkans, the Middle East and Ukraine. Ian won an Emmy and BAFTA awards for his discovery and reporting on the Serb detention camps during the war in Bosnia. His most recent book is The Fire of the Drago...

Niall Stanage reports from Washington. Niall is Associate Editor of The Hill and White House Columnist for that publication. Recorded on Friday 8th December 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dmitry Elovsky talks to Eamon about Russia's war in Ukraine and how he has been included on Vladamir Putin's list of foreign agents. Dmitry Elovsky is Chief Editor for the YouTube channel Khordorkovsky. Live . Before the war he was Deputy Editor-in-Chief for TV Rain in Moscow. He moved to Lithuania when the war began and independent media outlets, including TV Rain, were closed down across Russia....

Journalist and author Peter Oborne talks to Eamon. Peter is a former chief political commentator for The Daily Telegraph , from which he resigned in early 2015. He writes a political column for Middle East Eye and a diary column for the Byline Times . Peter's most recent books include The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam, and The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and...

John Giles joins Eamon to review some of the weekend's Premier League matches. Recorded on Monday 4th December 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist and author Simon Kuper joins Eamon to talk about the unexpected success of Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom in the recent election in the Netherlands and the rise of far-right parties across Europe. Simon is writes a regular column in the Financial Times and is author of a number of books including Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK and Barça: The rise and...

Racing legend Ruby Walsh talks to Eamon on the folly at the heart of well-meaning legislation that is aimed at problem gambling.  Recorded Wednesday 29th November 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Niall Stanage joins Eamon to talk about the late Henry Kissinger who died on Wednesday, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's latest visit to Israel, the trials of Hunter Biden, Nikki Haley's growing popularity among Republican backers, and Tucker Carlson and Steve Bannon on the Dublin riot. Recorded on Thursday 30th November 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Senator Tom Clonan joins Eamon to discuss developments in the Israeli / Palestine war, the role of Irish UN troops based in Lebanon, and the players in the region. Tom Clonan is an Irish senator, security analyst, author and retired Irish Army Captain . He was elected to Seanad Eireann in March 2022 in the 2022 Dublin University by-election . In 1995, Clonan deployed to South Lebanon as an officer...

Fionnán Sheahan joins Eamon to talk about the riot in Dublin last Thursday night that followed an attack on three children and their carer outside a school in Parnell Square. Fionnán Sheahan is Ireland Editor for the Irish Independent, the Sunday Independent and independent.ie. Recorded on Monday 27th November 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Giles joins Eamon to review some of the weekend's Premier League matches. John and Eamon also talk about the 10 point penalty set against Everton and Terry Venables, who died this week. Recorded on Monday 27th November 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist, author and broadcaster Matt Cooper joins Eamon to talk about his new book Who Really Owns Ireland?: How we became tenants in our own land - and what we can do about it. Published by Gill Books. Recorded on Monday 20th November 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist and author Peter Oborne talks to Eamon about the Israel Palestine war. Peter has just returned from the West Bank where he was investigating Israeli settler violence against Palestinians. Recorded on Friday 24th November 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Niall Stanage joins Eamon to talk about Joe Biden's continuing struggle in the pre-election polls despite strong performance in stabilising the economy, Donald Trump's plans to scrap Biden's clean energy rules and expand drilling to boost fossil fuels, and Republican candidate Nikki Haley is on the rise. Niall Stanage is Associate Editor at the Hill and White House columnist for that publication....

Suzanne Lynch reports from Brussels. Suzanne Lynch is a journalist and Associate Editor with Politico. Recorded on Tuesday 21st November 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Economist and commentator Chris Johns joins Eamon to talk about the move to cash from stocks by Warren Buffet and his company Berkshire Hathaway, and JP Morgan Chase's Jamie Dimon. Also the revelations of the Covid Inquiry, currently underway in the UK, and how Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt may be about to give money back that they don't have. Recorded on Tuesday 21st November 2023. Hosted on Acast....

John Giles joins Eamon to talk about the failure of the Irish soccer team to get to the Euro 2024 Finals and who might replace Stephen Kenny as the manager when the time comes. Recorded on Monday 20th November 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In part 2 of a two-part special Liam Brady joins Eamon to talk about his life in football on the release of his autobiography Born to be a Footballer, published by Eriu. Recorded on Tuesday 14th November 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Niall Holohan joins Eamon to talk about Israel war against Palestine. Niall Holohan is a retired diplomat who was based in Ramallah as the Irish Government’s Representative to the Palestinian Authority from 2002 to 2006. He retired from the Department of Foreign Affairs in 2014 as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. He has also had extensive experience in dealing with issues relating to Northern Ireland....

Niall Stanage talks to Eamon about a potential split in the Democratic Party not seen since the Vietnam War as Biden lends full support to Israel, Xi Jinping's meeting with Biden, and the growing support for Nikki Haley among Republicans party members and major donors to the Republican Party looking for an alternative candidate to Donald Trump. Also the possible impact of Robert F. Kennedy Jr and...

Fionnán Sheahan joins Eamon to talk about the release of RTÉ's latest strategic plan A New Direction for RTÉ. Fionnán Sheahan is Ireland Editor for the Irish Independent, the Sunday Independent and independent.ie. Recorded on Wednesday 15th November 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Economist and commentator Chris Johns joins Eamon as PM Rishi Sunak begins a Cabinet reshuffle that sees the return of former Prime Minister David Cameron to government and the departure of Suella Braverman, now former Home Secretary. Recorded Monday 13th November 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist, broadcaster and author Peter Oborne joins Eamon to talk about the Israeli / Palestine war from the West Bank where Israeli settlers are driving Palestinian families off their land. Peter Oborne writes for Middle East Eye and is author of a number of books including The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam and The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emerg...

Niall Stanage reports from Washington. Niall is Associate Editor of The Hill and White House columnist for that publication. Recorded on Thursday 9th November 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Economist and commentator Chris Johns joins Eamon to talk about the King's Speech, Home Secretary Suella Braverman, Michael Gove's plan to brand anyone ‘undermining’ UK as extremist, and a weakened Rishi Sunak. Recorded on Wednesday 8th November 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.