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The Restless Dead: How the Irish establishment turned the good old IRA into a propaganda opportunity with historian Padraig Óg O’Ruairc
The Restless Dead: How the Irish establishment turned the good old IRA into a propaganda opportunity with historian Padraig Óg O’Ruairc

Episode 192

The story of the disappeared in Irish history is long and murky. Why are some of the tales wrapped up in myth and others part of the barbaric recent …

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The Shamrock My Father Wore - For God, Ulster & Elon. How the Irish far right embraced loyal Ulster.
The Shamrock My Father Wore - For God, Ulster & Elon. How the Irish far right embraced loyal Ulster.

Episode 191

As Elon Musk and Donald Trump take control in America, what is the consequence of resistance? Musk campaigns against the unelected bureaucrats even t…

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America’s War Game: How the Super Bowl Became a Weapon of Mass Destruction.
America’s War Game: How the Super Bowl Became a Weapon of Mass Destruction.

Episode 190

On Sunday evening, Donald Trump became the first sitting American president to attend the Superbowl. His attendance, in the eyes of many, sealed the …

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Conquering Hill 16. Paddy Cullen & the Dublin revolution
Conquering Hill 16. Paddy Cullen & the Dublin revolution

Episode 189

There are times when, as a great writer said, the past beats inside us like a second heart.


The death of Paddy Cullen was, for so many people, one of …

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Assassinating Peter Robinson: How an IRA hired hitman almost took out the DUP hardliner. With Unionist historian Aaron Edwards.
Assassinating Peter Robinson: How an IRA hired hitman almost took out the DUP hardliner. With Unionist historian Aaron Edwards.

Episode 188

In 1981, the FBI raided the New York apartment of a 27-year-old Englishman who they believed had been commissioned by the Provisional IRA to murder a…

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The Decline of the Loyal Family. How Ulster Protestants were sold out by their leaders. With Unionist historian Aaron Edwards.
The Decline of the Loyal Family. How Ulster Protestants were sold out by their leaders. With Unionist historian Aaron Edwards.

Episode 187

CS Lewis wrote that there would be no better to place to live than Northern Ireland ‘if only I could deport the Ulstermen’. On Free State today Joe a…

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Joseph O’Connor: Free State Special
Joseph O’Connor: Free State Special

Episode 186

What were the challenges in being part of the resistance to the Nazis? What was the peculiar torment for women who took on the Reich? On a Free State…

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Is there a world after Gaza?
Is there a world after Gaza?

Episode 185

When President Donald Trump said he wanted to ‘clean out’ Gaza, where was the condemnation from world leaders? People might dismiss it as just anothe…

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Poitín for dogs, cows and Gaelic football. The launch of Starship Gavin & the alcoholic Alsatian
Poitín for dogs, cows and Gaelic football. The launch of Starship Gavin & the alcoholic Alsatian

Episode 184

What does giving poitín to a cow who has just calved have to do with the new rules in Gaelic football? On Free State today, Joe explains how Jim Gavi…

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Storm Eowyn and the silencing of Joe Brolly
Storm Eowyn and the silencing of Joe Brolly

Episode 183

Storm Eowyn swept across Ireland on Friday morning as winds of biblical force shook the nation. 32 counties were joined in a red alert and in towns, …

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