Podcast Episodes

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service - Part 2

Episode 36

In the second part of 'On Her Majesty’s Secret Service', Peter Taylor discusses the attempts of the British establishment to censor & intimidate him. He describes the central importance of the hunger…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

Episode 35

Late in the night following Bloody Sunday, a young reporter arrived in Derry. ‘If you want to know what’s going on here,’ John Hume told him, ‘he’s the person you should be talking to you. He’s calle…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Fellas! Are you having any fun?

Episode 34

In the end, Pat Gilroy will remember the fun more than the winning. What is sport for except those moments shared among a team that will never be forgotten? 

In this episode of Free State, Joe and Dio…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Derry Boys: Mickey Harte & The Caravan Of Fools

Episode 33

When the news broke that Mickey Harte was the new manager of Derry, some accepted it as part of how the modern GAA operates. But for others it struck at the heart of the GAA. 

In a powerful and emotio…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Hate. The Shit Magnificent Seven - Part 2

Episode 32

Matthew Collins was dead inside. This is where hatred led - to a library with mothers cowering in fear, sheltering from an attack from his far right group. The sound of hatred was the sound of a preg…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Hate. The Shit Magnificent Seven - Part 1

Episode 31

Once upon a time, Matthew Collins would have been standing with the mob outside Dáil Éireann erecting gallows and spitting hate. 

This unexceptional teenager fell under the spell of older Neo Nazis an…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Unquiet Graves - Part 2: Smiling Like You’ve Never Been Gone

Episode 30

For the families of those murdered by security forces collusion, the truth was all they had left.

In Part II of Unquiet Graves, Joe and Dion look at the fight for truth from the families affected by t…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Unquiet Graves - Part 1

Episode 29

The past lives in everyone traumatised by the Troubles. The Legacy Bill has layered misery and anxiety on top of suffering and injustice. For the families who are haunted by the graves of their loved…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Wrap The Green Flag Round Me Boys - Part 2

Episode 28

With around 35% of people north and south supporting the Sinn Fein movement, Dion & Joe wonder why there isn’t a single person from a Republican background in the mainstream Irish media

On Part 2 of ‘…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Wrap The Green Flag Round Me Boys - Part 1

Episode 27

Is ‘Ooh Ah, Up the Ra’ the best the Irish establishment can do in the face of the existential threat posed by Sinn Fein? In the week that Michéal Martin said Sinn Fein were “infecting” the people of …

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago