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How Jim Gavin came undone in the Nasty Rose of Tralee
Episode 291
What was Jim Gavin thinking? What was going through his head when he decided he would like to be Fianna Fail’s candidate for president.
On Free State …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Run Zohran Run - How Zohran Mamdani will become mayor of New York and why he terrifies the establishment
Episode 290
In January 2025, Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist, running for mayor of New York had an eight per cent chance of winning the race. Today, he …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Catherine Connolly: ‘Tony Blair has committed war crimes’
Episode 289
Where did Catherine Connolly’s belief in social justice come from? If she is elected president, how will she use the presidency to advance those beli…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Freedom Flotilla - Sailing serenely on dangerous tides.
Episode 288
The Freedom Flotilla is reaching a critical point in its journey to Gaza. In the next 24 hours, those aboard the 50 ships will reach what is believed…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
The Hot-Red Forge of Life: David Trimble from Sectarian to Nobel Peace Prize
Episode 287
“He wasn’t the kind of person who ever greeted you,” Ireland’s former president Mary McAleese says of David Trimble, who was a law student at Queen’s…
5 months ago
Sportwashing US Imperialism: The great Dave Zirin on the NFL in Ireland, Charlie Kirk and Kneecap
Episode 286
When Dave Zirin flew home to America last week, as a precaution he wrote the telephone numbers of a lawyer and an Irish politician on his arm.
He had …
5 months ago
Heather Humphreys, Jim Gavin’s white trousers and the sash my husband didn’t wear
Episode 285
When Mary Lou McDonald announced a ‘game changing’ candidate many eyes looked to Joe Brolly. But was he ever in the running and would Dion have voted…
5 months ago
Never too old - Finding Ireland, and yourself, in hurling
Episode 284
What happens when a man tries to take up hurling at 41?
What does he learn about himself and Ireland’s relationship with its fabled national game.
On F…
5 months, 1 week ago
Leo Varadkar, United Irishman.
Episode 283
At the age of 45, Leo Varadkar decided to resign as Taoiseach. Many people wondered why.
In an extraordinarily frank interview on Free State today, Le…
5 months, 1 week ago
Charlie Kirk: The Death of an American Hero
Episode 282
Who was Charlie Kirk and what had he got to do with Ireland?
On a heated episode of Free State, Dion and Joe argue about how to respond to the murder …
5 months, 1 week ago