Satire is journalism through the medium of comedy. On Callan’s Kicks, ten years old this month, we like to consider our public service to be a sort of grinds for scandal. Using impressions and writing, we steer listeners to link any given week’s events with context, and in politics that context is usually some event or controversy that most people have either forgotten, overlooked, or misunderstood. Satire works best when it’s aimed at those with power and influence, which isn’t always necessarily those in power. That’s why Sinn Féin is such an important target for comic interrogation in an age…

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