What next for Sinn Féin? Since the by-election in Dublin Central and Galway West, the party has been scrutinised. Where does it stand on immigration? Is it moving away from the other left wing parties? Eoin Ó Broin talks to Dion Fanning and makes a case for the progressives.
David Donoghue headed the Irish side of the Anglo-Irish secretariat. His book One Good Day details the negotiations and tensions on the way to the Good Friday Agreement. In this podcast, he talks to Dion Fanning about how the personalties were as important as the policy, as well as the threats made on his own life.
From a weekend hobby stall in Temple Bar, Margaret O'Rourke has built MoMuse into an undercover success story. She talks to Rosanna Cooney about building her jewellery business organically without advertising, and the decision to bring her husband Paul O'Rourke into the business.
This week, Ireland has been talking about Sean Quinn and the RTÉ documentary, Quinn Country. In 2007, Tom Lyons went to the Slieve Russell Hotel and heard Quinn deliver a speech in which he reflected on his life but which also foreshadowed much of what was to come.
This weekend, in a special podcast which includes excerpts from that speech never previously broadcast, Tom Lyons and Ian Kehoe talk to Dion Fanning and reflect on Quinn's life and times and the themes that have been present through his rise and fall.
Denmark has long been a superpower when it comes to renewable energy. But what can we learn from their experience? In the latest episode of Energy Matters, Ian Kehoe is joined by Lise Holmegaard Larsen of State of Green, a Danish public-private body tackling climate change, to understand the journey Denmark has been on, what policies have been put in place, and how countries such as Ireland can catch up. This series is sponsored by Pinergy.
Is the recent wave of job cuts by technology companies a structural shift or a necessary realignment? The Currency’s Chief Economics Writer Stephen Kinsella and Senior Correspondent Thomas Hubert join Editor Ian Kehoe to discuss Ireland’s response to the tech slump - including the opportunities arising from it.
There will be around 100,000 satellites orbiting the earth by the end of the decade. Ubotica, an Irish space tech start-up, has developed a machine learning chip that can process images from inside these cereal-boxed sized satellites. Aubrey Dunne, chief technology officer and c0-founder, talks to Rosanna Cooney about the potential applications of this observational technology, from spotting crop failure before it's visible on the ground, to identifying forest fires and oil slicks in real-time.
In episode four of Energy Matters, we look at renewable energy and examine whether Ireland is really where it should be in terms of both onshore and offshore energy systems, and where we need to go over the next decade. Ian Kehoe is joined by Ruth Young, Senior Consultant at Cornwall Insight, and Conall Bolger, CEO of the Irish Solar Energy Association. This series is sponsored by Pinergy.
Leaving the world of mass manufactured alcohol behind, Karen O'Neill founded a new drinks brand with a modern take on mead. Beekon was going gangbusters, O'Neill tells Rosanna Cooney, but then the unimaginable happened and she had a decision to make: to fight on or fail.
Colm Tóibín talks to Dion Fanning in this week's episode of Experience about the World Cup, his career as a hurler and why he won't talk about Sinn Féin.
