Here's How ::: Ireland's Political, Social And Current Affairs Podcast

Gemma O'Doherty is an investigative journalist who has worked on the disappearance of Mary Boyle, the murder of Fr Niall Molloy and the penalty points cancellation scandal.  This is a report in the Irish Independent about Conor Lenihan's obsequious article praising the Mr Justice Frank Roe who acquitted Richard Flynn in bizarre circumstances. The post Here's How 36 - Gemma O'Doherty and Unsolved Murders appeared first on Here's How.

Jim O'Callaghan is a senior counsel, and TD for Dublin Bay South. He was key to the negotiations between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil that led to the formation of the current governmnet. This is the text of the confidence and supply agreement between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. Information is here about the Lib-Lab […] The post Here's How 35 - Jim O'Callaghan and Fianna Fáil in Government appeared first on Here's How.

This is Ray's petition against what he calls the unfair '2Tier' Irish car tax law. This is a table of the current motor tax rates for pre- and post-2008 vehicles. Dr Julien Mercille is a lecturer in the Department of Geography in University College Dublin, and a frequent columnist and media contributor. The post Here's How 34 - Pink Pricing and Motor Tax appeared first on Here's How.

Tony Downes is an Administrative Officer in Census Publicity with the Central Statistics Office. Census day is on 24 April, the exact centenary of the 1916 Rising. If you didn't receive a census form yet, you should call 1850 2016 04 to get one. Information about problems in the US census is here. Note that […] The post Here's How 33 - The Census and the Election Outcome appeared first on Here's How.

Cllr Sorcha Nic Cormaic is the Sinn Féin councillor for Dundrum on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, and candidate in Dublin Rathdown. In our discussion, I mentioned this report from the EPA. Cllr John Brassil is the Fianna Fáil councillor for Listowel on Kerry County Council and one of the party's candidates in Kerry. Seán Kyne TD represents Galway West […] The post Bumper Here's How Election Edition 32 - Sorcha Nic Cormaic (SF), John Brassil (FF) and Seán Kyne (FG) appeared first on Here's How.

Paddy Power's odds on the next government are listed here, and this is Adrian Kavanagh's analysis of recent opinion polls. Eamon Delaney is the director of the Hibernia Forum, he's also a writer, journalist and former diplomat. We discussed their general election briefing and mentioned the UN's target for overseas aid, which Ireland falls far short […] The post Here's How 31 - Eamon Delaney of the Hibernia Forum appeared first on Here's How.

Bríd Smith is the People Before Profit candidate in Dublin South Central. The post Here's How 30 - Bríd Smith of People Before Profit appeared first on Here's How.

Anne-Marie McNally is the Social Democrats candidate in Dublin Mid West. She also writes extensively for Broadsheet and works in Leinster House for the party. The post Here's How 29 - Anne-Marie McNally of the Social Democrats appeared first on Here's How.

Eamon Ryan is the leader of the Green Party, and a candidate for the Dáil in the Dublin Bay South constituency. This is theJournal.ie article about Glenealy, Co Wicklow persuading candidates not to display posters along with dozens of anti-poster comments, and this is their, and in their online (unscientific) poll, 89 per cent of people […] The post Here's How 28 - Eamon Ryan of the Green Party appeared first on Here's How.

Mailo Power, running in Waterford for Renua defends her party's policies ahead of the election. The post Here's How 27 - Mailo Power of Renua appeared first on Here's How.

With the approach of the election, I hope to interview a candidate for each political group about their platform in the 2016 election. Finian McGrath TD will be running in the election in Dublin Bay North for the Independent Alliance. These are the 10 principles that the Independent Alliance says it will require to give its support to […] The post Here's How 26 - Finian McGrath of the Independent Alliance appeared first on Here's How.

This is the coverage of Patrick Durcan's comments about Martin McNamara and his 321 previous convictions at Killaloe District Court on 5 January. Conor Cullen is the head of communications and advocacy for Alcohol Action Ireland. In the discussion we talked about the report recommending a minimum price for alcohol, proposed to be €1.00 per unit of […] The post Here's How 25 - Conor Cullen of Alcohol Action Ireland appeared first on Here's How.

Following the interview with Sarah Benson from Ruhama in Episode 21,  Gaye Dalton got in touch with me to discuss her personal experience, and how that affects her view or Ruhama's work. Gaye's YouTube channel is here. The post Here's How 24 - Gaye Dalton, former Sex Worker appeared first on Here's How.

Sinead Carroll is a solicitor with Ernest J. Cantillon Solicitors. Jason O'Sullivan is the founder of JOS Solicitors. Hugh McElvaney has been a Fine Gael councillor in Monaghan since 1999. He has been central to massive inappropriate rezoning throughout his career as a councillor. The Standards in Public Office (SIPO) Commission has been constantly undermined by […] The post Here's How 23 - Floods, Insurance and Corruption appeared first on Here's How.

I referred to the damage done to children's education, particularly to disadvantaged children by long school holidays. This is backed up by many studies, including this one from the Institute for Public Policy Research. Dr Garrett McGovern is a GP specialising in the treatment of addiction and Medical Director of the Priority Medical Clinic in Dublin. The post Here's How 22 - Dr Garrett McGovern on Injecting Rooms and Drug Decriminalisation appeared first on Here's How.

Sarah Benson is the CEO of Ruhama. The Good Shepherd Sisters and the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity were credited with founding Ruhama on Ruhama's website up to February 2015, but all references to both those orders have been deleted from the pages of their website since, although some old annual report PDFs still mention […] The post Here's How 21 - Sarah Benson CEO of Ruhama appeared first on Here's How.

Mike's original audio file is here. This is the Baroness Jay report into the sex abuse scandal in Rochdale, England. These are the UNHCR reports that report 1.7m Syrian refugees in Turkey and 1.8m in Lebanon, a country not much bigger than County Cork. Update: The contributor, Mike, got back to me and queried me for […] The post Here's How 20 - Refugees, Immigration and Migration appeared first on Here's How.

Martin Collins is the co-director of Pavee Point. Fr Micheál Mac Gréil published the study that measures the 'social distance' that people feel to various minority groups, and Travellers consistently are measured to be the most marginalised. The health, infant mortality, maternal mortality and life expectancy of Travellers are all much worse than the general […] The post Here's How 19 - Martin Collins of Pavee Point appeared first on Here's How.

Mick Barry is an AAA / Socialist Party councillor on Cork City Council. This is the article, written by Frank Daly of NAMA, (behind paywall, hint open in incognito window) where he claims "Some claim we should have got a better price, but they know there was no bidder willing to pay more," however the […] The post Here's How 18 - NAMA and Cork Council Merger appeared first on Here's How.

This is a long, detailed article  on the violent attack on the Corcoran family. Like almost every other report, in every newspaper, the report omitted that the men convicted of the crime were Travellers. Conor Faughnan of AA Ireland spoke about automating the checking of Tax, NCT and Insurance rather than displaying disks. The post Here's How 17 - Crime Reporting and Conor Faughnan appeared first on Here's How.