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

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.

This Episode has a major interview with Jamie Bryson, the loyalist blogger and activist about his revelations on the Nama/Project Eagle affair. These are the reports that first uncovered the software designed to cheat on EPA emissions tests when VW cars were tested. This is the report that shows that air quality doesn't match the […] The post Here's How 16 - VW, and Exclusive Interview with Jamie Bryson appeared first on Here's How.

NAMA's Northern Ireland portfolio is named Project Eagle. The entire portfolio was sold to Cerberus. The maximum sentence for lobbying NAMA is six months in prison or a €1,000 fine. Judge Martin Nolan said that it would be incredibly unjust to send the Anglo criminals  Pat Whelan and William McAteer to prison for their part in […] The post Here's How 15 - John Lyons and Nama's Project Eagle appeared first on Here's How.

Alan Shatter became minister of justice in 2011. Brian Purcell, his secretary general, was judged to be running a grossly incompetent department. Shatter extravagantly complained that the Guerin Report was a breach of his human rights and called on the Human Rights and Equality Commission to investigate the process, and he humiliatingly lost a case challenging the findings […] The post Here's How 14 - Bashir Otukoya and Alan Shatter appeared first on Here's How.

The episode of the Claire Byrne Live show is available here, but RTÉ don't tend to leave them online for very long. This is the James Reynolds who was presented as a 'man in the street' speaking from the audience. Cllr Seamus Treanor, the anti-immigration councillor from Monaghan was identified, he falsely claimed that there are […] The post Here's How 13 - Fixing Garda Corruption, Milk Prices & Two Announcements appeared first on Here's How.

This is the original article where Rosanna Davison claimed that gluten was responsible for autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia and arthritis, and here she backtracked, claiming that she merely suggested that 'gluten-free diets can play a role in helping to manage ... auto-immune and neurological disorders'; my emphasis. This is the website where she visually and verbally promotes her […] The post Here's How 12 - Renting, Building, Corruption and Beauty Queens appeared first on Here's How.

David Quinn is the director of the Iona Institute and a columnist with the Irish Independent. The Religious Practice and Values in Ireland study by the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference found that half of Catholics don't believe in hell, a quarter don't believe in sin or in heaven, almost a third don't believe in the afterlife […] The post Here's How 11 - Religious education, Dublin transport planning, Rape Crisis Centre funding appeared first on Here's How.

Long Term Economic Value (things look more meaningful when they get capital letters) was not an established economic concept when it entered public discourse in 2010. The acronym LTEV did not exist in relation to it before it was applied to NAMA. This is the statement by Ian Coulter saying that he deposited GBP £7m from his employer's client […] The post Here's How 10 - Government IT, Philanthropy & Democracy and Germans on Greek Debt appeared first on Here's How.

PARC, the road safety lobby group did a survey of court cases and found that 80 per cent of drivers sentenced to penalty points in court and 96 per cent of drivers disqualified from driving in court did not have their driver licence number recorded by the court clerk. The Moriarty Report was published in […] The post Here's How, Episode Nine - Greek Default, TTIP again, appeared first on Here's How.

In the Marriage Equality referendum, the No side got 37.93 per cent; the Conservative Party got 36.9 per cent in the 2015 general election, and won more than half the seats in the House of Commons. The EU dropping regulations on powerful endocrine-disrupting chemicals linked to cancer and male infertility, under pressure from US TTIP negotiators, is reported […] The post Here's How, Episode Eight - TTIP, Transgender Children & More appeared first on Here's How.

These are the references for episode seven of Here's How. This is an excellent explanation of the timeline of the Siteserve deal provided by Broadsheet.ie, and this is their transcript of James Morrissey's interview on RTÉ. This is the Wikipedia article on the non-denial denial. I misspoke in the recording, the article of Bunreacht na hÉireann privileging […] The post Podcast, Episode Seven appeared first on Here's How.

Brian Cooke is the Deputy Director General of the Society of the Irish Motor Industry. Fergal Crehan BL is a practicing barrister and Fergal Crehan's blog. Julian de Spáinn is Árd Rúnaí of Conradh na Gaelige. Catherine Murphy is the independent TD for Kildare North. The post Podcast, Episode Six appeared first on Here's How.