It’s that time again as the local and European elections draw near, but the list of candidates for the ballots has raised eyebrows. A self-styled ‘shock jock’, a former Eurovision Song Contest host and all sorts of anti-establishment headline-makers.  Why are we seeing so many ‘celebs’ on the ballot paper this time around?  

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A shock-jock, the Eurovision host and the Rose of Tralee - Ireland's influx of “celeb” political candidates

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As the Dublin-New York Portal is temporarily switched off due to inappropriate behaviour, Fionnán Sheahan takes a walking tour of Dublin with historian and podcaster Donal Fallon, to look at the other monuments that have infamously graced the capital’s main thoroughfare.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Portal of shame?  Donal Fallon’s walking tour of infamous Dublin monuments

It’s just three weeks to polling day for the local elections.  Five years on from the most recent count in 2019, however, Irish politics has fundamentally changed. Taoisigh and party leaders have come and gone, and we have witnessed the rise and fall in popularity for Sinn Féin. Increasingly, over the last few months, migration has become a contentious issue in local and national politics, with huge swathes of politicians witnessing instances of intimidation and abuse while on the campaign trail.  

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'Death threats and sexual harassment' - How local politics became such a dangerous job

As world No2 Rory McIlroy looks to secure another US PGA title, the news that he is seeking a divorce from wife Erica Stoll has shocked the golfing world. The Northern Irishman has secured the services of Thomas Sasser, who famously represented fellow golfer Tiger Woods in his divorce from Swedish model Elin Nordegren in 2010. What do we know so far?

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Rory McIlroy’s Divorce: The celebrity lawyer, the prenup and the US PGA Championship.

It was May 17, 1974, when Wendy Burke’s life changed forever. She was just one year old when her mother Colette, who was due to give birth in two days, was killed in the Dublin-Monaghan bombings, as they walked up Talbot Street on the way back from the maternity hospital. With the 50-year anniversary coming up, Wendy and other survivors are still looking for justice and answers to the bombings, which left 34 people dead and hundreds injured. 
Host: Tabitha Monahan. Guest: Wendy BurkeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

‘Mam walked straight into the bomb’ – How the Dublin-Monaghan bombings changed my life forever

Rugby player Paddy Jackson, who was one of the key people at the Belfast rape trial of 2018, has expressed his concerns over a proposed six-episode TV series that will dramatise the court case that rocked the island of Ireland. We revisit the rape trial that had everyone talking and look at what happened to those involved. 
Host: Fionnán Sheahan                             Guest: Ellen Coyne 

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A shock-jock, the Eurovision host and the Rose of Tralee - Ireland's influx of “celeb” political candidates

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