Basically...with Stefanie Preissner

This week Stefanie talks to Brexit expert and Fine Gael TD Neale Richmond about Brexit, what it means for Ireland, the UK and how it will affect things like travel and online shops such as ASOS and Amazon.

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Thanks to Cathal O'Gara for our artwork and our music is from Only Ruin.

This episode is sponsored by The UX Design Institute.

In this week's episode Stefanie talks to Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald. What’s it like to be a woman in Irish politics? What would a United Ireland look like? Is it her job to find problems with how the Government does things? And what is the story with Sinn Fein and the IRA?

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Thanks to Cathal O'Gara for our artwork and our music is from Only Ruin.

This episode is sponsored by The UX Design Institute.

This week Stefanie talks to solicitor David Sweeney. She asks him all about buying or selling houses, wills, probate, and inheritance. What happens to all that money? Can you inherit a debt or lose money by inheritance? Do I actually need a will? What happens if something changes but the will isn't updated? Do you even need a solicitor for any of this stuff? How much does it cost?

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Thanks to Cathal O'Gara for our artwork and our music is from Only Ruin.

This episode is sponsored by The UX Design Institute.

On this week's episode Stefanie talks to Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe. They talk about how it all works, where the money comes from and goes. How he got into this line of work and whether he had an abacus as a child. They talk about Paschal's proudest moments in politics, and some of the difficulties in the job.

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Thanks to Cathal O'Gara for our artwork and our music is from Only Ruin.

This episode is sponsored by The UX Design Institute.

On this week's episode Stefanie talks to a close friend of hers who is a nurse, and will remain anonymous because she works in a private hospital but is generous with her time and insight. They talk about how things started to change in hospitals with the crisis, what was possible then, and what is possible now. This nurse herself contracted Covid-19 and talks in detail about what that is like, what the side affects are, and what persists afterwards.

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Thanks to Cathal O'Gara for our artwork and our music is from Only Ruin.

This episode is sponsored by The UX Design Institute.

It's a mailbag this week and Stefanie answers your questions. There are questions about things like change, alternative careers, adventures and holiday destinations, Covid-19 restrictions and friendships during the pandemic and much more!

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Thanks to Cathal O'Gara for our artwork and our music is from Only Ruin.

This episode is sponsored by The UX Design Institute.

In this week's episode Stefanie chats to the Taoiseach and Fianna Fail Leader Micheál Martin. They discuss whether Fianna Fail is a train or a taxi, how party politics is giving way to campaign politics and how Fianna Fail would pitch itself to younger members looking to get involved with a party.

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Thanks to Cathal O'Gara for our artwork and our music is from Only Ruin.

This episode is sponsored by The UX Design Institute.

This week Stefanie talks to David Fanagan about funerals. What are the first things to do if you find someone close to you dead? What are the first choices you have to make? What are the differences between an undertaker, a funeral director, a funeral home, etc.? In what order do things happen? What is embalming and how does it work? Who chooses the coffin and how much does it cost? What about grave plots? Cremation? Following the hearse on a long journey? There's loads in this episode, heart-warming as well as heart-breaking moments, lots of information, and it's not all doom and gloom, there are a few laughs along the way.

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Thanks to Cathal O'Gara for our artwork and and our music is from Only Ruin.

This episode is sponsored by The UX Design Institute.

Is the Covid Tracker App tracking humans? What should we do if it tells us we've been in contact with someone who has been diagnosed with Covid-19? What does Google and Apple have to do with this? Is the app useful if you don't put in your name or other details? What else can the HSE use your information for? Will the government have too much information on you? Who is the app targeted at? What happens if you tell the app you're not feeling well? Will the app work when we go abroad? Why is it not available to under 16s?

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Thanks to Cathal O'Gara for our artwork and and our music is from Only Ruin.

This episode is sponsored by The UX Design Institute.

Stefanie talks to immunologist Luke O'Neill again to get an update on where we are now with Covid-19. What's the latest on a vaccine or a treatment? Should we be wearing masks? Should the pubs reopen? The schools? What's the latest advice? And what stage are we at, and how have things changed with the virus? What happened in Melbourne and Israel? How does this pandemic compare to the 1918 flu?

Follow Stefanie on Instagram @StefaniePreissner

Thanks to Cathal O'Gara for our artwork and and our music is from Only Ruin.

This episode is sponsored by The UX Design Institute.