Here on Newstalk in the run up to the end of 2020, we’ve been looking back at the 20 Most Influential Moments of the Last 20 Years.

On a global scale we’ve looked at 9/11, the refugee crisis and the Covid pandemic we’re still battling through. On our shores, we’ve reflected on the Smoking Ban, Repeal the 8th, and Water Charges.

We even had the elections of both Barack Obama and Donald Trump, the visit to Ireland by the Queen and Brexit.

You’ve been voting over the last few days and today, we revealed that the most influential moment of the two decades is the introduction of the iPhone in 2007 which led to the rise of the smartphone and social media and has arguably impacted on every facet of modern life.

Kieran Cuddihy, Jess Kelly, Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly discuss in this final edition of our series.

 

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We’ve been asking Newstalk listeners what the 20 Most Influential Moments of The Last 20 Years are…

Selected so far has been Brexit, the election of Barack Obama, the Queen's Visit, Saipan, water charges and more.

We finish the series with a looking back at the musical generation that we lost in that twenty year period.

On Newstalk Breakfast, Henry McKean meets fans who reflect on the passing of their music icons

DJ and broadcaster Dave Fanning tells Pat Kenny about the influence and void these music icons left in the world.

Sean Moncrieff takes a closer look at the process we go through when we mourn the death of celebrities with psychologist Dr Vincent McDarby

and Kieran Cuddihy reflect on the loss of some of the world's greatest musicians with guitarist Gerry Leonard and singer-songwriter Brian Kennedy

 

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We’ve been asking Newstalk listeners what the 20 Most Influential Moments of The Last 20 Years are…

Selected so far has been Brexit, the election of Barack Obama, the Queen's Visit, Saipan, water charges and more.

Today we're looking back on the introduction of the Belfast Rape Trial in 2018

Barrister and Law Lecturer Tom O’Malley talks to Newstalk Breakfast about the legal recommendations being explored following the Belfast rape trial.

Pat Kenny speaks to Newstalk's Courts Correspondent Frank Greaney about his time reporting from the trial

Noeline Blackwell of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre reflects on the conversations around consent that arose in the wake of the trial.

and Kieran Cuddihy discusses the social and legal implications of the case with Solicitor, Michael Finucane and Clinical Psychotherapist, Stephanie Reagan

 

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It's another day looking at one of the 20 Most Influential Moments of the last 20 years; and today, it centered on an issue that we are still going through now...the Covid 19 pandemic.

Englishman Ade Thomas tells Newstalk Breakfast why he decided to take part in the Oxford vaccine trial.

Former Health Minister Simon Harris looks back to the start of the pandemic with Pat Kenny.

Andrew Louth joins Andrea Gilligan to reflect on the loss of his grandmother to Covid - and the wider impact on his family.

Tom Whipple, Science Editor from The Times London talks to Sean Moncrieff about what covid means for science journalists; and Kieran Cuddihy meets two people who were diagnosed with covid and live with the last effects of the virus.

We’ve been asking Newstalk listeners what the 20 Most Influential Moments of The Last 20 Years are…

Selected so far has been Brexit, the smoking ban, the Queen's Visit, Saipan and water charges.

Today we're looking back on the election of Donald Trump in 2016.

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Seth Barrett Tillman, Law Lecturer at Maynooth University tells CIara Kelly why he thinks we cannot fully grasp the influence of Trump's presidency yet.

Pat Kenny speaks to Mike Emanuel, Chief Congressional and Senior Political Correspondent at Fox News about Trump's presidency and how it was covered by the media.

Andrea Gilligan hears from Trump supporters on Lunchtime Live.

Mark Walters, Host of ‘Armed American Radio’ tells Tom Dunne how the Trump administration provided great protection to America's gun owners

And Kieran Cuddihy speaks to Investigative Journalist and author Lee Smith about Trump's domestic and foreign influence.

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We’ve been asking Newstalk listeners what the 20 Most Influential Moments of The Last 20 Years are…

Selected so far has been Brexit, the election of Barack Obama, the Queen's Visit, Saipan and water charges.

Today we're looking back on the introduction of the Smoking Ban in 2004.

Dr. Patrick Doorly, Chair of the Ash Council of the Irish Heart Foundation tells Shane Coleman why the smoking ban has been so effective

On The Pat Kenny Show, reporter Josh Crosbie investigates what effect the smoking ban has had on  the hospitality industry

Sean Moncrieff delves deep in the history of smoking with American author Sarah Milov

And Kieran Cuddihy talks to one of the key players who worked to get the smoking ban introduced, Taoiseach and former Health Minister Micheál Martin

 

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Sarah Milov, author of "The Cigarette: A Political History", joined Sean to look at the politics behind the global addiction of smoking.

We’ve been asking Newstalk listeners what the 20 Most Influential Moments of The Last 20 Years are…

Selected so far has been Brexit, the election of Barack Obama, the Queen's Visit, Saipan and water charges.

Today we're looking back on the introduction of the Euro currency in 2002.

Former Finance Minister and Labour TD Ruairi Quinn tells Ciara Kelly about the crucial role he played in bringing about the single currency

Pat Kenny asks Dr. Eoin Drea, Senior Researcher in the Martens Centre in Brussel whether the idealistic notion of the Euro is working at all?

and Henry McKean talks to people about their memories of that anticipated chaos and panic ahead of the Punt-Euro changeover in January 2002.

 

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We’ve been asking Newstalk listeners what the 20 Most Influential Moments of The Last 20 Years are…

Selected so far has been Brexit, the election of Barack Obama, the Queen's Visit, Saipan and water charges.

Today we're looking back on the Repeal the 8th movement

Eilis Mulroy, spokesperson for the Pro Life Campaign reflects on the referendum and tells Ciara Kelly why she foresees the laws changing again in the future

Pat Kenny speaks to Mara Clarke, Founder of The Abortion Support Network and hears how her work has changed since Ireland's new legislation was introduced

and Mary Ziegler, a law professor at Florida State University tells Sean Moncrieff why the situation in the U.S. could be a sign of what's to come in Ireland

 

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As we near the end of 2020, we’ve been asking Newstalk listeners what they consider to have been the 20 Most Influential Moments of The Last 20 Years

We had Brexit, the election of Donald Trump, a smoking ban, a whole new way of consuming TV and music - and a pandemic…

Over the next few weeks, we’re focusing on one of the Top 20 each day – and today we look back on the Queen's historic visit to Ireland in 2011.

Mary McAleese was President at the time of the visit and was one of the people who played a key role in making the trip happen. She talks to Kieran Cuddihy about that historic moment in May 2011 and reveals what she thinks of the portrayal of the Queen in The Crown.

Michael Foley, Sunday Times reporter and Author of 'The Bloodied Field' tells Ciara and Shane about the significance of the Queen's visit to Croke Park.

Bobby McDonagh, Former Ambassador of Ireland to the United Kingdom, recalls his memories of the Queen's visit with Pat Kenny.

And Pat Leahy, former Assistant Garda Commissioner, describes to Sean Moncrieff the vast security operation that was undertaken during the visit - one of the largest ever in the state’s history.

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