John Waters is running for Election on Saturday 8th February, 2020 for Anti-Corruption Ireland along with Gemma O'Doherty. Our conversation was long, at times heated, and consistently intense.

[email protected]

John Waters is running for Election on Saturday 8th February, 2020 for Anti-Corruption Ireland along with Gemma O'Doherty. Our conversation was long, at times heated, and consistently intense.

[email protected]

Former Irish Minister for Education Mary Hanafin has always lived an intensely political life. We spoke about what she has done since losing her Dáil seat in 2011, recent social change in Ireland, her role in Fianna Fáil, her relationship with Micheál Martin, and the need for recent youth activism to translate into more consistent and committed engagement with the established political system. I think it was a pleasant interview, and I enjoyed talking to my former local TD. She hopes to win election again in Dún Laoghaire in 2020.

Sports journalist Brian Barry joined me to talk about the last decade in Irish sport. His own work is focused on the GAA, but in our interview he effortlessly displayed his wealth of knowledge across a breadth of sporting disciplines. Brian discussed the top moments from 2010-19 in Irish soccer, Gaelic football, hurling, rugby, cricket, golf, boxing and of course, Conor McGregor. Brian also told me about his own career, and what it's like to be a journalist in today's volative media environment.

Victoria White is a Dublin-based writer in fact and fiction. She is also an environmental activist who wants to green the face of feminism. I thoroughly enjoyed our lively interview. I hope to do another in the future.

“Feisty journalist-at-large. Full-time flibbertigibbet. Sporadic strumpet. Can be found in media scrums, proper pubs and the occasional mosh-pit.” So reads the Twitter bio of Irish journalist and political commentator, Lise Hand. Lise is great fun. Her witty and thought-provoking contributions are often heard on Irish radio and television.

22nd Nov 2019: I was interviewed by RTÉ's Ray D'Arcy. We spoke about how I met Joe Biden, and about my parents' broadcasting.

Economist Michael Kenny discusses the significance of John Maynard Keynes, US History, the 2020 Presidential Race, and Political Pragmatism.

Gay Byrne RIP.

Seán O'Rourke has worked in RTÉ for 30 years. He currently presents the Today with Seán O'Rourke show every weekday morning on RTÉ Radio 1.

O'Rourke's wife Caroline Murphy was a researcher for Gay Byrne's radio show and has since retired from RTÉ after 24 years of public broadcasting.

Some love him, some hate him. Few know him.

John Waters spent 35 years in Irish journalism, for 24 of which he wrote for the Irish Times. That all came to an end in 2014. John tells his side of the story in his most recent book, 'Give Us Back the Bad Roads'.

[email protected]