The Post Podcast

Jonathan Healy is joined this week by:

Tom Lyons and Mary Regan to discuss why the report into the Rio ticketing scandal has left us all feeling dissatisfied.

Michael Brennan and Jack Horgan-Jones to detail how a lost generation is being affected by the housing crisis.

Gillian Nelis to debate the rush to open new restaurants. Can they be sustained in the current market?

It's all up for lively debate and discussion in episode 13 of The Post Podcast.

In this week's podcast:

Francesca Comyn is joined by Political Editor Michael Brennan and News Editor Mary Regan to discuss proposed measures to ease the plight of "accidental landlords". Who exactly falls into this category and is it just a pre-election budget give-away?

When Leo Varadkar urged Britain to design its own border in a recent speech at Queen's University in the North, it was notably a much harder Brexit stance than the Taoiseach has taken before now. But is this a dangerous strategy?

Why did Paddy Power CEO Breon Corcoran quit a day before the betting giant revealed its half-year figures?

And the panel turns its attention the cover story of ESPN's The Magazine - a profile of Conor McGregor written by respected journalist Wright Thompson, which brands Dublin "a clannish, parochial place - particularly if you are coming from Crumlin".

It's all up for lively debate and discussion in episode 12 of The Post Podcast.

In this week's podcast:

The gender pay gap and the perils of talking about it - and how thousands of jobs are sustained right around the country without a hint of help from Dublin.

It's all up for lively discussion in episode 11 of The Post Podcast.

In the second instalment of Media Matters, Colette Sexton is joined by Ed Guiney who runs film and television production company Element Pictures with Andrew Lowe.

Guiney tells Sexton that he finds it "deeply depressing" that RTÉ buys in TV formats from abroad that are a "rehash" of what is done in other countries.

In this week's podcast:

Brexit negotiations are getting off to a rocky start. Why are women paid less to do the same job in the media? Will Micheál Martin be the only Fianna Fáil leader in history to not become Taoiseach?

It's all up for lively discussion in episode 10 of The Post Podcast.

In this week's Post Podcast:

Ian Guider speaks to politics correspondent Hugh O'Connell about the political mechanics behind Irish Water as well as the ongoing Brexit negotiations, while news correspondent Colette Sexton discusses the latest developments in the Independent News & Media boardroom.

It's all up for lively discussion in episode 9 of The Post Podcast.

Welcome to the Media Matters podcast. In each episode, Colette will be joined by an expert from the media and marketing industry to quiz them on the issues that matter.

In the first instalment Colette is joined by one of the founders of media production company Second Captains, which created one of Ireland's most listened to podcasts.

Mark explains what makes for a good podcast - and where the medium is going.

In this week's Post Podcast:

Ian Guider speaks to Hugh O'Connell about the latest Sunday Business Business Post/Red C opinion poll which reveals a decline in support for Fine Gael despite the wall-to-wall media coverage of the new Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.

Economics commentator of the year and Sunday Business Post columnist Stephen Kinsella talks about the upcoming summer economic statement from finance minister Paschal Donohue and whether there is any money for budget giveaways.

Plus, Sunday Business Post Editor Ian Kehoe and Francesca Comyn on the corporate enforcement watchdog's response to criticism of its handling of the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean Fitzpatrick.

It's all up for lively discussion in episode 8 of The Post Podcast.

This week Jack Horgan-Jones and Barry J Whyte explain exactly how global investment funds reduced their Irish tax bill to just €250 by teaming up with the Irish Strategic Infrastructure Fund (ISIF).

Hugh O' Connell assesses how the bin charges row will play out for the government. He also discusses the excitement around the political drama of the year - when Leo met Justin Trudeau. By flashing his maple leaf socks, is our new Taoiseach trying too hard to impress the Canadian premier?

And Susan Mitchell joins Ian on the line to lift the lid on the best kept secret in the health service - how to skip the hospital waiting list and get an operation paid for overseas by the HSE.

It's all up for lively discussion in episode 7 of The Post Podcast.

In this week's Post Podcast:

The judicial appointments bill controversy and why Shane Ross wants judges to be appointed by ordinary people.

The DUP's deal for Northern Ireland -- and will it kick start power sharing again?

Finally, AIB's share price: what now?

It's all up for lively discussion in episode 6 of The Post Podcast.