The Post Podcast

In the latest episode of the KBC Bank investment podcast Ian Guider is joined by Niall Tobin of KBC Fund Management and Hugh O’Rourke Manager for KBC Asset Management, Ireland Branch, to look at the world of investing in funds.

For 55,000 people in Ireland, as well as their families and their friends, living with dementia is a daily reality. Many of us also want to know what steps we can take to protect our own brain health as we age. Susan Mitchell discusses everything from new drugs, diet and exercise to the benefits of cognitive stimulation with two of Ireland’s leading medical experts in dementia.

Colette Sexton talks to former producer and director Áine O’Meara, who is programme leader for Headline. The organisation was set up to monitor media coverage of mental health issues including suicide. She talks about the misrepresentation of mental health issues in some media coverage and how this can be addressed.

The Karate Kid is back.

Going into the final live televised presidential debate on October 24, 2011 on RTE’s Frontline television show, Sean Gallagher was in front in the polls. Against the odds, the karate kicking entrepreneur had become the man to beat. But he lost.

So who is Sean Gallagher and has he a chance of winning this time around? Sunday Business Post political editor Michael Brennan and political correspondent Hugh O’Connell discuss.

When Pope John Paul II visited Ireland nearly forty years ago, 92% of people were going to mass every week and the Catholic Church had a profound influence on nearly every aspect of Irish society. In the four decades since, the moral authority of the church has been undermined by a series of scandals relating to institutional abuse. Public Affairs Editor Mary Regan and Political Editor Michael Brennan discuss Pope Francis's impending visit, the attitudes of Irish people both for and against the gathering and what the figurehead of the Catholic Church is likely to use this platform to achieve.

The Budget battle lines are being drawn, and much of the conversation centres on tax cuts and spending hikes. But, Political Editor Michael Brennan believes that creating and generating spending efficiencies need to be on the radar also. He explains what he means to Ian Kehoe.

Close to €5 billion of Irish mortgage debt has been sold to vulture funds in the last ten days. But just what does it really mean? In this edition of the Post Podcast, Ian Kehoe and Ian Guider discuss the politics, the economics and the social impact.

Budget 2019 is still TWO months away but the talk about what it will contain has already begun. Minister for Health Simon Harris has said that it will contain money to implement the Sláintecare plan. In the latest edition of the Post Podcast, Political Editor Michael Brennan and Public Affairs Editor Mary Regan discuss the budget build up.

For the past number of months, the CervicalCheck screening programme has been mired in controversy. The future of the BreastCheck screening service is under threat, with doctors threatening to resign from the service, citing a toxic environment and a surge in legal threats. To discuss all this, Ian Kehoe is joined by Health Editor Susan Mitchell.

A senior staff member of Facebook yesterday apologised to a government committee after disturbing content was allowed to remain on the social media giant's site. But is it enough and what happens now? Following the committee hearings, Ian Kehoe is joined by Jack Horgan-Jones for a special edition of the Post Podcast.