The Post Podcast

Hosted by Colette Sexton, Media Matters talks to industry experts on the issues that really matter on the first Wednesday of every month.

This month’s podcast features Elaine Geraghty, chief executive of Screen Producers Ireland (SPI).

Colette and Elaine discuss SPI’s relationship with RTÉ, how they go about negotiating with unions, and why the production industry is not for the faint hearted.

In the latest Post Podcast, Sunday Business Post Public Affairs Editor Mary Regan and Political Correspondent Hugh O'Connell discuss the presidential election, which will now take place in October after Sinn Féin confirmed at the weekend that it would be running a candidate against Michael D Higgins.

They look at the potential Sinn Féin runners, and talk about the other independent candidates who will be seeking endorsements to join the race. They also assess the campaigning challenges for Higgins, the first incumbent to face an election since 1966.

In the latest episode of the KBC Bank investment podcast Ian Guider is joined by Hugh O'Rourke and Pat Naughton of KBC Asset Management to look at the world of investing in funds.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s comments about the media to a select group of young ex-pats at a private lunch in New York caused quite a stir when they were reported back home this week.

Varadkar was reported to have expressed sympathy with US President Donald Trump’s views on the media, as well as criticising the media more generally and in particular political correspondents and their coverage of what goes on in Leinster House.

Amid claims his views were taken out of context, the Sunday Business Post’s public affairs editor Mary Regan joins political correspondent Hugh O’Connell to discuss whether anyone outside of politicians and the media really cares about what the Taoiseach said.

Hosted by Colette Sexton, Media Matters talks to industry experts on the issues that really matter on the first Wednesday of every month.

In this month’s Media Matters podcast, Colette Sexton talks to Peter Geoghegan, Investigations Editor of openDemocracy and Independent Global Media Platform.

The Longford native talks about his career to date, including how he ended up working as an investigative journalist in Glasgow and co-founding the Scottish Investigative Platform The Ferret.

On Friday, European leaders will meet for a key European summit. It was supposed to be a landmark meeting on Brexit. However, it now appears it will be something of a damp squib. To discuss the ongoing Brexit turmoil – and what it means for Ireland -- Mary Regan and Michael Brennan joined Ian Kehoe for a special edition of the Post Podcast.

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has published the Summer Economic Statement beginning the countdown to Budget 2019.

With Brexit looming and Donald Trump’s trade war creating global economic uncertainty, Donohoe is preaching prudence over promises with a modest package of tax cuts and spending increases likely to be announced in October.

The Sunday Business Post editor Ian Kehoe is joined by political correspondent Hugh O’Connell to discuss what’s in store for taxpayers and business.

Hosted by Colette Sexton, Media Matters talks to industry experts on the issues that really matter on the first Wednesday of every month.

In this month's Media Matters podcast, Colette Sexton talks to Patrick Meade, partner and managing director at creative agency Boys and Girls. They discuss what makes a good ad, what Brexit will mean for the industry, and whether Boys and Girls is up for sale.

The people have spoken and the referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment has passed by a greater majority than most observers anticipated. But that was just the first phase of the current process of liberalising abortion laws. The second phase involves the Oireachtas passing legislation to regulate when pregnancies can be terminated. The process will be fraught with technical, legal, medical and political difficulties as Mary Regan and Hugh O'Connell discuss in the latest edition of the Post Podcast.

In our second KBC podcast special, Sunday Business Post Markets Editor Ian Guider is joined by Petrina Grady, Head of Current Accounts, Savings and Investments and Dara O’Brien from KBC Asset Management. In today’s episode they discuss diversifying your portfolio to maximise your returns and how to guard against volatility.