Suzanne Lynch talks to Eamon from Brussels about the rise of right-wing parties across Europe. Also what are the challenges ahead for Michael McGrath as EU Commissioner for Democracy, Justice and the Rule of Law?

Suzanne Lynch is Associate Editor at POLITICO. Previously she was the Irish Times correspondent in Washington Brussels.

Recorded on Tuesday 1st October 2024.

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Senator Tom Clonan joins Eamon to talk about the growing conflict in the Middle East, Tom Clonan is a security analyst, author, and retired Irish Army Captain. He served in Lebanon with UNIFIL  as officer commanding Irish troops and in 1996 where he witnessed at first hand the Israeli punitive operation Grapes of Wrath against Hezbollah and the people of South Lebanon. 

Recorded Monday 30th September 2024.

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Peter Oborne joins Eamon to talk about Israel and the Middle East. Peter Oborne is a journalist and author. He writes a political column for Middle East Eye and a diary column for the Byline Times. In both 2022 and 2017 Peter won best commentary/blogging, was also named freelancer of the year in 2016 at the Drum Online Media Awards for articles he wrote for Middle East Eye, and was also named as British Press Awards Columnist of the Year in 2013. Peter's latest book is The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam.

Recorded on Thursday 26th September 2024.

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Niall Stanage talks to Eamon from Washington. Niall Stanage is Associate Editor for The Hill and White House columnist for that publication.

Recorded on Thursday 26th September 2024.

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Economist and commentator Chris Johns talks to Eamon.

Recorded on Tuesday 24th September 2024

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Fionnán Sheahan talks to Eamon about Taoiseach Simon Harris's surge in recent opinion polls, and the persistent issues with the National Children's Hospital. .Fionnán Sheahan is Ireland Editor for Independent.ie, The Irish Independent and The Sunday Independent.

Recorded on Monday 23rd September 2024.

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Journalist and author Mick Clifford talks to Eamon about his new book Who "Killed Una Lynskey?" Mick Clifford is an award winning columnist and reporter with the Irish Examiner. During the podcast Eamon also mentions Mick's book "A Force for Justice; The Maurice McCabe Story."

Recorded on Thursday 19th September 2024.

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Niall Stanage reports from Washington on the US Presidential campaigns. Niall Stanage is Associate Editor of The HIll and White House columnist for that publication.

Recorded on Thursday 19th September 2024.

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Senator Tom Clonan talks to Eamon about Israel's pager attack on Hezbollah, and the threat of escalation in the Russia Ukraine war. Tom Clonan is a senator, a security analyst, author, and retired Irish Army Captain. In the mid-1990s Tom was commanding officer for Ireland's UNIFIL troops in Lebanon.

Recorded on Wednesday 18th September 2024.

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Economist and commentator Chris Johns talks to Eamon about the EU's Court of Justice ruling on the case against Ireland and Apple.

Recorded on Tuesday 17th September 2024.

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