Here's How ::: Ireland's Political, Social And Current Affairs Podcast

Anne-Marie McNally is the Social Democrats candidate in Dublin Mid West. She also writes extensively for Broadsheet and works in Leinster House for the party. The post Here's How 29 - Anne-Marie McNally of the Social Democrats appeared first on Here's How.

Eamon Ryan is the leader of the Green Party, and a candidate for the Dáil in the Dublin Bay South constituency. This is theJournal.ie article about Glenealy, Co Wicklow persuading candidates not to display posters along with dozens of anti-poster comments, and this is their, and in their online (unscientific) poll, 89 per cent of people […] The post Here's How 28 - Eamon Ryan of the Green Party appeared first on Here's How.

Mailo Power, running in Waterford for Renua defends her party's policies ahead of the election. The post Here's How 27 - Mailo Power of Renua appeared first on Here's How.

With the approach of the election, I hope to interview a candidate for each political group about their platform in the 2016 election. Finian McGrath TD will be running in the election in Dublin Bay North for the Independent Alliance. These are the 10 principles that the Independent Alliance says it will require to give its support to […] The post Here's How 26 - Finian McGrath of the Independent Alliance appeared first on Here's How.

This is the coverage of Patrick Durcan's comments about Martin McNamara and his 321 previous convictions at Killaloe District Court on 5 January. Conor Cullen is the head of communications and advocacy for Alcohol Action Ireland. In the discussion we talked about the report recommending a minimum price for alcohol, proposed to be €1.00 per unit of […] The post Here's How 25 - Conor Cullen of Alcohol Action Ireland appeared first on Here's How.

Following the interview with Sarah Benson from Ruhama in Episode 21,  Gaye Dalton got in touch with me to discuss her personal experience, and how that affects her view or Ruhama's work. Gaye's YouTube channel is here. The post Here's How 24 - Gaye Dalton, former Sex Worker appeared first on Here's How.

Sinead Carroll is a solicitor with Ernest J. Cantillon Solicitors. Jason O'Sullivan is the founder of JOS Solicitors. Hugh McElvaney has been a Fine Gael councillor in Monaghan since 1999. He has been central to massive inappropriate rezoning throughout his career as a councillor. The Standards in Public Office (SIPO) Commission has been constantly undermined by […] The post Here's How 23 - Floods, Insurance and Corruption appeared first on Here's How.

I referred to the damage done to children's education, particularly to disadvantaged children by long school holidays. This is backed up by many studies, including this one from the Institute for Public Policy Research. Dr Garrett McGovern is a GP specialising in the treatment of addiction and Medical Director of the Priority Medical Clinic in Dublin. The post Here's How 22 - Dr Garrett McGovern on Injecting Rooms and Drug Decriminalisation appeared first on Here's How.

Sarah Benson is the CEO of Ruhama. The Good Shepherd Sisters and the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity were credited with founding Ruhama on Ruhama's website up to February 2015, but all references to both those orders have been deleted from the pages of their website since, although some old annual report PDFs still mention […] The post Here's How 21 - Sarah Benson CEO of Ruhama appeared first on Here's How.

Mike's original audio file is here. This is the Baroness Jay report into the sex abuse scandal in Rochdale, England. These are the UNHCR reports that report 1.7m Syrian refugees in Turkey and 1.8m in Lebanon, a country not much bigger than County Cork. Update: The contributor, Mike, got back to me and queried me for […] The post Here's How 20 - Refugees, Immigration and Migration appeared first on Here's How.

Martin Collins is the co-director of Pavee Point. Fr Micheál Mac Gréil published the study that measures the 'social distance' that people feel to various minority groups, and Travellers consistently are measured to be the most marginalised. The health, infant mortality, maternal mortality and life expectancy of Travellers are all much worse than the general […] The post Here's How 19 - Martin Collins of Pavee Point appeared first on Here's How.

Mick Barry is an AAA / Socialist Party councillor on Cork City Council. This is the article, written by Frank Daly of NAMA, (behind paywall, hint open in incognito window) where he claims "Some claim we should have got a better price, but they know there was no bidder willing to pay more," however the […] The post Here's How 18 - NAMA and Cork Council Merger appeared first on Here's How.

This is a long, detailed article  on the violent attack on the Corcoran family. Like almost every other report, in every newspaper, the report omitted that the men convicted of the crime were Travellers. Conor Faughnan of AA Ireland spoke about automating the checking of Tax, NCT and Insurance rather than displaying disks. The post Here's How 17 - Crime Reporting and Conor Faughnan appeared first on Here's How.

This Episode has a major interview with Jamie Bryson, the loyalist blogger and activist about his revelations on the Nama/Project Eagle affair. These are the reports that first uncovered the software designed to cheat on EPA emissions tests when VW cars were tested. This is the report that shows that air quality doesn't match the […] The post Here's How 16 - VW, and Exclusive Interview with Jamie Bryson appeared first on Here's How.

NAMA's Northern Ireland portfolio is named Project Eagle. The entire portfolio was sold to Cerberus. The maximum sentence for lobbying NAMA is six months in prison or a €1,000 fine. Judge Martin Nolan said that it would be incredibly unjust to send the Anglo criminals  Pat Whelan and William McAteer to prison for their part in […] The post Here's How 15 - John Lyons and Nama's Project Eagle appeared first on Here's How.

Alan Shatter became minister of justice in 2011. Brian Purcell, his secretary general, was judged to be running a grossly incompetent department. Shatter extravagantly complained that the Guerin Report was a breach of his human rights and called on the Human Rights and Equality Commission to investigate the process, and he humiliatingly lost a case challenging the findings […] The post Here's How 14 - Bashir Otukoya and Alan Shatter appeared first on Here's How.

The episode of the Claire Byrne Live show is available here, but RTÉ don't tend to leave them online for very long. This is the James Reynolds who was presented as a 'man in the street' speaking from the audience. Cllr Seamus Treanor, the anti-immigration councillor from Monaghan was identified, he falsely claimed that there are […] The post Here's How 13 - Fixing Garda Corruption, Milk Prices & Two Announcements appeared first on Here's How.

This is the original article where Rosanna Davison claimed that gluten was responsible for autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia and arthritis, and here she backtracked, claiming that she merely suggested that 'gluten-free diets can play a role in helping to manage ... auto-immune and neurological disorders'; my emphasis. This is the website where she visually and verbally promotes her […] The post Here's How 12 - Renting, Building, Corruption and Beauty Queens appeared first on Here's How.

David Quinn is the director of the Iona Institute and a columnist with the Irish Independent. The Religious Practice and Values in Ireland study by the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference found that half of Catholics don't believe in hell, a quarter don't believe in sin or in heaven, almost a third don't believe in the afterlife […] The post Here's How 11 - Religious education, Dublin transport planning, Rape Crisis Centre funding appeared first on Here's How.

Long Term Economic Value (things look more meaningful when they get capital letters) was not an established economic concept when it entered public discourse in 2010. The acronym LTEV did not exist in relation to it before it was applied to NAMA. This is the statement by Ian Coulter saying that he deposited GBP £7m from his employer's client […] The post Here's How 10 - Government IT, Philanthropy & Democracy and Germans on Greek Debt appeared first on Here's How.