Alex on Today FM
My appearance as guest on The Sunday Supplement on Today FM is now up for those who want to listen back.
You can hear the show by clicking here.
My appearance as guest on The Sunday Supplement on Today FM is now up for those who want to listen back.
You can hear the show by clicking here.
This morning I was on Today with Pat Kenny to discuss the new Dail term.
You can listen to the discussion again by clicking here. It is the first item on the show.
I have been on the radio twice over the past few days:
I was part of the panel for Sam Smyth on Sunday on Today FM over the weekend along with Senator John Crown and Brendan Keenan of the Irish Independent. The show is available to listen again in Part 1 and Part 2.
This morning, I was on Newstalk Breakfast’s political slot. Sitting alongside me were John Drennan of the Sunday Independent and Independent TD Stephen Donnelly. To listen to the show again, click here and go to Part 4 from Wednesday.
Last night I appeared on the panel on Prime Time on RTE One to discuss the fallout from the Fianna Fail confidence vote.
Also on the panel were Leo Varadkar TD and political analyst Noel Whelan.
See it again by clicking here.
Yesterday’s budget was severe on all sectors of society. There are many people who cannot afford to take the cuts handed to them by this government. Yet, because the devil of this budget is in its detail, it may take until January for the full realisation of these measures hit home.
Today, I spoke on the budget in the Seanad. You can view the video below…
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Over the weekend, I was on both RTE Radio1 and Today FM. On Saturday, I was on the Saturday View panel with Rachael English. My fellow contributors were Minister Pat Carey, Fionnan Sheehan of the Irish Independent, UCD Lecturer Karl Whelan and barrister Suzanne Kelly. The budget cuts and impending byelections were the main topics of conversation. To listen again, click here.
On Sunday, I joined Sam Smyth on Today FM along with Minister of State Mary White and Cathal Lee of the Construction Industry Federation. Click here for the show in full again.
Yesterday morning, I was part of the panel for The Dunphy Show on Newstalk. Other panelists were Minister of State, Conor Lenihan, editor of the Star newspaper, Ger Colleran and the editor of thejournal.ie Jennifer O’Connell.
Up for discussion were the events of the week including the fallout from the Taoiseach’s Morning Ireland interview.
You can listen to the show in full on the Newstalk website by clicking here, or by downloading the podcast from iTunes.
On Saturday morning, I appeared on Newstalk’s Saturday Edition with Brendan O’Brien. You can hear the programme again by visiting the Newstalk Media Player by clicking here. Click on ‘Archives’, select ‘Saturday Edition’ and choose Part 2.
On Sunday morning, Sam Smyth invited me on to the panel on his Today FM show. Also there were Mairead McGuinness MEP and Minister of State Conor Lenihan. The show can be listened to again by clicking here.
On Sunday evening, I was on the panel for The Week in Politics on RTE1 along with Minister Mary Harney. Topics included Fine Gael and the banking crisis. Click here to view the programme again.
Last night I appeared on RTE Radio 1’s Current Affairs show, ‘The Late Debate’ with Rachael English. Up for discussion were the current state of the Greek economy and our own situation, protecting children and Gordon Brown.
You can listen to the show in full again by clicking here.
Last night, I appeared on Tonight with Vincent Browne on TV3. The other panellists included Sarah Carey and Fintan O’Toole of the Irish Times and Siobhan O’Donoghue of the Migrants Rights Centre.
You can view the show in full by clicking here.