The Mick Clifford Podcast
1) THE WAY HOUSING WAS: Eoin Ó Broin
A new coffee table book, written by Eoin Ó Broin and illustrated with the photographs of Mal McCann, looks at the public housing schemes designed by acclaimed architect Herbert Sims in the early decad...Show More
2) POLITICS THEN AND NOW: Paul Hosford and Louise Burne.
The start of the year, as in then, dawned full of hope and vim for a new government after the election in November 2024. Now, at the end of the year, we examine where the hope and plans ended up. The ...Show More
3) THE DUNNES DYNASTY: Matt Cooper
Dunnes Stores is one of the most famous brands in the country with one in every five shopping euros spent in one of their outlets. But what of the family behind the brand? Many people would have been ...Show More
4) TALKING IMMIGRATION: Ciara Smyth
This week the government introduced new rules in relation to immigration, principally directed at asylum seekers. Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan said he is responding to a scenario in which this...Show More
5) THE YOUNG AND THE DAMNED: Eoin O’Malley
Comments by billionaire Denis O’Brien that some young people now feel entitled and that there is a decline in work ethic among the young have received much negative reaction. However, one voice that s...Show More
6) CATHERINE CONNOLLY BECOMES IRELAND'S 10TH PRESIDENT
This week, after 14 years in office, Michael D Higgins left Áras an Uachtaran for the last time and Catherine Connolly was sworn in as the 10th President of Ireland. In her inauguration speech, s...Show More
7) PROGRESSING IRELAND: Sean Keyes
Progress Ireland is a relatively unknown think tank from what might be described as the centre right of Irish politics. Among its backers are the billionaire brother Patrick and John Collison from Lim...Show More
8) DJ’s LONG FALL: Eimear Ni Bhraonain.
DJ Carey has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison for defrauding at least ten people out of various sums on money on the false premise that he was suffering from cancer. Carey was hurling...Show More
9) TERRY PRONE: The Political Years
Political communication was brought to a fine art by Terry Prone, her late husband Tom Savage and their mentor Bunny Carr. Their work was done and felt behind the scenes of successive governments and ...Show More
10) MORE THAN A GAME: Michael Moynihan
The GAA has deep roots right across Irish society, culture and the economy. On one level it has never been as popular but often threats lurk at the time when the sun is shining. The Irish Examiner’s M...Show More