Show Notes
Former Sinn Féin Councillor for Castleknock Natalie Treacy suffered an unfortunate defeat in the June elections after being moved to the Cabra-Glasnevin constituency, where she was not elected and Sinn Féin lost its seat in Castleknock. She is now running for the Dáil as an independent candidate and spoke to us about her motivation for this.
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Paul Hosford, Deputy Political Editor of the Irish Examiner, joined us to discuss how things are shaping up in Dublin West, a constituency that has seen many TDs take on important roles in government and with the newly-added fifth seat, a very competitive race where anything could happen over the weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Haley Curran at Co-operative Housing Ireland set out their manifesto for the general election and their case for more state involvement, and investment, in social and affordable housing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The major political parties are all setting their stalls on public transport policy, with as much as €10 billion on the table to upgrade our bus, rail and air networks. Jason Cullen, Chairperson of the Dublin Commuter Coalition, joined us for a discussion of where the outgoing government is failing and who is putting forward the best proposals for the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Minister Roderic O'Gorman is entering this election as the Green Party leader and amid criticism from his outgoing coalition partners about how the party has performed in government. The Minister set out his stall for re-election.
The biggest takeaway from the 2020 election is that Sinn Féin didn't run enough candidates to fully capitalise on winning the popular vote. This time, Cllr Breda Hanaphy joins outgoing TD Paul Donnelly on the Dublin West ticket.