Here’s How 18 – NAMA and Cork Council Merger

10/18/15 • 20 min

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

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 [...]

Previous Episode

Here’s How 17 – Crime Reporting and Conor Faughnan

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.

Next Episode

Here’s How 19 – Martin Collins of Pavee Point

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 [...]