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

Linda Bellos is a businesswoman, radical feminist and gay-rights activist. She was a member of the collective that produced Spare Rib, a British feminist magazine, and was a member of Lambeth Borough Council in London and was the leader of the council from 1986 to 1988.  The term 'TERF' is widely used as a term of […] The post Here's How 69 – Battles within Feminism appeared first on Here's How.

I talked to Director of Retail and Consumer Services at Comreg, Barbara Delaney. Yourtel appear to still be advertising to the Irish market, despite being convicted on 88 sample charges (out of 880) of ripping off their customers. They were fined just €750 of a maximum fine of €5,000 in each case - a total of €66,000. […] The post Here's How 68 - Comreg and Protecting Customers appeared first on Here's How.

Ken Foxe is a lecturer in DIT and a freelance journalist. On June 27 last, the Irish-American academic and blogger Catherine Kelly was leaving Ireland through Dublin airport when she was detained by two plain clothes gardaí, and questioned about online reporting that she had done on the finances of Fine Gael minister for Social […] The post Here's How 67 - Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Videos appeared first on Here's How.

Keith Redmond is an independent member of Fingal County Council, having been elected on the Fine Gael ticket in 2014 previously run for the Progressive Democrats and briefly been a member of Renua Ireland. He's also a founder member of the Hibernia Forum.  The Libertarian Party in the US is known for its anti-government stance […] The post Here's How 66 - A Libertarian in Ireland appeared first on Here's How.

I normally wouldn’t do a podcast about a blog post, but this is a blog post that has been signed by almost 500 people, so it’s not an ordinary blog post.  You might have heard about Dean Scurry, he’s one of the activists who organised Home Sweet Home, the occupation of Apollo House by the […] The post Here's How 65 - Cop on Comrades appeared first on Here's How.

In the main interview, I talked to Gino Kenny of the People Before Profit party.  Gino's Facebook page shared the Facebook group Medical Cannabis Testimonials Ireland & UK, and encouraged people to share supposed 'testimony' of people benefiting from medical marijuana. The page promotes the most manipulative and misleading quackery; most of its posts claim that […] The post Here's How 64 - Investigation: Unproven Meds Part 3 appeared first on Here's How.

I interviewed Dr Mariano García de Palau of the Kalapa Clinic about his claims to treat a wide range of ailments with cannabis. As he mentioned, there are no clinical trials to validate most of these cures. I also interviewed Dr Robert O'Connor, Head of Research for the Irish Cancer Society. The post Here's How 63 - Investigation: Unproven Meds Part 2 appeared first on Here's How.

This podcast is the first part of a major investigation into people selling unlicensed substances that they claim will treat or cure serious conditions. This first part of the investigation, focussing on the Dublin-based Hemp Company.  The Hemp Company's page selling the Charlotte’s Web product for up to €5,500 per litre is here, That page contains […] The post Here's How 62 - Cannabis Oil or Snake Oil? appeared first on Here's How.

Derek Mooney is a public affairs and communications adviser as well as a former adviser to the Irish government. He's a columnist on Broadsheet.ie and Slugger O'Toole.  *** In the last podcast, I was talking to Tom Geraghty of the PSEU, that’s the union that represents higher level public sector workers. The interview was in the […] The post Here's How 61 - Brexit Negotiations appeared first on Here's How.

Tom Geraghty is the General Secretary of the Public Service Executive Union.  Tom disputed  a couple of the references that I made during the interview. The report of MABS staff dealing with an average of two new cases per week here.  The minister for justice has confirmed that there are gardaí suspended on pay for […] The post Here's How 60 - Pay Restoration appeared first on Here's How.

Opposition parties have called for the Disclosures Tribunal to be expanded. The MacLochlainn Tribunal does exist, but the Boyle Tribunal does not. Yet. Honest. Village magazine summarised the Morris Tribunal report in 2005 saying “the gardaí are in a state of disarray, with low morale, poor discipline, lack of oversight, and a culture of silence…” The […] The post Here's How 59 - Seanad Referendum Revisited appeared first on Here's How.

Tony Groves writes the blog Trickstersworld, and we discussed this article which he wrote for Broadsheet.ie. The post Here's How 58 - Déjà Crash All Over Again appeared first on Here's How.

Lughan Deane is the Communications Executive for the IMPACT trade union, who are currently running the #ClockedOut campaign. In the discussion I slightly overstated the dominance of women in Iran's technical and engineering facilities, but the point stands. By contrast, women in Norway are remarkably reluctant to enter many male professions. In Ireland it is […] The post Here's How 57 - What is the Pay Gap? Are Women Being Short-Changed? appeared first on Here's How.

Bill Donoghue is the President and CEO of the Catholic League. The article that he wrote claiming that the Tuam babies story is a hoax is here. The report by the Mother And Baby Homes Commission Of Investigation which detailed the forensic findings is here. The text of the letter by Terry Prone, pouring scorn on Catherine Corless's […] The post Here's How 56 - Tuam Babies and Reaction Part 2 appeared first on Here's How.

Brendan O'Neill is the editor of Spiked Online. His 2014 article that we discussed is here, and the interim report of the Mother And Baby Homes Commission Of Investigations is here. The second part of my coverage of this topic will be published next week. The global infant mortality statistics that I mentioned are here, […] The post Here's How 55 - Tuam Babies and Media Coverage appeared first on Here's How.

This is the link to Episode 41 where I originally interviewed RTÉ's news planner, Donal Byrne, and this is the original of the set-up interview with Paul Reynolds where he gave what he said were details of the contents of the O'Higgins report, which was published two days later. That report, and the possibility that […] The post Here's How 54 - Media Independence; RTÉ, the Gardaí and EU Web Controls appeared first on Here's How.

Peter Lilley is the Conservative party MP for Hitchin and Harpenden, and the former Secretary of State for Social Security, and the former President of the Board of Trade. I mentioned George Eustace's speech at the Farmers Club, where he talked about restoring powers over farming to Westminster, not to the Northern Ireland, Scottish and […] The post Here's How 53 - Conservative Peter Lilley MP on Brexit appeared first on Here's How.

Happy New Year, and a short message from the podcast host. The post Happy New Year from Here's How appeared first on Here's How.

Fiona O'Leary is the mother of five children, two of whom are on the autistic spectrum. She was a witness in the prosecution that led to the conviction of Patrick Merlehan for selling unlicensed and dangerous medicines. Riko Muranaka is a Japanese journalist and medical doctor. She is a specialist in infectious diseases. Her work has […] The post Here's How 52 - Fiona O'Leary and Riko Muranaka on Vaccines appeared first on Here's How.

Smári McCarthy is a programmer, a writer and one of the founders of the Pirate Party of Iceland. This interview was recorded shortly before his recent election to the Icelandic parliament. The post Here's How 51 - Smári McCarthy of the Icelandic Pirate Party appeared first on Here's How.