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

This is the document that I was pointed to while searching for the source for Anna Cannon's claim that one in 30 or one in 40 people are struck with an autoimmune disease after receiving the Gardasil vaccine. In fact, what the table on page 8 shows is that 2.3 per cent (one in 43) […] The post Here's How 50 - REGRET Update and Procession against Islamic Terrorism appeared first on Here's How.

These are R.E.G.R.E.T.'s website, Facebook page (Update: the page's content seems now to be hidden) and Twitter. This is the US Food & Drug Administration page that gives Gardasil information, which references 772 serious adverse events following administration of Gardasil, out of 23,000,000 doses administered. There is no requirement for proof that the adverse event be […] The post Here's How 49 - Dr Brenda Corcoran of the HSE & R.E.G.R.E.T.'s Claims appeared first on Here's How.

Niamh Uí Bhriain is a founder of the Life Institute, and previously of Youth Defence. We discussed the Roe v Wade decision of the US Supreme Court and the McGee v Attorney General decision of the Irish Supreme Court, and how they led to the Pro-Life Amendment Campaign  and ultimately the Eighth Amendment of the Irish Constitution. The post Here's How 48 - Niamh Uí Bhriain of the Life Institute appeared first on Here's How.

Francis Duffy is a Green Party Councillor on South Dublin County Council. We talked about his proposal to ban election posters and replace them with hoardings at council-sponsored sites. The use of election posters is already highly regulated in Ireland, with the dates and locations of posters set in law; posters can be up for about […] The post Here's How 47 - Francis Duffy of the Green Party appeared first on Here's How.

AJ Noonan is the chairman of the Small Firms Association. The SFA's pre-budget submission is here. AJ queried my assertion that building land around Dublin was concentrated in a small number of hands. Business & Finance magazine reported in 2000 that the bulk of the development land in Dublin was owned by just eight speculators – […] The post Here's How 46 - AJ Noonan of the Small Firms Association appeared first on Here's How.

Mick Fealty is the founding editor of Slugger O'Toole, Northern Ireland's foremost political blog. Voting for the Blog Awards Ireland will open soon, and I will add a link as soon as it does. Here's How has been longlisted in two categories, Best Innovation Blog and, strangely, Best Vlog. The post Here's How 45 - Mick Fealty of Slugger O'Toole appeared first on Here's How.

James Behan is a PhD candidate at Trinity College Dublin, and a spokesperson for Men's Voices Ireland. He is also a staff writer for Trinity's University Times. In our discussion, James referred to a study by Dr Roisin O'Shea which indicates a poor quality of decision-making in custody cases in Irish Circuit Courts. James has written for the University […] The post Here's How 44 - James Behan of Men's Voices Ireland appeared first on Here's How.

You can nominate Here's How for the Blog Awards Ireland here. Kian Griffin is the spokesperson for Ireland Underground. The motor insurance market is worth about €1.2bn per year, about half of one per cent of Ireland's GDP. The Motor Insurance Justice Action Group has in the past called for government subsidies on motor insurance, although they […] The post Here's How 42 - Kian Griffin on Car Insurance Costs appeared first on Here's How.

Donal Byrne of is a news editor at RTÉ who is responsible for news planning. The phrase 'known to gardaí" appears scores of times on the RTÉ website and, as Donal Byrne rightly pointed out, frequently occurs in other Irish media. The phrase has been sharply criticised for the meaning it carries, including by novelist Frankie Gaffney: […] The post Here's How 41 - Donal Byrne of RTÉ appeared first on Here's How.

Mick Byrne is a spokesperson on behalf of the Dublin Tenants' Association. They launched a social media campaign to highlight the condition of the tenants of private landlords in Dublin, along with 'licencees', people who pay share a house with the owner, who are not considered tenants in Irish law. You can find them on […] The post Here's How 40 - Mick Byrne of the Dublin Tenants' Association appeared first on Here's How.

Michael Taft is the Research Officer for Unite the Union in Ireland. He is also a writer who appears frequently on Broadsheet and the Irish Left Review, and writes his own blog at Unite's Notes On The Front. This is the World Bank economic openness index that I mentioned that shows that Ireland has a […] The post Here's How 39 - Michael Taft on Irish Indigenous Business appeared first on Here's How.

Eoin Ó Broin is the newly-elected Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Mid-West. He is a former local councillor in both Dublin and Belfast. The tracking of the opinion polling for Irish political parties, including Sinn Féin, since 2007 is here. This is the text of the confidence and supply agreement between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. The post Here's How 38 - Eoin Ó Broin and Sinn Féin in Opposition appeared first on Here's How.

Dan Mac Guill is a journalist with TheJournal.ie, and he has authored their excellent Fact Check series, including the one that we discussed about the effect of the closure of rural Garda stations. The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul article that I mentioned is here. Details about the shortages of sugar, Coca Cola and […] The post Here's How 37 - Fact Checking with Dan Mac Guill appeared first on Here's How.

Gemma O'Doherty is an investigative journalist who has worked on the disappearance of Mary Boyle, the murder of Fr Niall Molloy and the penalty points cancellation scandal.  This is a report in the Irish Independent about Conor Lenihan's obsequious article praising the Mr Justice Frank Roe who acquitted Richard Flynn in bizarre circumstances. The post Here's How 36 - Gemma O'Doherty and Unsolved Murders appeared first on Here's How.

Jim O'Callaghan is a senior counsel, and TD for Dublin Bay South. He was key to the negotiations between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil that led to the formation of the current governmnet. This is the text of the confidence and supply agreement between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. Information is here about the Lib-Lab […] The post Here's How 35 - Jim O'Callaghan and Fianna Fáil in Government appeared first on Here's How.

This is Ray's petition against what he calls the unfair '2Tier' Irish car tax law. This is a table of the current motor tax rates for pre- and post-2008 vehicles. Dr Julien Mercille is a lecturer in the Department of Geography in University College Dublin, and a frequent columnist and media contributor. The post Here's How 34 - Pink Pricing and Motor Tax appeared first on Here's How.

Tony Downes is an Administrative Officer in Census Publicity with the Central Statistics Office. Census day is on 24 April, the exact centenary of the 1916 Rising. If you didn't receive a census form yet, you should call 1850 2016 04 to get one. Information about problems in the US census is here. Note that […] The post Here's How 33 - The Census and the Election Outcome appeared first on Here's How.

Cllr Sorcha Nic Cormaic is the Sinn Féin councillor for Dundrum on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, and candidate in Dublin Rathdown. In our discussion, I mentioned this report from the EPA. Cllr John Brassil is the Fianna Fáil councillor for Listowel on Kerry County Council and one of the party's candidates in Kerry. Seán Kyne TD represents Galway West […] The post Bumper Here's How Election Edition 32 - Sorcha Nic Cormaic (SF), John Brassil (FF) and Seán Kyne (FG) appeared first on Here's How.

Paddy Power's odds on the next government are listed here, and this is Adrian Kavanagh's analysis of recent opinion polls. Eamon Delaney is the director of the Hibernia Forum, he's also a writer, journalist and former diplomat. We discussed their general election briefing and mentioned the UN's target for overseas aid, which Ireland falls far short […] The post Here's How 31 - Eamon Delaney of the Hibernia Forum appeared first on Here's How.

Bríd Smith is the People Before Profit candidate in Dublin South Central. The post Here's How 30 - Bríd Smith of People Before Profit appeared first on Here's How.