#774 Who Watches the Watchers? The Rise of Government Censorship
On today's podcast, Niall Boylan is joined by Sunday Times economics columnist Cormac Lucey to discuss a growing crisis that goes far beyond politics and economics, the collapse of public trust in the media.
New figures published in the Digital News Report Ireland 2026 show that trust in "most n ...
Is the Irish economy as healthy as it seems?
Wages are rising, unemployment is relatively low, lots of people are making Ireland home, and tax receipts are buoyant thanks to our US cousins who manufacture or headquarter here. What could possibly go wrong? One person who thinks things aren’t as rosy, is economist and columnist with The Sund ...
#837 Is Working for the State Like Winning the Lottery? With Cormac Lucey
In this episode, Niall speaks to economist and Irish Sunday Times columnist Cormac Lucey about the growing divide between working in Ireland’s public and private sectors.
Recent figures indicate that, during one working year, Gardaí took an average of approximately 18 sick days each, HSE employe ...
#879 Ireland Is Getting Richer, So Why Do You Feel Poorer?
In this episode, Niall Boylan speaks to economic journalist with The Sunday Times Ireland, Cormac Lucey, about Ireland’s continuing cost of living crisis and whether Government policy is actually making inflation worse.
Prices rose by 3.4% in the year to July, with some household costs increasin ...
Should Ireland share its tech taxes with Europe?
The French Finance Minister, Roland Lescure wants Ireland to share the technology tax revenues they earn every year. He told the Irish times that the income should be redistributed fairly across the continent.
To discuss this further with Claire was Cormac Lucey, economic columnist with the S ...
#897 Emigration Out, Immigration In, Is This Ireland’s New Normal?
Niall talks to Cormac Lucey, economics commentator with The Sunday Times Ireland, about growing concern that Ireland is becoming increasingly unaffordable for its own young people.
New figures from the National Youth Council make for stark reading. Some 68% of young adults say they are consideri ...
Why Santa is bad and Scrooge is good.
In this week's edition of 'Beyond the Pale', Cormac Lucey and David Quinn discuss the budget and how every every politician wants to be Santa and no-one wants to be Scrooge. They explain why Social Democracy is the default position of Irish politics, and that one day we will need a 'Scrooge' who ...
Why Santa is bad and Scrooge is good.
In this week's edition of 'Beyond the Pale', Cormac Lucey and David Quinn discuss the budget and how every every politician wants to be Santa and no-one wants to be Scrooge. They explain why Social Democracy is the default position of Irish politics, and that one day we will need a 'Scrooge' who ...
Insiders vs Outsiders: the Public Sector Pay Dispute
In this week's episode of Beyond the Pale, Cormac Lucey and David Quinn discuss the public sector pay dispute. They ask whether RTE deserves to have its funding increased, and if the station is biased? They talk about how Iran war is helping to drive the cost of living crisis and Donald Trump's ...
Insiders vs Outsiders: the Public Sector Pay Dispute
In this week's episode of Beyond the Pale, Cormac Lucey and David Quinn discuss the public sector pay dispute. They ask whether RTE deserves to have its funding increased, and if the station is biased? They talk about how Iran war is helping to drive the cost of living crisis and Donald Trump's ...
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