I speak with Senator Mary Fitzpatrick, Fianna Fáil Spokesperson for Housing about the Affordable Housing Bill, The Land Development Agency Bill and other actions government has taken in the past 10 months.

In this episode, inspired by the social media conspiracy that COVID was just a front for the installation of 5G,  we reach back to November 2019 when I say down with Dr Nichol Turner Lee of the Brookings institute at the Smart City Expo in Barcelona to talk about the dialogue cities need to have with their citizens about 5G technology.  

Paul McAuliffe talks with Minister Sean Fleming about the cost of insurance and what the new government is doing to reduce them.

Paul McAuliffe holds a round table discussion which covers the legacy of regeneration, the use of public land, how we build public housing and the economic impact of not delivering the plan. He is joined by Hugh Brennan (O Cualann Housing), Declan Dunne (CEO of Respond Housing & former CEO Ballymun Partnership), Robert Murphy (Chair of Ballymun 4 Business), Andrew Montague (Former Lord Mayor of Dublin & Chair of Ballymun Social Regeneration Committee), Stephen Hayden (City Farm - Ballymun), Cllr Breige MacOscar and Cllr Keith Connolly. 

Paul speaks to Michelle Griffin of Finglas Youth Services about young people, youth work in a pandemic and opening up their news space in Finglas village.

I chat to Luke Kelly from Luke Kelly Training and Jack Deacon Deputy Director of Spunout.ie about looking after your mental and physical fitness in 2021

We reflect on a week when US politics took a hold of us.  

I talk to Cathal Haughey about Ireland's Electoral Register and a new Electoral Commission

A discussion with British Conservative MP Desmond Swayne on Brexit and a united Ireland

We talk to new Minster for Housing Darragh O'Brien about what he is doing differently to solve the housing challenge.