In The News

Share

cover art for How a Covid cert revolt in Brussels reveals a dark trend in pandemic politics

12/9/2021

How a Covid cert revolt in Brussels reveals a dark trend in pandemic politics

A group of MEPs, citing civil liberties, are refusing to present a Covid vaccination certificate when entering the European Parliament.

Their ringleader is Romanian MEP Christian Tehres. Tehres is supported in his campaign by his Irish press officer Hermann Kelly, better known for his presidency of the far-right Irish Freedom Party, his advocacy for Irexit and his association with Nigel Farage.

Naomi O'Leary speaks to Tehres and Kelly to find out what their campaign is really all about, and what brought Tehres and Kelly together.

She also speaks to Bulgarian MEP Peter Vitanov who blames misinformation, in part, for his country's unfolding Covid catastrophe.

More Episodes

VIEW ALL

Can Ukraine win the war against Russia?

It is a war that Putin and western analysts predicted would be over within days, but three months down the line, fighting still rages on in Ukraine. So what has gone wrong with the Russian approach and what will it take for Ukraine to win the war? Jennifer Ryan speaks to Phillips O’Brien, a professor of strategic studies at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland to find out.

A nation divided: Saipan, 20 years on - part three

This is part three of a three part series. If you haven't listened to part one or two yet, we recommend you go back and do so - they're the previous episodes in the feed. Former RTE journalist Tommie Gorman, who interviewed Roy Keane after he returned from Saipan, joins the lineup for the final episode of a series looking back at the sporting scandal that rocked Ireland 20 years ago this week. Plus: Ken Early, Mary Hannigan, Emmet Malone and Eamon Dunphy on the national Mick v Roy debate and how far Ireland could have gone in the World Cup with Keane in the team.

A volcanic eruption and Roy Keane is sent home: Saipan, 20 years on - part two

This is part two of a three part series. If you haven't listened to part one yet, we recommend you go back and do so - it's the previous episode in the feed. Warning: contains explicit languageFormer football writer for The Irish Times Emmet Malone, who travelled to Saipan with the Ireland team back in 2002, joins the podcast to tell the story of how things went so badly wrong between captain Roy Keane and manager Mick McCarthy.