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Ep 2039: Football’s greedy rulers hurting the game and its players
27:21|Barcelona-based journalist Richard Fitzpatrick talks to Eamon about the impact of FIFA's and UEFA's increasing demands on players and the toll this takes. Also Kylian Mbappé, his move to Real Madrid and an allegation of rape that has been made against him.Recorded on Tuesday 22nd October 2024.
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Ep 2038: A Russian perspective - the unholy alliance between Trump and Putin
26:28|Russian journalist Dmitry Elovsky talks to Eamon from Lithuania about the war in Ukraine, the Moldovan referendum on EU membership, and Donald Trump. Dmitry Elovsky is Chief Editor for the YouTube channel Khordorkovsky.Live. Before the war he was Deputy Editor-in-Chief for TV Rain in Moscow.Recorded on Monday 21st October 2024.
Ep 2037: Britain’s Tory press ensures tough first 100 days for Keir Starmer
30:37|Economist and commentator Chris Johns joins Eamon to talk about the UK's Labour Party government, their forthcoming budget, and the leadership battle for the Tory Party.Recorded on Friday 18th October 2024.
Ep 2036: Trump edges ahead in the race for the White House
26:16|Niall Stanage reports from Washington on the US Presidential Election. Niall Stanage is Associate Editor for The Hill and White House columnist for that publication.Recorded on Thursday 17th October 2024.
Ep 2035: Sinn Féin’s troubles deepen as McDonald alleged to have misled the Dáil
21:07|Fionnán Sheahan talks to Eamon. Fionnán in Ireland Editor at independent.ie, the Irish Independent and the Sunday Independent.Recorded on Wednesday 16th October 2024.
Ep 2034: Cover-up and character assassination as Sinn Féin goes to war with itself
22:52|Fionnán Sheahan talks to Eamon. Fionnán is Ireland Editor at Independent.ie, the Irish Independent and the Sunday Independent.Recorded on Monday 14th October 2024.
Ep 2033: As Netanyahu stokes the fires, Ireland’s UN troops in danger.
32:04|Senator Tom Clonan talks to Eamon about the growing conflict in the Middle East. Tom Clonan is a security analyst, author, and retired Irish Army Captain. He served in Lebanon with UNIFIL as officer commanding Irish troops and in 1996, he witnessed at first hand the Israeli punitive operation Grapes of Wrath against Hezbollah and the people of South Lebanon. Recorded on Monday 14th October 2024.