Una and Andrea's United Ireland
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Una and Andrea's United Ireland
32 Episodes. 32 Counties. 32 Questions. Every week United Ireland looks at how issues in small places have a much bigger context, and discusses the issues important to you. Let's go!
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213 ਐਪੀਸੋਡEPISODE 152: Summer Jam Top 20 Summer Vibes
It's our 2022 Summer Jam! On this episode, we give you our on top 20 cheerful summer vibes; things to look forward to, positive changes a'coming, good...
EPISODE 151: Parks, Recreation, and Biodiversity in Dublin City
What makes a city sing when it comes to biodiversity? We're joined by Dublin City Council's biodiversity officer, Lorraine Bull to talk about wilding,...
BONUS EP: The Uber Files with Simon Carswell
BONUS EP: The Uber Files with Simon Carswell by Una & Andrea's United Ireland
EPISODE 150: Derelict Ireland
Attention paid to dereliction across Ireland has increased hugely during the pandemic, with a grassroots anti-dereliction movement emerging from ordin...
EPISODE 149: Where To Next For Abortion Rights in America?
It’s a time of great distress and anger in the US and beyond, as Roe V Wade was overturned by a Supreme Court once again throwing the future of Americ...
EPISODE 148: Party Scene
For our final episode before Dublin Pride's biggest weekend, we're talking to Philly McMahon and Philip Connaughton about their new production, Party...
EPISODE 147: The ethics of AI
This week Blake Lemoine, a Google engineer was put on leave after he claimed an AI program, named LaMDA, had become sentient. We've all seen the movi...
BYLINE: Mick Clifford
Mick Clifford is one of the most experienced and dogged journalists in Irish media. He is a special correspondent at the Irish Examiner, and author of...
EPISODE 146: Gays Against Guns
We begin June with a different look at Pride. What happens when queer activists use their learnings to tackle issues that wouldn't be traditionally se...
EPISODE 145: The Crypto Crash
Confused about the crypto crash? How will this turbulent time in digital currency impact society? We’re joined by Alex Hern, Technology Editor at The...
EPISODE 144: The Small Business Crisis
Across Ireland, small businesses are facing a near-crippling confluence of events; the staffing crisis impacting hiring and retention, out of control...
BONUS EP: Laurence McKeown, Time Shadows
The date of the Assembly Election, May 5th, was also the anniversary of Bobby Sands' death, a seismic moment in Irish history. On this bonus episode,...
EPISODE 143: Assembly Election Spesh #5: End the Racist Border
It's our final #AE22 instalment before the North goes to the polls, and this week, we're talking borders. But not the border discourse you're used to....
EPISODE 142: Assembly Election Spesh #4: Poverty in Northern Ireland
Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick of Ulster University School of Law joins us to discuss what we feel is probably the biggest underlying election issue in the Nort...
EPISODE 141: Assembly Election Spesh #3: Arts and Culture Policy
On our third instalment examining issues beyond the headlines during election season in the North, we're digging into the parties - as in the ones on...
EPISODE 140: Assembly Election Spesh #2: A New Era of Candidates with Emma DeSouza
On our second NI Assembly spesh, we’re looking beyond the traditional binaries to spotlight one of the new era of candidates that are focussing on bei...
EPISODE 139: Assembly Election Spesh #1: The Big Picture
Welcome to the first episode in our month-long series examining the upcoming Northern Irish Assembly elections!
You know we love a good v...
BYLINE: Simon Carswell
BYLINE is back! This month, we're chatting to The Irish Times' Public Affairs Editor, Simon Carswell. Carswell is known in the industry for his breadt...
EPISODE 138: the Irish Aircraft Leasing Sector Hits Turbulence
Peter O'Dwyer of the Business Post joins us to discuss the Irish aircraft leasing sector's turbulent times, with leased jets languishing in Russia in...
EPISODE 137: The New Celtic Revival
As an epic return to St Patrick's Day celebrations winds up, we're chatting about the new Celtic revival currently influencing contemporary Irish iden...
32 Questions: First Woman of Ireland, Sabina Higgins
32 Questions with the First Woman of Ireland, live from the London Irish Centre in Camden.
EPISODE 135: How Did Putin Get This Far?
On this week's episode, we're joined by the brilliant journalist, Natalia Antelava, the editor-in-chief of Coda Story, to discuss the Russian invasion...
EPISODE 134: Why is the government ignoring the reform and resourcing needed on the issue of drugs?
A Citizen's Assembly on drug use that was expected to take place this year has been pushed back till 2023 much to the frustration of many campaigning...
EPISODE 133: Build Your Own Gaff
Does the self-build movement offer some solutions to the housing crisis and the rent trap? Would you like to learn how to build your own gaff? This we...
EPISODE 132: WE ❤️ DUBLIN
It's been a tough time for our fair city recently and the levels of frustration being felt by people who want to continue living here but can't becaus...
EPISODE 131: The Big Housing Debate Analysis
It's the housing showdown everyone was waiting for! O'Brien V O'Broin.
On this week's podcast we're analysing the debate that had everyo...
EPISODE 130: Wear and Tear of Pandemic Decompression
This week, Una and Andrea are doing something different. With Andrea feeling worn out by the news cycle's barrage of negativity, and the frayed feelin...
EPISODE 129: Busting the NIMBY Myths
In the midst of a housing crisis, all building is seen as “good” when it comes to tackling supply, but how much attention is being paid to development...
EPISODE 128: British Democracy Is Under Attack
As Boris Johnson struggles for his political life thanks to a load of lockdown parties, what about the bigger picture of British political chaos? On t...
EPISODE 127: An Outbreak Of Self Love
New Year, Same us.
We're not buying into the January narrative round these parts and instead have enlisted the warmth and wisdom of autho...
EPISODE 126: The 2021 United Ireland Awards
Strap yourselves in for an episode of unwarranted judgements, chaos, joy, nitpicking, and other ridiculous yet somehow tremendously insightful assessm...
EPISODE 125: The United Ireland Stocking Filler
La la La - Tis the season.
We're putting our fingers in our ears and blocking out anything that isn't joyful for the next week (or so). So this...
EPISODE 124: The National Broadband Plan gets murky
Recent revelations about the National Broadband Plan say a lot about public-private partnerships, transparency, and what the State does with large amo...
EPISODE 123: Is there a licensing revolution on the way?
Reform of Ireland's licensing laws has long been advocated for, but the desire for more flexible and expansive licensing was ignored. Now, the governm...
EPISODE 123: Is there a licensing revolution on the way?
Reform of Ireland's licensing laws has long been advocated for, but the desire for more flexible and expansive licensing was ignored. Now, the governm...
EPISODE 122: Tis the Season! 10 Reasons to be Cheerful!
We know things are a bit grim & frustrating right now, but there are reasons for be cheerful.
It's Mariah season! Let's go!
EVERYONE UNITED: Utopia at the National Concert Hall
This week's episode is a recording of our recent live podcast event at the National Concert Hall with ourselves and Conner Habib of Against Everyone W...
EPISODE 120: The Government's lost the (badly ventilated) room
Shit got real again this week as the COVID surge escalated, and HSE chief Paul Reid issued a crisis management directive. So the government obviously...