Una and Andrea's United Ireland

We're back on our county buzz. The Kingdom of Kerry is our county this week, and we're examining the case of Elizabeth Coppin, as the UN Committee on Torture permits her case against Ireland to be hea...

19 Feb 20201h 35min

This is an audio version of Una's longread on the narratives and reasons for the #GE2020 vote. The written version is on our Patreon page. Please subscribe to United Ireland on Patreon to support our ...

16 Feb 202051min

After a wild weekend, a historical election, and a period of heightened discourse, it's time to take a breath and figure out what all of this means. In this episode, we step away from the intense conv...

12 Feb 20201h 2min

Should you vote all the way down the ballot? Should you give a candidate a preference even if they're in bits? What's a quota? How does a surplus get distributed? How did we end up with this voting sy...

7 Feb 202029min

It was presumed this election would be overshadowed by the Green Wave. This hasn't been the case. And where it has, it has been supported by quite an urban demographic and green policies have really...

6 Feb 202016min

As we examine how voter sentiment may potentially alter the landscape of Irish politics this weekend, what that sentiment boils down to is not just change, but radical change, and change that is direc...

5 Feb 202037min

What would it take to make the cities of Ireland into urban utopias? We're joined by Labour candidate Rebecca Moynihan to imagine the possibilities and realities of what could be for our main municip...

4 Feb 20201h 8min

Ireland currently has a gaping hole when it comes to regulating online campaigning. We talk to Liz Carolan who is behind the Fair Play Pledge about online campaigning, why we need an Electoral Commi...

31 Jan 202027min