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The Mick Clifford Podcast: How the Boundary Commission shaped history and resentment

The Mick Clifford Podcast: How the Boundary Commission shaped history and resentment

Historian Cormac Moore explores whether the infamous 1920s border commission could have changed the course of Irish history

Listen | Thu, 17 Jul, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Who is in the mix to be the next president?

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Who is in the mix to be the next president?

Irish Examiner Political Editor Elaine Loughlin is this week’s guest on the podcast

Listen | Fri, 11 Jul, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: DJ Carey, Conor McGregor and a dramatic week in the courts

The Mick Clifford Podcast: DJ Carey, Conor McGregor and a dramatic week in the courts

Sean Murray talks to Mick Clifford about some dramatic cases that came for hearing in the courts this week

Listen | Fri, 04 Jul, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Michael Moynihan, the GAA and championship summers

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Michael Moynihan, the GAA and championship summers

Irish Examiner senior journalist Michael Moynihan knows all about championship summers and was a consultant on the documentary

Listen | Thu, 26 Jun, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: What have Irish women been saying about their health?

The Mick Clifford Podcast: What have Irish women been saying about their health?

A major survey of women’s health in Ireland was carried out by the Irish Examiner

Listen | Thu, 19 Jun, 2025

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The Mick Clifford Podcast: Fintan Drury on the forgotten people of Gaza

The plight of the Palestinian people has long been the issue that much of the west simply doesn’t want to know about.

Listen | Thu, 12 Jun, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Clodagh Hawe's sister on why investigation into murder suicide should be published

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Clodagh Hawe's sister on why investigation into murder suicide should be published

Jacqueline Connolly is this week’s guest on the podcast

Listen | Fri, 06 Jun, 2025

Mick Clifford: Liam Farrell’s mysterious death still leaves family searching for answers

Mick Clifford: Liam Farrell’s mysterious death still leaves family searching for answers

The sudden death of a healthy, active, and social octogenarian left too many questions unanswered for his family and friends

Sat, 31 May, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: The Northern Bank robbery — The heist and how they got away with it

The Mick Clifford Podcast: The Northern Bank robbery — The heist and how they got away with it

Acclaimed writer Glenn Patterson was in the city centre on the night it happened

Listen | Thu, 29 May, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: The war on drugs has extended to vapes

The Mick Clifford Podcast: The war on drugs has extended to vapes

Hexahydrocannabinol, or HHC as it is known, is widely available to buy over the counter in vape shops

Listen | Thu, 22 May, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Eamonn Sweeney on his struggles and his love of the GAA

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Eamonn Sweeney on his struggles and his love of the GAA

He talks about his struggles and his love of the GAA

Listen | Thu, 15 May, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: John Whyte on fighting disaster in Gaza

The Mick Clifford Podcast: John Whyte on fighting disaster in Gaza

As senior deputy director of UNRWA, John Whyte's brief is to alleviate the catastrophe that Gaza is now turning into

Listen | Thu, 08 May, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Cliona Foley on whether gyms are suitably welcoming to women

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Cliona Foley on whether gyms are suitably welcoming to women

Journalist and former PE teacher Cliona Foley is this week’s guest on the podcast

Listen | Thu, 01 May, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Scott Lucas on whether Trump will bring the US into a new reality

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Scott Lucas on whether Trump will bring the US into a new reality

Next Wednesday marks the 100th day in office for President Donald Trump, in this his second term. It differs greatly from his first, but more than that he has rushed to reshape the world, both within and without US borders.

Listen | Thu, 24 Apr, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Jude Sherry and Frank O’Connor on tracking and tackling dereliction

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Jude Sherry and Frank O’Connor on tracking and tackling dereliction

Architects and campaigners Frank O’Connor and Jude Sherry join Mick on this week's podcast to discuss Ireland's dereliction problem - and what can be done about it

Listen | Thu, 17 Apr, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Austin Stack's journey to get justice for his father

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Austin Stack's journey to get justice for his father

Austin Stack was a young boy when his family’s life was changed forever

Listen | Thu, 10 Apr, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Stumped by Trump — What will US tariffs mean for this country?

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Stumped by Trump — What will US tariffs mean for this country?

What might US tariffs mean for this country, and how the country has developed over the last thirty years?

Listen | Thu, 03 Apr, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: The forgotten war that is far from international focus

The Mick Clifford Podcast: The forgotten war that is far from international focus

The Irish Examiner’s Niamh Griffin recently visited one of the refugee camps in South Sudan and reported on the forgotten war

Listen | Thu, 27 Mar, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Practicing but not preaching with Ian Kilroy

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Practicing but not preaching with Ian Kilroy

Do Not Try To Become A Buddha examines zen teachings and practice but is main narrative is rooted in Ian’s own personal journey

Listen | Thu, 20 Mar, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: How did the Taoiseach's meeting with Trump really go?

The Mick Clifford Podcast: How did the Taoiseach's meeting with Trump really go?

Irish Examiner Political Editor Elaine Loughlin was in the Oval Office and even managed to fire a question at Donald Trump. She speaks to Mick Clifford

Listen | Thu, 13 Mar, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: The fight for special education access in Ireland

The Mick Clifford Podcast: The fight for special education access in Ireland

Rebecca Meehan, a mother of a child with additional needs, and Irish Examiner education correspondent Jess Casey join the podcast

Listen | Fri, 07 Mar, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Nathan McDonnell and the €32m crystal meth Kerry connection

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Nathan McDonnell and the €32m crystal meth Kerry connection

What exactly is the connection in Kerry that saw the drugs being stored in a premises outside Tralee?

Listen | Wed, 05 Mar, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: In the shadow of dictators, with Cormac O'Keeffe

The Mick Clifford Podcast: In the shadow of dictators, with Cormac O'Keeffe

The third anniversary of the invasion of fell this week, at a time when Donald Trump has moved to completely realign the USA in the war.

Listen | Fri, 28 Feb, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: The war on woke with Seamas O'Reilly

The Mick Clifford Podcast: The war on woke with Seamas O'Reilly

has declared a war on woke which has been music to the ears of many, most particularly those of a far-right viewpoint.

Listen | Thu, 20 Feb, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Is it time to find an alternative to prison?

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Is it time to find an alternative to prison?

Irish Penal Reform Trust executive director Saoirse Brady is this week’s guest on the podcast

Listen | Thu, 13 Feb, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Ensuring the kids are alright - Niall Muldoon

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Ensuring the kids are alright - Niall Muldoon

The ombudsman's role gives him a perfect view into the problems that afflict the lives of children, right across society, down along the socio economic ladder

Listen | Thu, 06 Feb, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: How do we source our electricity and is it sustainable?

The Mick Clifford Podcast: How do we source our electricity and is it sustainable?

The loss of electric power in some parts of the country following Storm Éowyn has brought into focus the whole way in which we source our electricity and particularly whether it is sustainable

Listen | Fri, 31 Jan, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Martin back on top - Elaine Loughlin

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Martin back on top - Elaine Loughlin

Irish Examiner Political Editor Elaine Loughlin joins this week's podcast

Listen | Thu, 23 Jan, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: What can we expect from Trump 2.0?

The Mick Clifford Podcast: What can we expect from Trump 2.0?

Will Donald Trump 2.0 differ greatly from the first time around and if so will it be more dangerous?

Listen | Fri, 17 Jan, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: How does Carlow Weather's Alan O'Reilly get his on-the-ball forecasts?

The Mick Clifford Podcast: How does Carlow Weather's Alan O'Reilly get his on-the-ball forecasts?

Carlow Weather's Alan O’Reilly is now probably one of the best forecasters in the country albeit one who is not a meteorologist

Listen | Thu, 09 Jan, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: The man with more than 500 convictions

The Mick Clifford Podcast: The man with more than 500 convictions

The issue of whether prison does what it was designed to do has been popping up regularly in recent years. Does it work? Does it provide rehabilitation?

Listen | Sun, 05 Jan, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: The Monk walks — Sean Murray

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Looking back at the big stories from 2024

Irish Examiner reporter Sean Murray joins Mick to chew over some of the big stories from 2024

Listen | Thu, 26 Dec, 2024

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Home thoughts from abroad - Colin Sheridan

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Home thoughts from abroad - Colin Sheridan

What is Christmas like for Irish defence forces personnel serving overseas?

Listen | Thu, 19 Dec, 2024

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Tracing the truth - Ciaran Prior

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Tracing the truth - Ciaran Prior

Ciaran Prior's book Traces Of Truth is both a police procedural and a personal reflection of his life

Listen | Thu, 12 Dec, 2024

The Mick Clifford Podcast: How long will it take to put a government together?

The Mick Clifford Podcast: How long will it take to put a government together?

The people have spoken. But what have they said? Mick Clifford looks at the answers on this week's podcast

Listen | Fri, 06 Dec, 2024

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Who are the winners and losers from Election 2024?

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Who are the winners and losers from Election 2024?

Irish Examiner political editor Elaine Loughlin joins Mick to sketch out the national picture and who are the big winners and losers

Listen | Sun, 01 Dec, 2024

The Mick Clifford Podcast: The key stories from the election so far

The Mick Clifford Podcast: The key stories from the election so far

Irish Examiner political editor Elaine Loughlin joins Mick Clifford to offer their analysis of the key stories emerging from the so far.

Listen | Sat, 30 Nov, 2024

The Mick Clifford Podcast: More than just a correspondent - Paul Hosford

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Are we there yet? Taking a final look at the election campaign

Mick and Paul Hosford look at who to look out for ahead of polling day and what shape the next coalition will take

Listen | Thu, 28 Nov, 2024

Election Watch podcast: What can politicians really do about climate change?

Election Watch podcast: What can politicians really do about climate change?

The Election Watch podcast brings UCC experts and students together to examine topics that matter to students ahead of the 2024 General Election.

Listen | Wed, 27 Nov, 2024

The Mick Clifford Podcast: One week to go — who is having a good election?

The Mick Clifford Podcast: One week to go — who is having a good election?

With just a week left before polling day, we take a look at where everybody and everything stands in the general election campaign

Listen | Fri, 22 Nov, 2024

Election Watch podcast: Is housing the number one issue this election?

Election Watch podcast: Is housing the number one issue this election?

Hosted by Irish Examiner columnist Mick Clifford, this podcast brings UCC experts and students together to examine these questions

Listen | Wed, 20 Nov, 2024

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Showtime! Theresa Reidy on how the election campaign is going

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Showtime! Theresa Reidy on how the election campaign is going

Showtime was what political guru PJ Mara once described as the start of a general election campaign but how is this one going?

Listen | Fri, 15 Nov, 2024

Election Watch podcast: Have our young people lost faith in Irish politics?

Election Watch podcast: Have our young people lost faith in Irish politics?

Hosted by Mick Clifford, the podcast hears from a generation who could shape the result of this general election

Listen | Wed, 13 Nov, 2024

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Off to the races as general election campaign begins

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Off to the races as general election campaign begins

Here comes general election 2024 with a handful of questions.

Listen | Fri, 08 Nov, 2024

The Mick Clifford Podcast: What can we expect from Donald Trump's presidency?

The Mick Clifford Podcast: What can we expect from Donald Trump's presidency?

Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute in UCD, joins the podcast

Listen | Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Trump or Harris - who will be the next US president?

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Trump or Harris - who will be the next US president?

Having gauged the temperature on both sides heading into next week's US presidential election, Mick Clifford tells Sean Murray about his experience at rallies for both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

Listen | Fri, 01 Nov, 2024

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Pennsylvania — the crucible of the US election

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Pennsylvania — the crucible of the US election

This week’s podcast comes from Pennsylvania, where Mick has gone to take the temperature and see what makes MAGA tick.

Listen | Tue, 29 Oct, 2024

The Mick Clifford Podcast: The forest midwife — Catherine Cleary

The Mick Clifford Podcast: The forest midwife — Catherine Cleary

Catherine Cleary had spent her working life in journalism when in 2020 she gave it all up to grow trees.

Listen | Fri, 25 Oct, 2024

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Scott Lucas and the issues on the US ballot paper

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Scott Lucas and the issues on the US ballot paper

The issue of abortion is on the ballot paper in some states. Will this help Kamala Harris or Donald Trump?

Listen | Wed, 23 Oct, 2024

The Mick Clifford Podcast: MAGA fans found in the unlikeliest parts of America

The Mick Clifford Podcast: MAGA fans found in the unlikeliest parts of America

Michael Moynihan is this week’s guest on the podcast’s US Presidential Election special editions

Listen | Sat, 19 Oct, 2024

War of Independence Podcast

A special four-part series hosted by Mick Clifford

Available on
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Commemorating 100 years since the War of Independence

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