The Irish Passport

Have you ever heard that the Irish were slaves? If so, you may have been targeted with political propaganda. Naomi OLeary speaks to actress and writer Azie Dungey about how Irish history is being abused for a political agenda in the United States, while

Irelands great famine was the worst peacetime disaster in 19th century Europe. It shaped both Ireland and the world. And it remains such a political bombshell that people still cant agree on what to call it. Naomi OLeary and Tim Mc Inerney explore the hi

Applications for Irish passports surged in the last year, largely from people in Britain and Northern Ireland. Who are the new Brexit Irish? We meet them in this new episode and hear their motivations for claiming their Irish identity. We also speak to t

Ireland and Europe: what is Irelands future in the EU now that its neighbour the United Kingdom is leaving? Is the so-called Irexit at all realistic? Naomi OLeary and Tim Mc Inerney explore Irelands relationship with the continent now and in the future a

Who are Irelands elites? That question was once easily answered, but not since independence upended the entire social order! In this episode Naomi OLeary visits a castle in Dublin that has been the home of one family for 35 generations -- and finds the c

For decades, Ireland was synonymous with Catholic control - but the last 30 years have seen a new cultural climate take hold in the country, and a furious backlash has broken out against the legacies of the Churchs institutional stranglehold. Naomi OLear

Recent politics have revealed a common lack of knowledge about Ireland and Northern Ireland in the Britain at a time when it is of vital strategic importance. What is behind the blind spot? We call this phenomenon The Knowledge Gap, and investigate how i

Irish: a rare and ancient language that is spoken from the streets of Canada to the corridors of power in the European Union. Naomi OLeary and Tim Mc Inerney delve into why the language is such a powerful national symbol for Ireland, its fraught history,

The dramatic UK election result has suddenly made Northern Irish politics more pressing than ever. Are you trying to figure out what the DUP is anyway and what all this means for Brexit? Naomi OLeary and Tim Mc Inerney answer all these questions and more

What will happen to the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland after Brexit? We discuss how Britain has ignored this problem, and speak to ordinary people on the border about their lives and their fears about any hardening of the border. Naomi OLear