Brenda Power
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655 appearances
6 recordings
4 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 16 Aug
Brenda Power’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So go on, what were your thoughts on this?
Because people are fascinated because half the country is in a lifelong battle to control their weight.
And we moralise about obesity.
And there's an idea of a pill that could do that for them.
Are you seeing many side effects?
And you can only give them to someone if they have diabetes or if they are like morbidly obese.
But what's interesting is... So is there a whole other cohort there that you would give them to in an ideal world?
OK, and we're out of time.
Brenda Power, Maura Trassen, Nick Yallag, Daniel Murray, I beg your pardon, and Ben Tonra, thank you very much.
And now it's 12 noon and we'll go to the newsroom and Susan Jackson.
Well, despite media appeals in court yesterday, the name of the former TD who wrote a character reference for a convicted child sex offender remains a mystery today.
The judge also dismissed an appeal by Daniel Ramamorthy against the severity of his sentence.
I'm joined on the line by Brenda Power, barrister and columnist.
Good morning, Brenda.
Good morning, Clare.
You were writing about this at the weekend and you firmly believe that this person who gave the character reference should be named.
We know now, as of yesterday, that this is a former TD, though.
Does that change things in your view about the naming of the person who wrote the reference?
I don't see why it should, Clare, because clearly this person relied on their status and their, I
inciting their political career, I suppose, in furtherance of their claims on this man's behalf.
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