Carl Kinsella

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7,832 appearances 24 recordings 3 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 4d ago

Carl Kinsella’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Catch Up with Louise McSharry · News Catch-Up: Ed Sheeran, Maternity Leave for TDs and the Far Right in Germany · 22 Sep 2026 podcast

And Holly Cairns has pretty astutely pointed out on social media that if you're the average pointer and you see something voice-verified

About a TD repaying expenses that shouldn't have been paid to them, and you don't know anything more about that situation, then you're probably going to assume something dodgy is going on. voice-verified

I think Holly Cairns has made a pretty good observation there. voice-verified

I think that is probably what most people would think. voice-verified

And there was even an op-ed in the Irish Times by Labour councillor Joanna Tuffy, where she was making the argument that Holly Cairns and and this sort of voice-verified

mini scandal or faux scandal, I don't know what you didn't want to call it. voice-verified

It's really not a scandal at all. voice-verified

But this that this story uh points to how generous um expenses are for TDs. voice-verified

But again, Holly Cairns has pointed out that like this is uh it would be discriminatory if if there wasn't uh voice-verified

For example, the point she was making was that if she was not able to file correctly, the reason she was absent and then she returns to work, then she then faces a penalty in terms of her future expenses. voice-verified

And the reason that's obviously a problem is because that would be totally discriminatory and it would disincentivize and punish a woman for taking maternity leave um or pregnancy leave or anything like that. voice-verified

So this is uh voice-verified

Uh just uh it's something we've known for a while, but that it just shows that the Oracle is not up to date at all in terms of the facilities that are available to women seeking maternity leave. voice-verified

Like even the maternity leave allowances that are in place have only been in place since late 2024. voice-verified

Uh I think the month the month before Holly Kearns went on maternity leave. voice-verified

So there was the there was no template in place in order to facilitate uh, you know, a woman TD or a sanity. voice-verified

Who is taking time off for maternity leave? voice-verified

This was put to Helen McInty, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, this week. voice-verified

She's obviously someone who has also taken maternity leave while in office. voice-verified

And she took her maternity leave before any of these things were in place. voice-verified

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