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

So she's kind of a very strong advocate for these kind of measures. voice-verified

And she was saying that it is ridiculous that the Oroctus doesn't have a system in place. voice-verified

But so it's sort of two ridiculous things. voice-verified

It's ridiculous, of course. voice-verified

course that the Erachlist wouldn't have a system in place for people seeking maternity leave, but it also is somewhat ridiculous that the Irish Times has covered it in the way that they have covered it, um, in terms of making it seem like a a finances scandal when in actual fact. voice-verified

No. voice-verified

it is a it's a workers' rights scandal. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

And I think that's probably also why uh it's sort of strange that a Labour councillor would have written such a critical piece because I mean you would associate historically a Labour Party with workers' rights. voice-verified

And I mean look voice-verified

We can sit here and we can argue whether or not in the abstract we believe that T Ds en masse earn their money and earn their expenses. voice-verified

You know, sometimes we feel like some of them don't. voice-verified

Some of them I think the ones we like we would point out and say that they do. voice-verified

But the fact is that, and this is, you know, I suppose my opinion, but T D it has to be a well paid job or else good people won't want to do it. voice-verified

Absolutely. voice-verified

And while of course in the grand scheme of things it is a well paid job and yes, they do earn, you know, more than, for example, the median Irish earner. voice-verified

There are computer programmers who earn more, there are barrers who earn more. voice-verified

You know, it's not these people, they don't live like kings, you know what I mean? voice-verified

Or at least certainly don't live like kings on the basis of their TD salary. voice-verified

So, you know, there's no real question that any person in in a job, particularly a job with such high demands, you know, there should obviously be a voice-verified

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