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

straightforward maternity leave process in place, which is is as we say voice-verified

uh that's not something we have right now. voice-verified

And that is ultimately that's the real story here. voice-verified

And of course Holly Kerns has pointed out that she is having to deal with these questions from the Irish Times and trying to get these corrections published in the Irish Times at a time when she herself is currently uh very pregnant. voice-verified

Um which is definitely not the easiest thing to do. voice-verified

And she also pointed out that it's not the easiest thing to do to correct an overpayment of uh, you know, expenses that she didn't know was happening while she was, you know, sick in voice-verified

in the aftermath of giving birth to her first child. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

So, you know, ultimately this is something that has been reported on in kind of a strange way, when in actual fact the angle to me seems to be that the Oroctus's maternity leave system is is pretty badly broken and not yet fit for purpose. voice-verified

No, absolutely. voice-verified

Uh That's voice-verified

Well, no, I think yeah, that is kind of where where I land on it as well. voice-verified

And I know Holly Cairns has been very, very vocal about it on social media this week and her posts are quite interesting to read 'cause they do kind of break down the way the story has been reported. voice-verified

So yeah, it's worth having a look at that. voice-verified

Yeah, there's been a few concerning results in regional elections in Germany. voice-verified

So Germany is made up of sixteen states and within the last two weeks there have been three state elections. voice-verified

Um the first one was in uh Saxony Anhalt, and that has been the most concerning. voice-verified

That was about two weeks ago, where uh alternative for Germany, uh also known as AFD. voice-verified

They they didn't win a majority, but they won something like forty three point eight percent of the vote, which is obviously voice-verified

pretty chunky when you're talking about it being split between say seven or eight parties. voice-verified

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