Derval MacDonald

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162 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 19 Apr

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Brendan O'Connor · Newspaper Panel · 19 Apr 2026 podcast

I would not have expected you, MacClifford, given your strong body of work now.

Do you think they did a good job, Derek?

What is the message then, Ciara, to others who, you know, kind of know a little bit like the harbour master on the Straits of Hormuz, that sometimes you only have to do a little thing to achieve a lot?

I mean, what message does it send out to others who kind of now know that all you have to do is blockade a port to get your...

Because that sort of suggests a socioeconomic sort of class distinction just to add to everything.

I don't know if anybody's heading away on holidays anytime soon, but there is a lot of coverage on the fuel prices and just including in the, I think, the front page of the Sunday Independent hones in on that.

I think it's Fergal O'Connor, Niamh Horne and Conall Thomas.

Erling is cutting 500 flights amid fears of fuel shortages.

Derek, are you heading off anywhere soon?

Actually, you do some work over...

Well, first of all, it takes those tankers so long here, doesn't it, to actually get out of the street.

Did you get the real sense that we haven't?

We perhaps can't even conceive the idea yet of what might lie ahead if Iran is not sorted.

And even if it is, there's going to be disruption for a very long time.

For a balance, Julianne Corr in the Sunday Times says there's no need to panic yet, or at least some industry experts are insisting that we don't need to panic just yet.

Because people are worrying about their holidays that they've booked, aren't they?

Well, thank God I do not have time.

I have been happily saved by the bell on that one.

My thanks today to Mick Clifford, to Ashley Meehan, Derek Mooney and Ciara Murphy.

I'll leave it to Brendan to pick up the nuclear debate next week when he's back.

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