Jim O'Callaghan
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581 appearances
4 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 31 Jul
Jim O'Callaghan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Well, of course, I can't predict the future.
But at some stage, you know, if I'm healthy and still a member of Dáil Éireann and there's a vacancy for the position of leader of Fianna Fáil, yeah, it's something I'd be interested in going for.
Oh, I don't really answer.
Listen, I'm also like this.
Obviously, you both do your job extremely well professionally, and your objective is to try and get a narrative out of me that may create some conflict or tension, and I perfectly respect you doing that.
But I suppose from my point of view, I don't want to be seen to be somebody who's...
doing a Wes treating of it since I've used that point today.
So, like, there's no vacancy at present.
Micheál Martin, as I said, is doing a very good job.
He's been leader for a period of time.
A vacancy will arise at some stage in the future.
At that stage, I'll come back to you and I'll talk to both of you about that.
Listen, my ambition in politics was to be Minister for Justice and it is a real privilege to do that job and I think I'm doing a good job and I'm effective in that job and there's lots of things I want to do in it and I enjoy every day of it.
And listen, I don't know what's going to happen in the future, but we'll deal with other issues when they arise.
Well, listen, short answer is I don't.
But I fully appreciate the tensions and pressures people are under as a result of increasing fuel costs.
It's just having a very serious impact in terms of the cost of living for people.
But there are certain things that we can and can't control.
And obviously, Operation Epic Fury is something that we can't control.
And we have, however, introduced measures that have reduced the pressures on people.
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