John Downing

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506 appearances 6 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 10 Sep

John Downing’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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So, you know, that's no, I suppose, astute political opinion that they would struggle.

He hasn't polished up his election machine, even with the fact that, like, as you said, you were going around Dublin Central.

I come in along the North Strand Road, which is like a heart of the constituency, especially that north inner city area.

And I saw posters from the rest of the political field running in Dublin Central, but I didn't see any from Gerry Hutch.

Now, that may be he's still waiting on a Ryanair flight home from Lanzarote.

I don't know.

But certainly he's not hitting the expected touchstones that you need for success, especially in a by-election.

It's much, much harder to get a seat in a by-election than it is in a general election.

Yes.

So his son, Jason, was arrested earlier this month on foot of an extradition request from Irish authorities for money laundering charges.

Now, he's saying that this is no coincidence because he is running in the by-election coming up and he says he believes it's politically motivated.

Absolutely.

It didn't fall out of the sky, let's just say that much.

And he's claiming this.

Look, again, that's a narrative that would be very convenient for him to put out there.

And maybe that's one he believes he can sell to the people he wants to elect him.

Yes.

And I suppose like Daniel Kinahan's arrest has been something that's been in the ether for a long time.

And it was a matter of organising that or having some sort of organisation with the United Arab Emirates there.

And he was saying that he wasn't obviously surprised.

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