Shona Murray

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311 appearances 6 recordings 5 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 26 Jun

Shona Murray’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Taking Stock · Are 20-somethings worse off? Cost of the EU presidency & Diversification in passive income · 19 Jun 2026 podcast

And it's the same when it comes to other matters relation to trade because of our vulnerabilities towards the US economy.

We're always the ones who are very hesitant about taking any action against the US when they're imposing tariffs sort of willy nilly.

But, you know, Ireland will, I don't think it'll be any more, it won't be particularly difficult because the presidency.

In addition to that, because the commission is the one that sort of creates all this legislation.

And the Irish commissioner for justice is Michael McGrath, the EU commissioner for justice is an Irish, Michael McGrath.

And he deals with things like digital markets, not necessarily the regulation of AI, but part of it will be cybernetics.

to do with that.

And he has a good relationship with those tech companies.

He visits and meets them all the time.

So I would say that Ireland's in a better position in some ways because they have a relatively good relationship.

But at the same time, the over...

arching priority has to be the protection of democracies, of children, of businesses when it comes to the misuse of AI.

And that also means staving off pressure from the United States when it comes to regulation and a lot of these AI companies.

And Ireland needs to stay strong in this regard.

Today with David McCullagh · EU's foreign policy chief to discuss Aughinish Alumina with Taoiseach · 9 Jun 2026 podcast

Well, it probably will be a little bit.

I mean, they know each other quite well because they're in the same sort of parliamentary group, Renew, so they have a good enough relationship.

But yes.

I mean, the Orhanis issue has been sort of raised a few times over the past few years.

But the Estonian government yesterday requested that this is put onto that 21st sanctions package.

And Kaja Kallis is Estonian herself, but also she's very much committed to ensuring that there are no loopholes for any member states to allow sanctions.

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