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Sinead O'Sullivan

👤 Speaker
425 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The David McWilliams Podcast
The Premature State: Why Ireland Can’t Build Itself

to push Ireland to be a better place.

The David McWilliams Podcast
The Premature State: Why Ireland Can’t Build Itself

I'm not an Ireland hater.

The David McWilliams Podcast
The Premature State: Why Ireland Can’t Build Itself

I would argue that the people who deny the existence of these problems are doing much more damage to Ireland than the person who's highlighting them.

The David McWilliams Podcast
The Premature State: Why Ireland Can’t Build Itself

The other thing is I genuinely believe in participatory democracy and

The David McWilliams Podcast
The Premature State: Why Ireland Can’t Build Itself

And I myself am actively involved in this.

The David McWilliams Podcast
The Premature State: Why Ireland Can’t Build Itself

I'm doing multiple projects at the minute whereby I'm creating enormous amounts of policies and auditing stuff that's there and looking at what are the basics that we're missing.

The David McWilliams Podcast
The Premature State: Why Ireland Can’t Build Itself

And not only to highlight a problem, but I'm actively engaged in creating the solution.

The David McWilliams Podcast
The Premature State: Why Ireland Can’t Build Itself

Just this morning, it's my birthday.

The David McWilliams Podcast
The Premature State: Why Ireland Can’t Build Itself

I'm spending the day creating draft legislation for something that no one really cares about, but that I do.

The David McWilliams Podcast
The Premature State: Why Ireland Can’t Build Itself

And so I'm not one of these people that's hurling, you know, I'm just, I believe that we should be open to an open discussion around what is the problem?

The David McWilliams Podcast
The Premature State: Why Ireland Can’t Build Itself

Let's discuss it.

The David McWilliams Podcast
The Premature State: Why Ireland Can’t Build Itself

And why do people feel gaslighted 24-7?

The David McWilliams Podcast
The Premature State: Why Ireland Can’t Build Itself

These problems exist.

The David McWilliams Podcast
The Premature State: Why Ireland Can’t Build Itself

Maybe some parts of official Ireland don't feel them every day because they have excluded themselves from an environment in which they become more real.

The David McWilliams Podcast
The Premature State: Why Ireland Can’t Build Itself

But they're there.

The David McWilliams Podcast
The Premature State: Why Ireland Can’t Build Itself

Don't deny other people's experience of that.

The David McWilliams Podcast
The Premature State: Why Ireland Can’t Build Itself

Yeah, it's confused is what it is.

The David McWilliams Podcast
The Premature State: Why Ireland Can’t Build Itself

So yes, you can read my work on my sub stack, www.butthistime.com.

The David McWilliams Podcast
The Premature State: Why Ireland Can’t Build Itself

And yeah, I mean, I encourage people to get involved, to talk about it, to engage with it.

The David McWilliams Podcast
The Premature State: Why Ireland Can’t Build Itself

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