Pat's Sunday Paper Review May 24th
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Well now I'm joined in studio by Kevin Doyle, Group News Editor of The Independent. Kevin, good morning. Good morning, Pat. We'll go through the front pages first of all. The Irish Mail on Sunday, Taoiseach's bizarre spin on Fianna Fáil poll humiliation. The independence on the independent rural home rules to be eased in a bid to lure back immigrants. And an intriguing headline, row over atrocious behaviour at French horse sale.
What are the main headlines from the Sunday papers?
And that's atrocious Irish behaviour, one believes. O'Donovan pushes RT to reveal top 100 earners. That's in the Sunday Times. And re-election woe rocks Martin and MacDonald. The Business Post, they have an exclusive. Ireland's outsized AI imports see dramatic surge. And this is about AI hardware coming through Ireland and being exported. And all the sports supplements are talking about Leinster getting a mauling at the hands of Bordeaux.
How is the Taoiseach responding to recent poll results?
Now, Kevin, let's talk politics first. One result in, one to go.
Yeah, and the result that's in, I guess, is the one that we expected. It was quite obvious probably from this time yesterday, Pat, that this was the direction of travel. And really, that's fine. It's probably what comes below it on the scorecard that poses more intrigue. It's a really good day for the SOC Dems. They now go ahead of Labour in terms of... dominance in the Dáil. They have two candidates, two TDs in a constituency for the first time. And perhaps more importantly for them, they've beaten Mary Lou Macdonald.
OK, so if you look at the tea leaves for the various party leaders, obviously Sock Dems, as you say, they're feeling very rosy at the moment. But for Mary Lou Macdonald, a bit of a slap. A complete slap.
In her own constituency, after all. The first thing is it's her own constituency. And look, by-elections, we have probably two, you couldn't probably find two more diverse constituencies to have by-elections in. So while generally by-elections can be quite a local thing and they don't represent national, we've got one here in the inner city of Dublin and we've got one in the Gaeltacht, out as far west. as you can go. So it is in a weird way a snapshot, if you like, of where the country is at. And the trend really from a Sinn Féin perspective is that they have done badly in both. Because when these, when Pascal Donoghue was announced, announced that he was going to the World Bank, there was an obvious assumption in political circles.
Well, sure, that's a Sinn Féin seat. There's no other outcome could come of that. It hasn't transpired like that. It wasn't the candidate that Mary Lou wanted in the first place, so her own people in her own constituency defied her by putting Janice Boylan on the ticket.
What changes are proposed for rural home rules in Ireland?
Janice Boylan didn't perform well in the general election when she was the running mate of Mary Lou MacDonald, and it has transpired.
But does this give Mary Lou the right to say, I told you so, to her own party? Like, you've done us harm because you didn't listen to me.
Well, it's a little bit of cover, but at the same time, you're the party leader and it's your back door. So the party decided something. You're supposed to go with what the party says and make it happen. And look, she has been out campaigning, but it hasn't been delivered. And probably interesting, like the Boylan, Janice Boylan's vote held up in Cabra West, which is Mary Lou's area. But once you go beyond that, the Sock Dems were eating into it big time.
OK, now we'll go to Galway West and we'll get the latest from Emily Keegan, who's standing by. Emily, good morning.
Good morning, Pat. We've actually just in the last 10 minutes now gotten the results of the fifth count, which is the first count of the day here in Galway West. And it was the distribution of AN2's Orla Nugent and independent candidate Sheila Garrity's votes after they were eliminated at about half past nine last night. Noel Thomas of Independent Ireland still very much in the lead here on 11,075 votes now.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:36
2
What are the main headlines from the Sunday papers?
0:36–1:05
3
How is the Taoiseach responding to recent poll results?
1:05–2:44
4
What changes are proposed for rural home rules in Ireland?
2:44–4:24
5
How are by-elections affecting political party dynamics?
4:24–12:26
6
What insights do the latest Galway West election results provide?
12:26–17:06