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This week Wayne and I are talking about media ownership in Ireland looking specifically at the press and Independent News and Media as well as examining what the facts are about poverty in Ireland.
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Sorry for the delay here is last Thursday’s episode. Next episode will be up on Thursday with Wayne and I doing the presenting.
This week Philippe takes a look at press regulation and the protection of sources, with an eye on the Irish Times case, while Wayne talks to Richard Harne about the left in Ireland
This week Philippe spoke to Professor Anthony Secretary, The National Platform on the Revised EU Treaty on the forthcoming Treaty and elections here in Ireland.
Apologies for missing last week, technical issues intervened
This week its Cian standing in for Philippe and we take a look at Climate Change. We talk to Pat Finnegan co-ordinator with Grian.ie about the recent climate change conference as well as Irish policy shifts and whether we can really do anything about climate change.
This is followed by a roundtable where we thrash out some of the issues raised in the show.
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My fault on the delay, this weeks Inside Out takes a look at the crisis in Iran. Can it go nuclear? Will the US let it and can there really be another war in the near term in the middle east. This week we talk to Dr Claire Spencer, Head of the Middle East Programme with Chatham House
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Will Kosovo become Independent? Will Serbia let it?
Since NATO troops rolled into Kosovo ten years ago the political its political status has been ambiguous. Serbia, to which it belongs, has little or no say over the day to day running of the “province” as the institutions of state have been built by the international community. However now is the point where this convenient blurring has to end and a choice has to be made on whether it will gain Independence?
GM crops are food stuffs that have had there genetic make up altered to increase yields, resistance to the elements and boost their immune system. However GM crops also have a number of problems associated with them. These include environmental safety, labelling, consumer choice, intellectual property rights, ethics and food security.
Do the benefits outweigh these concerns. Well in Ireland we have taken the view that the impact of GM food is more negative the then positivea and outlawed its importing. The other questions to ask is if this is just another means of intensive farming that has become dependent on technology.
Discussing this is Green Party Councilor Carolan Byan and Fiachra O’Brolchain a research student from Queens who is writing extensively on the subject.Do the benefits outweigh these concerns. Well in Ireland we have taken the view that the impact of GM food is more negative the then positivea and outlawed its importing. The other questions to ask is if this is just another means of intensive farming that has become dependent on technology.
