Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This week Laura spoke to economist Cormac Lucey of Gript and the Sunday Times. Cormac explains how a bigger state is not the solution to Ireland's problems, the problem with the lack of accountability and responsibility in the civil service, population growth, and the need for a right wing alternative to FF and FG.

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Episode 28


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