The Stand with Eamon Dunphy

Ep 2073: Fianna Fáil / Fine Gael: Is it time to merge?

Diarmaid Ferriter talks to Eamon. Diarmaid is an author and Professor of Modern Irish History at UCD. He writes a weekly column with the Irish Times. Recorded on Tuesday 17th December 2024. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Ep 2072: Syria - The fall of the house of Assad

Lara Marlowe joins Eamon to talk about Syria and the fall of the Assad regime. Lara and Eamon also discuss the closure of the Israeli embassy in Dublin. Lara Marlowe is an author and journalist. Her most recent book is How Good It Is I Have No Fear of Dying, the remarkable story of Ukrainian Lt. Julia Mykytenko. Lara lives and works in Paris and is a regular contributor to the Irish Times from there. Recorded on Monday 16th December 2024. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Ep 2071: As Trump prepares to enter the White House America’s tolerance of liberals fades

Niall Stanage reports from Washington. Niall Stanage is Associate Editor of The Hill and White House columnist for that publication. Recorded on Wednesday 11th December 2024. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Ep 2070: Michael Martin in the driving seat as coalition talks begin

Fionnán Sheahan talks to Eamon as talks begin to form a new government. Fionnán Sheahan is Ireland Editor for independent.ie, the Irish Independent and the Sunday Independent. Recorded on Tuesday 10th December 2024. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Ep 2069: Syria - Assad falls as otherwise occupied Russia and Iran stand idly by

Journalist and author Peter Oborne joins Eamon to talk about the overthrow of Syria's Bashar al-Assad. Peter Oborne writes a political column for Middle East Eye [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_Eye] and a diary column for the Byline Times. Peter’s latest book is The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam. In the course of the conversation Peter refers to an earlier book he wrote from 2013 called A Dangerous Delusion: Why the West are Wrong about Nuclear Iran. Recorded on Monday 9th December 2024. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.