The Group Chat

Boris Johnson is coming under increasing pressure as the resignations pile up in the Conservative party and friends and colleagues show up at 10 Downing Street. Michael Gove is the latest to depart the Tories as Gavan Reilly and Richard Chambers and Zara King discuss the fall of the British government and how the Chris Pincher controversy accelerated it all. In a busy news week, the Metrolink from Dublin airport to the capital city is back on the menu for Ireland but the proposed budget could already provide a stick to beat the progress with. The Irish government coalition now has a minority as the Mica fallout continues and new social trend Gentleminions is on the menu. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gardaí have said they will review the cold case of Sophie Toscan du Plantier. The murder in West Cork in 1996 still remains unsolved. Ian Bailey has been convicted in French courts but authorities in Ireland will revisit the case which has been told in True Crime series from podcasts to Netflix over recent years. Ralph Riegel joins Zara, Richard and Gavan to discuss.Dublin Airport are set to enlist the help of the Irish army as security checks continue to cause havoc with those travelling abroad and visiting the country. In other news, Paul Reid is set to depart the HSE and Donald Trump and his January 6 testimony has put him the former US president in legal peril. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Zara joins from Stockholm this week and brings some sobering cost of living comparisons between Sweden and Dublin. Richard and Gavan are in studio and the price of everything from hotels, pints and sliced pans are on the menu. If 2022 is the year of sportswashing, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are making major moves in the sporting world. A look at what they're doing and why. Finally, Zara is hit with some Love Island spoilers after missing the last three nights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Group Chat, Gavan, Zara and Richard look at the President's comments on housing with Ciarán Mulqueen of Crazy House Prices. They discuss Eamon Ryan's interview about contacting your social welfare office about support for fuel prices. Plus, the Northern Ireland protocol and the latest on Love Island. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Cara Augustenborg joins Zara, Richard and Gavan to talk about Ireland's climate action plan and how the country is falling short of its targets despite the current government's progressive stance on the matter. Also on the show, a 170% increase in the number of people being treated for cocaine use over the last nine years has been reported as the country tries to deal with this issue. And Boris Johnson survives the Conservative vote of confidence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On The Group Chat this week, Zara, Gavan and Richard discuss the chaotic queues at Dublin Airport which have dominated the headlines, the difficulty of getting a taxi in Dublin and whether or not Love Island is on their watchlists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On The Group Chat this week, Zara, Gavan and Richard take a look at 'Partygate' as Sue Gray publishes her report on breaches of coronavirus rules in 10 Downing Street and Westminster. Cillian de Gascun answers your questions around the Monkeypox virus. And following the latest mass shooting event in Texas, what is the American government doing to prevent it happening again in the future? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's podcast, Zara King, Gavan Reilly and Richard discuss the latest in the Rebekah Vardy v Coleen Rooney case, Wayne Rooney's apparent knowledge of events and how there are no winners, whoever wins. The curious case of Turkish Twitter accounts endorsing National Maternity Hospital updates is discussed as well as the Medical Lab scientists' strike before the show wraps with a Eurovision discussion and the hosting of it in 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the podcast this week, Richard, Zara and Gavan look at Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy's 'Wagatha Christie' Trial, the continuing controversy surrounding the ownership of the National Maternity Hospital and Ireland's Eurovision Chances. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the podcast this week, the ownership of the National Maternity Hospital comes under scrutiny, Tony Holohan and Robert Watt face the Oireachtas Joint Committee and what does Russian state TV's nuclear simulation actually mean for Ireland? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.