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May 4, 2025 • 11min
Ireland's Tax Mirage: Just how vulnerable is Ireland?
$967 billion of intangible assets have been held in Ireland by multinational corporations as part of sophisticated tax avoidance schemes, a Business Post investigation this weekend revealed. Killian Woods, Senior Business Reporter at Business Post, joins Anton to discuss.
May 4, 2025 • 36min
Anton’s Sunday Newspaper Panel May 4th
Joining Anton to run through the main stories from the Sunday papers is Lynn Boylan, MEP; John Cunningham, Relationship Director at Morgan McKinley; Kate O’Connell, Former Fine Gael TD; and Conor Faughnan, CEO at Royal Irish Automobile Club & commentator on transport & related issues.
May 4, 2025 • 7min
Are data centres preventing new houses from connecting to the electricity grid?
The ESB has flagged with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) that the volume of electricity demand from data centres is jeopardising the delivery of network capacity for key priorities of housing, transport, and climate. Lynn Boylan, Sinn Fein MEP for Dublin, joins Anton to discuss.
May 3, 2025 • 11min
In conversation with Gearoid Farrelly
Anton is joined by one of Ireland’s finest comedians and host of the Agony Rants Podcast, Gearoid Farrelly.
May 3, 2025 • 9min
Ask The Expert: Dr Eleanor Galvin
Anton is joined by Dr. Eleanor Galvin to answer listeners' questions on all things medical.
May 3, 2025 • 12min
Former Canadian Prime MinisterJean Chrétien
Dublin will be awash with former heads of state and government officials when the InterAction Council holds its 39th Annual Plenary Meeting here next week Tuesday, May 6th. The gathering will discuss the global challenges facing us, from politics to AI. One of the speakers involved is former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, who joins Anton to chat about how Canada is responding to Donald Trump's presidency and more.
May 3, 2025 • 10min
Reform UK surges & the Conservative party collapses in UK local elections
Yesterday’s UK Local Elections saw significant gains for Reform UK and a move away from the traditional Labour/Conservative duopoly in British politics. Joining Anton to discuss is Adam Boulton, Broadcaster & Political Journalist.
May 3, 2025 • 10min
Wild Dublin: Exploring Nature in the City with Éanna Ní Lamhna
Éanna Ní Lamhna, Biologist, Environmentalist, Broadcaster and Author, joins Anton to chat about the updated version of 2008’s 'Wild Dublin: Exploring Nature in the City'.
May 3, 2025 • 22min
What's Going On with Emmet Ryan & Tabitha Monahan
Joining Anton to go through the main stories from the Saturday papers is Tabitha Monahan, Political Reporter with the Irish Independent and Indo Daily Presenter & Emmet Ryan, Freelance Business and Sport journalist.
May 3, 2025 • 9min
Water restrictions set to come into effect
Water restrictions, including hosepipe bans, are being introduced in some areas due to historically low water supply levels and drought conditions. Margaret Attridge, Head of Water Operations at Uisce Eireann, joins Anton to discuss.
