
Something Different with John and Sarah
Hosted by John and Sarah · Something Different
4.9from 291 ratings
- 21
- Episodes
- 20
- Transcribed
- 291
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2026
- First episode
About Something Different with John and Sarah
John McGuirk and Sarah Ryan bring you incisive commentary on Irish politics, culture, and life - every Friday.
- Publisher
- Something Different
- Category
- government
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 29 May 2026
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
20 of 21 episodes have a transcript.

9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
E21: Paving the Path to Hell

2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
E20: We're Emergency Ready

25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
E19: Ireland's kids hate it here
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E21: Paving the Path to Hell
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And that's the first thing about the minimum wage. The second thing about the minimum wage is It forces the cost of everything up. So when you have a minimum wage set, there are an awful lot of trade unions that have their wages set as a benchmark against the minimum wage. And this is one of the driving forces behind the trade union movement wanting to increase the minimum wage. They couldn't give a hoot. about people on the minimum wage because the vast majority of them are not in trade unions, but they do have pay agreements which link the minimum wage to their own members pay. So when the minimum wage goes up automatically, the wages of people who have links in trade union movements to the minimum wage, their wages go up. […]
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