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News and comment from Ireland – <a href="ontheditch.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ontheditch.com</a><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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July 10, 2026
What's Law Got to Do with It? w John Reynolds (E18)
<p>A lot of pro-Palestine activism rests on legal concepts and language – genocide, apartheid, and the illegality of the Israeli occupation. </p><p>But in Gaza, they're burning international-law books for fuel.</p><p>Are we wasting time and energy by seeking justice through the courts? Critical legal scholar John Reynolds of Maynooth University joins the pod to argue out the contradictions.</p><p>The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch, hosted by Harry Browne and Niamh Ní Bhriain, with Paulie Doyle of The Ditch.</p><p>'Irish energy regulator was going to attend Thiel event in Powerscourt Hotel' <a href="https://www.ontheditch.com/energy-regulator/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ontheditch.com/energy-regulator/</a></p><p>'EU presidency ceremony almost went down without a hitch, but Zelenskiy dig was copped by all' <a href="https://tinyurl.com/5dxsvkfj" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/5dxsvkfj</a></p><p>John Reynolds' fortcoming book with Noura Erakat: <a href="https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2851-confronting-zionism" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2851-confronting-zionism</a></p><p>Music by Fionn Dempsey</p><p>Recording by Emmet White</p><p>Email theditchpartyline at gmail</p><br><p><br></p><br><p>ontheditch.com</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
July 3, 2026
Abandoning Palestine, w Leila Warah and Zena Tahhan (E17)
<p>Palestinian journalists Leila Warah and Zena Tahhan explain why Ireland disappoints them, and how they continue to cover an increasingly brutal and catastrophic Israeli occupation.</p><p>And host Niamh Ni Bhriain joins Eoghan McNeill of The Ditch to consider the cruelties of 'affordable' housing, and what liberal discourse about Anglo-Irish relations always manages to leave out.</p><p>The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch, with co-host Harry Browne.</p><p>'Council executive: rents will rise no matter what councillors vote' <a href="https://www.ontheditch.com/council-executive-rents-will-rise/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ontheditch.com/council-executive-rents-will-rise/</a></p><p>Fintan O'Toole, 'The aftershocks of Brexit’s failure could be gaining strength – a fearful prospect for Ireland' <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/22/aftershocks-brexit-failure-fearful-prospect-ireland" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/22/aftershocks-brexit-failure-fearful-prospect-ireland</a></p><p>Leila Warah <a href="https://www.instagram.com/leila.shw/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/leila.shw/?hl=en</a></p><p>Zena Tahhan <a href="https://www.instagram.com/zenatahhan/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/zenatahhan/?hl=en</a></p><p>Music by Fionn Dempsey</p><p>Recording and editing by Emmet White</p><p>Email theditchpartyline at gmail</p><p>ontheditch.com</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
June 26, 2026
Triple Lockdown, w People's Forum on Peace and Neutrality (E16)
<p>Under pressure from backbenchers, Micheál Martin postponed the legislation to scrap what he once said was "the core of Irish neutrality" – the Triple Lock.</p><p>The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch – with Niamh Ní Bhriain and Paulie Doyle.</p><p>'Taoiseach's Triple Lock plan facing backbench pushback' <a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2026/0620/1579454-triple-lock/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2026/0620/1579454-triple-lock/</a></p><p>'Disgraced property developer "110 percent confident" of councillor votes' <a href="https://www.ontheditch.com/disgraced-property-developer-110-percent-confident/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ontheditch.com/disgraced-property-developer-110-percent-confident/</a></p><p>Interviewed: Clare Daly, Khem Rogaly, Jenny Stephens, Brid Brennan (<a href="https://www.tni.org/en/profile/brid-brennan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tni.org/en/profile/brid-brennan</a>), John Maguire, Karen Devine</p><p>Music by Fionn Dempsey</p><p>Recording in studio: Emmet White</p><p>Recording at People's Forum in Tailors' Hall, Dublin: Harry Browne (still photos courtesy People's Forum)</p><p>Email theditchpartyline at gmail</p><p>ontheditch.com</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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