Radio review: The reliably poised RTÉ Radio One presenter gets into tetchy exchange with Sinn Féin leader. On Today FM, Matt Cooper swaps ballot-box coverage for indignation
Radio: The reliably poised RTÉ Radio One presenter gets into tetchy exchange with Sinn Féin leader. On Today FM, Matt Cooper swaps ballot-box coverage for indignationcampaigns, the received wisdom is that they don’t fire the emotions in the same way as a general election, but, as, who baldly states that “the level of harassment and intimidation is much higher” than during the last local vote, in 2019.
The exchanges have a tetchy edge: when McDonald says she believes people with deep pockets should shoulder more than those on lower incomes, Byrne coolly suggests her guest is saying, “Forget about your ambition here”. McDonald sounds taken aback: “Claire, you’re not seriously saying that?” It’s as close as the reliably poised host gets to a shouting match.
“We’ve had numerous assaults,” he says, adding that the low prosecution rate doesn’t act as a deterrent. “They’re described as petty criminals,” says Gleeson. “But it doesn’t feel petty to us.” If all politics is local, surely this should exercise voters more than the colour of a candidate’s skin.for a bank-holiday special of music and conversation.
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