Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning
Gold Hat ProductionsFree State is a podcast for the curious that stimulates, provokes, challenges and entertains, while never taking itself too seriously. Free State covers topics from sport to politics, love to loss, the human condition and how to fix the world, with guests from across the planet including Nigerian princes, former Prime Ministers, ex convicts, footballers, boxers and extraordinary people from every ... more
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 353 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | NewsSports NewsPolitics | |||
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When a US submarine torpedoed an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, 150 Iranians were believed to have been killed. ‘It thought it was safe in international waters,” Pete Hegseth the US’s self styled Secretary of War proclaimed. “Instead it was sun... more
A few minutes before 1pm on the Saturday of the 2026 GAA Congress some protestors forced their way inside.
The response to this protest may have far reaching implications for the GAA.
On Free State we look at how the GAA has failed to deal with the... more
Labour Together was set up in the summer of 2015 as a way of uniting the UK Labour Party, but with the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader it soon became something very different. Driven by Morgan McSweeney, it became a means of destroying Jeremy Cor... more
In the House of Commons, a Labour minister described Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as a ‘man on a constant self-aggrandising and self-enriching hustle; a rude, arrogant and entitled man who could not distinguish between the public interest, which he sai... more
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While generally an interesting chat. The petty squabbling, bickering and overtalking, often an annoying feature, was overwhelming today. A pity, as there's a lot to be said about the degree to which the rugby schools of south Dublin draw their ethos from the British empire and defer to the UK as a result. It may explain why our civil service is so keen to transpose UK law onto our statute books
Podcast Addict33 months agoSkrynesaver- Give Eoin a job
Just loved the recent show with Eoin O Broin, it is a travesty that someone with a vision, strategy and such a clear understanding how we got here and how to get out of the mess our housing policy is currently in. If FG and FF weren’t still mesmerised by Maggie Thatcher they would recognise housing for the nation emergency it is and go cross party and bring Eoin in. More chance of pigs taking flight or a full episode of your podcast with Dion being allowed to finish a sentence without Joe interr... more
Apple Podcasts5Fred and Friend
United Kingdom3 months ago - Go easy on us Joe
Love the show and Joe is so straight talking that it makes me laugh out loud. But go easy on the doomsday stuff, we all need some hope. Joe try and look at what we need to do to get back to some sort of “rules based world “.
Keep it up guys.
Apple Podcasts5KnobheaderUnited Kingdom3 months ago - Monday Club
This is dire….first time I’ve listened ,via this episode…I follow many podcasts…but truly the plodding self regarding dull “dialogue” is without compare….stick to the day jobs lads…🙄…10 mins of my life I won’t get back…
Apple Podcasts1pokey marleyUnited Kingdom3 months ago - Depressing
I think I’ve had enough, I listen to podcasts as a relief from the hum drum of the news and we have depression and woes piled on us by Joe
FFS
A1 barbers , A1 lawyers and A1 Armageddon
Dion at least has some logic on it
Joe just loves misery and loves to talk about it
He should listen to the glamorous brunettes podcast
Apple Podcasts1flanker6
Ireland3 months ago
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Apple Podcasts | #64 | United Kingdom/News/Politics |
Apple Podcasts | #152 | United Kingdom/News |
Apple Podcasts | #109 |  Australia/News/Politics |
Spotify | #90 | Ireland/Top Podcasts |
Apple Podcasts | #95 | Ireland/Top Podcasts |
Apple Podcasts | #10 | Ireland/News/Politics |
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Recent guests on Free State include:
1. Gerard Shannon
2. David McCloskey
3. Peter Oborne
4. Eoin McGee
5. Eimear Ni Bhraonain
6. Omar El Akkad
7. Karen Hao
8. Keith Donald
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