The Party Line

Empire Without Ceasefire, w Eman Mohammed (E03)

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT

It definitely didn't start with Trump.

Gaza photojournalist Eman Mohammed joined Eoghan McNeill of The Ditch and pod host Harry Browne live at the launch party for Dublin's Whistleblower building on Saturday, March 21st.

We talk Iran war, Gaza's view of the White House, representing Palestinian queers, and much more.

Her Substack and podcast: https://www.daftar.ie/

Fintan O'Toole in the New York Review of Books, 'Signifying Absolutely Nothing': https://tinyurl.com/4yjbkwtt

Nikhil Pal Singh in Equator, 'Homeland Empire': https://www.equator.org/articles/homeland-empire-trump-ICE

Eamonn Andrews stayed with Mountbatten, in The Ditch: https://www.ontheditch.com/ex-rte-chairman/

Music by Fionn Dempsey

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The Years of Smears, with Paul Holden (E02)

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Macroom man Morgan McSweeney and his chosen frontman Keir Starmer engineered a vicious campaign to crush the Left and usher in a Labour Party leadership more in tune with the Mandelson-Epstein axis.

Paul Holden has written the definitive book about this project – and been on the receiving end of the same cynical smearing that powered Starmer's ascent.

The Party Line, the new podcast from The Ditch, is hosted this week by Harry Browne and Paulie Doyle.

The Fraud is published by OR Books: https://orbooks.com/catalog/the-fraud/

'Morgan McSweeney, the workaholic Irishman who built Starmer’s Labour': https://tinyurl.com/4u9sucd2

More on Morgan McSweeney's background here: https://extra.ie/2024/10/15/news/morgan-mcsweeney-father

Stories from The Ditch we discussed:

https://www.ontheditch.com/patricks-day-government-shannon/

https://www.ontheditch.com/psni-wont-confirm/

Music by Fionn Dempsey

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Ireland and the Snakes (E01)

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 06:00:00 GMT

First in a new series of podcasts from The Ditch, hosted by Niamh Ní Bhriain and Harry Browne – with the team from The Ditch: Eoghan McNeill, Paulie Doyle and Roman Shortall

(Note and apology: the sound quality improves after the first few minutes!)

Stories in The Ditch that we discussed:

https://www.ontheditch.com/up-to-eu800-million-record-arms-purchase-involves-member-of-lobbying-group-part-owned-by-french-state/

https://www.ontheditch.com/irish-daily-mail-israel/

https://www.ontheditch.com/eu-plans-for-the-rapid-movement-of-nato/

Irish Times 'Year of the French part II' is here.

Armoured cars and tanks and guns

The Irish Government's recently published 'maritime security strategy' is here.

Music by Fionn Dempsey

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Coming Soon! The Party Line

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:28:28 GMT

Coming soon to this feed: The Party Line, a new podcast from The Ditch, news and comment from Ireland. ontheditch.com

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Episode 12: Live with Owen Jones

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 12:21:53 GMT

The Ditch's Senior Hurlers – Eoghan, Roman and Paulie – in collaboration with Red Wolf.

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Episode 11: Live with Mairéad Farrell, Gary Gannon and Paul Murphy

Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:43:26 GMT

The Ditch's Senior Hurlers – Eoghan, Roman and Paulie – in collaboration with Red Wolf.

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Episode 10: Live with Catherine Connolly and Thomas Pringle

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:01:17 GMT

The Ditch's Senior Hurlers – Eoghan, Roman and Paulie – in collaboration with Red Wolf.

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Episode 9: Live with Clare Daly and László Molnárfi

Thu, 30 May 2024 16:56:17 GMT

The Ditch's Senior Hurlers – Eoghan, Roman and Paulie – in collaboration with Red Wolf.

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Episode 8: Mount Street and Newtownmountkennedy – how did we get here?

Mon, 06 May 2024 16:00:00 GMT

The Ditch's Senior Hurlers – Eoghan, Roman and Paulie – in collaboration with Red Wolf.

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Episode 7: Why it took so long for the Stardust families to get some level of justice

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:19:51 GMT

The Ditch's Senior Hurlers – Eoghan, Roman and Paulie – in collaboration with Red Wolf.

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Episode 6: The best we can say on Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin – don't kill the private rental sector

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 15:17:58 GMT

The Ditch's Senior Hurlers – Eoghan, Roman and Paulie – in collaboration with Red Wolf.

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Episode 5: An Garda Síochána – a history of violence and do you respect Bunreacht na hÉireann?

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:24:08 GMT

The Ditch's Senior Hurlers – Eoghan, Roman and Paulie – in collaboration with Red Wolf.

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Episode 4: The EU, journalists working for politicians and Coveney’s service to developers

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 17:08:12 GMT

The Ditch's Senior Hurlers – Eoghan, Roman and Paulie – in collaboration with Red Wolf.

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Episode 3: Simon the Strongman, NIMBYs v YIMBYs and the sound of the police

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 15:43:29 GMT

The Ditch's three Senior Hurlers – Eoghan, Roman and Paulie – in collaboration with Red Wolf.

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Episode 2: Don't you know that you're toxic? (Not allowing Varadkar have his day)

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 17:14:46 GMT

The Ditch's three Senior Hurlers – Eoghan, Roman and Paulie – in collaboration with Red Wolf.

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Episode 1: Defeated referenda, the special relationship and sleeveen Free Statism

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:12:05 GMT

The Ditch's three Senior Hurlers – Eoghan, Roman and Paulie – in collaboration with Red Wolf.

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