That’s Ireland

RTE do a radio show every Sunday that examines what might have been if certain political events had not happened. Today it was about what would have happened if Padraig Flynn had not appeared on the Late Late Show and prompted Tom Gilmartin to give evidence to the Flood Tribunal. I was a guest on the show, along with journalist Michael Clifford.

You can listen to it here.

What If?, RTE Radio One, Sunday 4 May 2008

During this week last year (Apr 21 to Apr 27, 2007):

• What six Irish towns passed the 10,000 population mark for the first time?
• Which TD commended the Gardai after he was arrested on suspicion of drink driving?
• What other crime had he previously been convicted of, after which he did not commend the Gardai?
• How did Ivor Callely of Fianna Fail fall foul of Council litter wardens?
• What did he do then?

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During this week last year (Apr 14 to Apr 20, 2007):

• How did madam Deena Edridge from Kildare make legal history?
• How much did Bank of Ireland have to pay back to customers it had wrongly charged, and why?
• How did a seven-year-old boy from Singapore, whose grandparents are from Mayo, show himself to be a child genius?
  
• Which senior negotiator of the Good Friday Agreement switched allegiance to a different political party?
• Who denied a claim by his former Garda driver that he had travelled to Manchester with a briefcase of cash in the 1990s?

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During this week last year (Apr 7 to Apr 13, 2007), the Iona Institute published a survey of Irish awareness of Christian teaching. For each of the following questions, do you know (a) the answer and (b) how many people got it right?

• Name the Holy Trinity.
• How many Gospels are there in the New Testament?
• What is the First Commandment?
• What name is given to the changing of the body and blood of Christ in the Mass?
• What is meant by the immaculate conception?

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