Natasha O’Brien is the young woman who was viciously attacked by Private Cathal Crotty. Her case quickly caused national outrage and sparked multiple demonstrations, highlighting, in Natasha’s view, how badly Ireland’s criminal justice system treats victims of violent crime. She is seeking a change in our sentencing laws, saying that if Justice Minister Helen McEntee “doesn’t have a plan, then she needs to step down".

Host: Tabitha Monahan  Guests: Natasha O’Brien and Ruth Coppinger

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Soldier assault victim Natasha O’Brien: “If Helen McEntee doesn’t have a plan, she needs to step down”

The Stella, The Dean, The Workman’s. Anyone who has socialised in our capital is likely to have visited one of these venues – without necessarily knowing they were run by the same people. After becoming a dominant player in the hospitality scene, the future of the Press Up group of bars, restaurants and hotels is now in doubt.  
Host: Fionnán Sheahan. Guests: John Burns and Kirsty Blake Knox  

Press Up going down? What went wrong for Irish hospitality giant

Paige Behan was left angry, scared and humiliated after being turned away from Dublin's St James’s Hospital on August 15. She presented herself with a wound infection, bleeding and symptoms of nausea and was looking for urgent medical care while recovering from Sexual Reassignment Surgery which took place in that month. She discusses this incident and, in her words, her life-saving surgery on today’s podcast.  

‘They didn’t know how to treat me’: Trans woman allegedly denied urgent treatment at Dublin hospital

Take yourself back to the Celtic Tiger. Business is booming, properties are flying off the market. This is the environment in which Brian and Mary Patricia O’Donnell built up their mammoth property portfolio, at one point valued at over €1bn. Their Dublin home, Gorse Hill on upmarket Vico Road in Killiney, was repossessed by Bank of Ireland following a much-publicised stand-off in 2015. The mansion, which looks out over the Irish Sea, was sold two years later for €9.5m. Now, nearly a decade after the O’Donnells were ordered to leave the property, they are back in the news. 
  
Host: Fionnán Sheahan
Guests: Shane Phelan and Donal O’Donovan  

Soldier assault victim Natasha O’Brien: “If Helen McEntee doesn’t have a plan, she needs to step down”

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