Opinions Matter with Adrian & Jeremy

Should everyone on the dole be drug tested to get their payment?

A listener called Val is raging about a 26-year-old neighbour she says has been on jobseekers for three years, spending his €254 a week on weed. Jeremy says it’s “my tax money” and wants monthly drug tests — fail it and you’re cut off. Adrian says it’s a dangerous road: once you start policing weed, where does it stop… drink, cigarettes, vapes?

Live callers go at it: vouchers instead of cash, pin-protected cards, targeting repeat offenders, disability payments, and the bigger “where are our taxes going?” argument — with Ukraine and immigration dragged into it too.

Russell Brand has been jailed for 10 years and 6 months for rape and sexual assault — and Adrian and Jeremy are raging at the amount of people still backing him online, calling it a “stitch-up” because he “spoke out against the establishment”.

The lads dig into how conspiracy culture, anti-vax bandwagons and the sudden “found God” act can whip up a loyal fanbase — even when the evidence is overwhelming.

Live callers clash hard: some demand supporters be named and shamed, others question the timing, while women ring in furious about victim-blaming, weak sentences, and the madness of defending a convicted rapist.

The guys debate the huge backlash over Simon Harris saying the dole is a safety net, not a way of life — and ask straight out: why should anyone be on the live register year after year when there’s jobs everywhere?

This week on "Get It Off Your Chest", Adrian and Jeremy go down a rabbit hole of “unfortunate names” — from a fella called Adolf to the nightmare of sharing a name with infamous criminals… and the lengths people go to just to avoid the association.

Then things take a turn as Jeremy mourns the “death” of his beloved bath, Timmy DeBath, after the plumber whips it out while he’s at work — and he’s convinced his wife will regret it.

And if that wasn’t enough, there’s deli-counter drama involving a rogue hair, wedding socks, open fires, and Jeremy cringing at the sound of his own voice on old radio clips.

A wave of hoax bomb threats across Europe has airlines diverting flights and landing under escort… and now it’s hit closer to home, with threatening emails forcing evacuations at RTÉ and Newstalk.

On this episode of Opinions Matter, Adrian and Jeremy ask: should we be genuinely worried, or is this just scaremongering designed to terrorise the public and disrupt daily life?