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• What Happens When Netflix Eats Hollywood?

  Netflix wants to swallow-up Warner Bros — home to Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, DC, Barbie and HBO — in a deal so big it would reshape global entertainment. But Paramount has crashed the party with an even bigger hostile bid, dragging in the White House, Hollywood unions, and a swirl of billionaire politics. Prices, choice, cinemas, wages, competition… everything is suddenly up for grabs. Are we heading for a world where three giant companies decide what gets made and what we’re allowed to watch? And does the ordinary viewer even care, as long as The Sopranos streams in 4K? On today’s podcast, Sean Defoe is joined by For Tech’s Sake co-host Elaine Burke to make sense of the battle for Warner Bros, Trump’s looming “involvement,” and why this might be the moment the entire streaming era pivots. Email your thoughts 📩 [email protected] and follow For Tech’s Sake wherever you get your podcasts.

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• Why Is Ireland So Bad at Building Big?

  Ireland doesn’t lack ambition. But from the National Children’s Hospital to Metrolink to housing targets nobody seems able to hit, our record on major projects has drifted into farce. We plan big, talk big, promise big… and then somehow spend years in planning, appeals, disputes, overruns, and political hesitation. It wasn’t always like this. Ireland once built boldly. Ardnacrusha powered the country. The Luas, announced on this day 30 years ago, transformed Dublin. Temple Bar was regenerated with imagination and speed. Across Europe, countries our size continue to build metros, housing and civic spaces at a pace that makes us look frozen in place. So, what happened? And more importantly — how do we get unstuck? On today’s podcast, Sean Defoe is joined by Maeve Jennings, founder of Harcourt Investments, one of the key figures behind the early Temple Bar regeneration and now a senior player in major infrastructure projects in France. From Paris, she explains why Ireland’s problem isn’t talent but structure, why we struggle to assemble land, how special delivery companies changed cities abroad, and what Ireland must do if it ever wants to build a metro, a hospital or even a new neighbourhood without a decade of delay. If you’ve thoughts on this, drop us an email: ✉️ [email protected]

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• Is It Right to Rewrite Dublin’s Place Names?

  A row about renaming Herzog Park in Rathgar turned into a much bigger national conversation about how Ireland remembers its past. Do we keep the names we inherited? Do we change them for modern values? Or do we risk losing the clues that explain who we were in the first place? Meanwhile, Dublin’s Liberties are having a moment — and not just because of their famous markets, traders, and characters. A new push to secure UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage status has reopened an old argument about who tells the story of the city, and what gets protected as Dublin grows and gentrifies. On today’s Newstalk Daily, Sean Defoe sits down with Dublin South Central Historian-in-Residence Cathy Scuffil — a walking encyclopedia of Dublin 8 — to discuss the real history behind the Liberties, including how tariffs helped define the community, why “Engine Alley” isn’t about engines, and the local origins of the term “tenterhooks.” From Viking settlers to Huguenot weavers, Jewish communities to British imperial markers, Dublin’s map is a storybook. So, what happens when a modern city tries to rewrite some of its own chapters?

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• Intermittent Fasting vs Christmas: Who Wins?

  December does strange things to us. One minute we’re “being good,” the next we’re knee-deep in tins of Celebrations, half a cheeseboard and someone’s leftover mulled wine. Christmas isn’t just a day — it’s an entire season of grazing, drinking, skipping sleep and drifting out of our routines. And no matter how much we pretend otherwise, the festive sluggishness we blame on Christmas Day actually comes from everything wrapped around it. The office sweets. Late-night snacks. The “take the edge off” drinks. The meals we inhale without even noticing. On today’s podcast, we’re asking a simple question: can you enjoy Christmas properly… and still feel good in January? Tara Duggan is joined by Registered Dietitian and Physiologist Orla Walsh, who brings hard science to the trendiest December habits — intermittent fasting, crash dieting, festive drinking, movement, sleep, and the myth that you can “fast your way out” of the season’s excess. Orla also offers a range of tips for enjoying the festive season in a balanced, sustainable way. 🌐 Orla Walsh Nutrition:https://orlawalshnutrition.ie/

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• The GAA’s Hidden Crisis: Gambling in the Dressing Room

  Gambling was once the quiet background noise of Irish sport — a fiver on a match, a flutter at the weekend. But new research shows the problem is far deeper, and far darker, than most people realise. GAA players are six times more likely to struggle with gambling addiction than the general public. Behind the roar of the crowd sits a hidden world of pressure, debt, secrecy, and shame. On today’s podcast, Dr Kieran Murray lays out the latest data from his study on gambling within the GAA — including players describing addiction as a “curse” gripping young men across teams and counties. And Armagh football legend Oisín McConville joins Tara Duggan with a searingly honest account of how gambling hollowed out his life at the height of his career: the debts, the panic, the sleepless nights, and the day he lost €20,000. If you’re worried about your own gambling or someone close to you, support links are included below. 📌 Support and Information: GamblingCare.ie 🔗 https://gamblingcare.ie/ 📌 Gamblers Anonymous Meetings & Help: GamblersAnonymous.ie 🔗 https://www.gamblersanonymous.ie/

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