Ireland effectively has two economies: the international economy, where wages and purchasing power is higher, and the domestic economy, where wages are lower. Some of the international economy is real, and some of it is fake - but we are highly dependent on it. This creates major social and governance challenges.

Hosted by Keire Murphy and Aidan Regan.

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Getting shit done means having the people to do it. But the Irish civil service is a bit of a black box. In this episode, we talk about how the civil service works, its strengths and weaknesses, and how it could work better.

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Dermot McCarthy has held two of the three most senior roles in the civil service: Secretary General to the Government of Ireland and Secretary General of the Department of An Taoiseach. He played a significant role in the social partnership process, and previously served as the director of the National Economic and Social Council. He retired in 2011.

We talk to Dermot about how the civil service works, its strengths and weaknesses, and how it could work better.

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Ireland is the most centralised country in the EU. That is a disaster for getting shit done, our democracy, and our politics. How centralised are we? What does that mean? And how can we fix it?

Hosted by Keire Murphy and Aidan Regan.

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Nat O'Connor has 25 years of policy and research experience. He has been Executive Director at Tasc, Assistant Professor in UCD, Senior Public Affairs and Policy Specialist at Age Action Ireland, and Political Director at the Labour Party, among many other roles in public and academic life. He joins Keire to talk about the problem of centralisation in Ireland.

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What makes Ireland's voting system unusual? What does that do to our politics? And does it prevent us from getting shit done? We talk populism and vision, personality voting, ruling the void, the whip system, and, as always, centralisation.

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Why does Ireland feel poorer than it should? Why can't we seem to actually get shit done and how can we fix it? This podcast tells the story of the real root causes of Ireland's issues, how we can actually solve them, and how we can actually develop the political coalitions needed to deliver. We don't just criticise: we solve. We don't just give out about the government: we ask how they can actually improve our services.

In this episode, we introduce the podcast, talk about how high the stakes are (democracy itself!) and how we're going to approach the issue.

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