The Great Debate - UCC FM

25/07/2020

Lead presenter of The Great Debate, Matthew Moynihan is grateful to have won "Radio Journalist of the Year" at the 2020 SMEDIAs for the SU Debate on this programme. We'll be back in September.

29/01/2020

Our first episode in 2020, the SMEDIA-nominated Great Debate is back! 🎙️ Peace 💟

28/01/2020

We're back. 🎙️😉 More details tomorrow.

10/05/2019

Speaking to UCC98.3FM, Green Party Ireland Senator Grace O'Sullivan discussed her past, present, policies and pitch ahead of the European Parliamentary elections on May 24th. In a broad-ranging and engaging discussion she told of her aspirations for a more equal, Green and clean Europe as well as the lack of representation in the Ireland South constituency over the past five years. She faces a large field of candidates with Séan Kelly, Billy Kelleher, Líadh na Ríada and Deirdre Clune all expected to be (re)elected, according to the most recent Irish Times poll. There will be a dogfight for Ireland South's fifth seat and she will be a favourite to claim it.

Speaking to UCC FM, Green Party Senator Grace O'Sullivan discusses her past, present, policies and pitch ahead of the European Parliamentary elections on May 24th. In a broad-ranging and engaging discussion she told Matthew Moynihan of her aspirations for a more equal, Green and clean Europe as well...

17/04/2019

It's been a pleasure to broadcast to you this year! We spoke to the Lord Mayor of Cork, the President of UCC, rappers, musicians, local politicians and intellects all the while discussing the most pertinent topics on the agenda. We were very proud to be nominated as Radio Journalists of the Year and Radio Producers of the Year at the 2019 SMEDIAS. We'll be back with an even slicker show next year and we'll be working throughout the Summer to ensure we bring you national standard broadcasting come September 2019.

Much love,

Matthew, Maeve and Stephen. 😍

09/04/2019

On the agenda today: We questioned if have liberals over-reacted to Bidengate and damaged a credible Presidential nominees chances of elected? We discussed Criado Cortez’s book Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, and we interviewed one of Ireland’s hottest rappers, Spekulativ Fiktion about career-changes in one’s twenties, his assessment of the Irish arts scene and he performed live tracks from his award-winning EP, "Effigies".

On the agenda today: We questioned if have liberals over-reacted to Bidengate and damaged a credible Presidential nominees chances of elected? We discussed Caroline Criado Perez’s book Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, and we interviewed one of Ireland’s hottest rappers, Sp...

09/04/2019

On the agenda today: should Joe Biden be precluded from the Democratic nomination as a result of "inappropriate behaviour"? We'll be discussing Caroline Criado Perez’s new book Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men and we'll also be interviewing Spekulativ Fiktion about his musical journey, career changes and getting live performances from a man BBC Radio Ulster have described as "A poet with no fear when it comes to pushing boundaries and mixing genres, and that’s what makes his sound so unique." Tune in from 3pm online or on FM.

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20/03/2019

On Tuesday's show Matthew Moynihan, Maeve McTaggart and Stephen Kingsley discussed the appaling terror attack in Christchurch and how culpable social media companies are for the material that they host, the environmental concerns raised after a whale washed up in the Philippines with roughly 40kg of single-use plastics in its stomach, and we also had a special Brexit report from Brussels.

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On Tuesday's show, we discussed the appaling terror attack in Christchurch and how culpable social media companies are for the material that they host, we discussed environmental concerns raised after a whale washed up in the Philippines with roughly 40kg of single-use plastics in its stomach, and w...

18/03/2019

With Brexit just 11 days away, and Britain tinkering on the edge of a catastrophic no-deal, we had the great pleasure of spending the St. Patrick's Day bank holiday weekend in Belgium. Popularly referred to as the Capital of Europe, we felt it incumbent upon me to get a sense of international perspectives. We spoke to professed Europhile Jean Olivier in Bruges, a Flemish Belgian tourist and Matty Maxwell, a British leave-voter from Salford in Bruxelles-Central station about their perspectives on all things Brexit: regrets, the future of Europe, the backstop and multiculturalism.

15/03/2019

The people of Ireland stand with the people of New Zealand at this dark time. More than ever, we need to normalize and re-affirm liberal democratic values, stand together and fight against the rise of Fascism. Those who worship should never fear attack. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims.

More than 48 injured, three arrested in country’s worst mass shooting

05/03/2019

On Tuesday's show Matthew Moynihan, Maeve McTaggart and Stephen Kingsley discussed Monday's domestic terror incident at the Department of Health, the resurgence of right-wing nationalism in Europe and its potential implications on the European elections in May as well as French TNC Total's new stake in Russian gas exploration in the Arctic. They also played a feature of various candidates running for the UCC SU elections sharing their ideas. Tune in every Tuesday at 3pm.

On Tuesday's show Matthew Moynihan, Maeve McTaggart and Stephen Kingsley discussed Monday's domestic terror incident at the Department of Health, the resurgence of right-wing nationalism in Europe and its potential implications on the European elections in May as well as French TNC Total's new stake...

24/02/2019

On Tuesday's show Matthew, Maeve and Stephen discussed the formation of the UK's independent group, educational climate change strikes being led by a Swedish activist and the HSÉ's massive spend on agency workers in 2018. They also had the pleasure of interviewing Colette Hogan who discussed her experience of depression whilst a student and how to reach out for help.

On Tuesday's show Matthew, Maeve and Stephen discussed the formation of the UK's independent group, educational climate change strikes being led by a Swedish activist and the HSÉ massive spend on agency workers in 2018. They also had the pleasure of interviewing Colette Hogan who discussed her expe...