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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29/03/2019

What’s ‘Appening Britain?... 😂

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...

12/02/2019

On today's show Matthew Moynihan, Maeve McTaggart and Stephen Kingsley will be discussing sexual health, Trump's SOTU address and the threats facing the European project as well as interviewing Strive Theatre's Ciaran MacArtain and Shaunna Lee Lynch about their play "The Weight of a Chip". Tune in from 3pm on FM or our online stream at the following link:

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09/02/2019

RADIO presenters up and down the country are wrongly assuming listeners want to see them through the means of live video, WWN has learned. Many local disc jockeys, who up-until-now have rightly remained out of sight, managed to further …

18/01/2019

On Tuesday's show, Matthew Moynihan, Maeve McTaggart and Stephen Kingsley had the pleasure of interviewing the Lord Mayor of Cork, Independent Cllr. Mick Finn on a variety of topics from housing and homelessness in Cork, to new transport initiatives and his opinion on whether or not we should have a directly elected Lord Mayor.

Producer/Host: Matthew Moynihan
Co-Presenters: Maeve McTaggart & Stephen Kingsley

On Tuesday's show, Matthew Moynihan, Maeve McTaggart and Stephen Kingsley had the pleasure of interviewing the Lord Mayor of Cork, Independent Cllr. Mick Finn on a variety of topics from housing and h

15/01/2019

Tune into The Great Debate today with Matthew Moynihan, Maeve McTaggart and Stephen Kingsley from 3pm as we interview the Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Mick Finn (IND) as well as discussing Brexit, Semester 2 and the potential candidates for the 2020 US Presidential election. Tune in on 98.3FM in the Cork area or online here: https://www.ucc.ie/en/983fm/listenlive/

07/01/2019

Tune into The Great Debate when we return to the airwaves on Tuesday the 15th of January. We'll be interviewing the Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Mick Finn and discussing in depth the pressing issues of the day. 🎙️🎧📻 Post your questions for the Lord Mayor here.

23/12/2018

It was a great pleasure to interview the President of UCC, Professor Patrick G. O'Shea on Tuesday about a variety of topics. What an engaging and interesting man. UCC is safe with him at the helm.

Interview UCC President, Professor Patrick G. O'Shea on a variety of topics, from his youth to his own time at UCC to his vision for the University and his intended contribution to solving the student

18/12/2018

Tune into UCC FM today from 3pm where I'll be interviewing the President of UCC, Professor Patrick O'Shea, as well as touching on the biggest topics of the day: Theresa May's failure to attain concessions from the EU Council last week and Jose Mourinho's sacking by Manchester United. Tune in love on 98.3FM or at the following link: https://www.ucc.ie/en/983fm/listenlive/

20/11/2018

As we are frantically preparing for our Winter exams, we have chosen to take a sabbatical until December 18th when we'll be interviewing the President of UCC Prof. Patrick G. O'Shea. In the meantime, post your questions for the President here. Peace out! ✌

15/11/2018

Here is the podcast for The Great Debate, Episode 7, where Matthew Moynihan, Stephen Kingsley, Glenn Hennessy and Sean Ryan. On Tuesday's show, we discussed the savage attack on Westmeath referee Daniel Sweeney, the shooting dead by police of an African-American bar security guard who was stopping an active-shooting, a purported UFO sighting by various airlines in Irish airspace and the passing of Marvel's legendary co-creator Stan Lee.

On Tuesday's show we discussed the savage attack on Westmeath referee Daniel Sweeney, the shooting dead by police of an African-American bar security guard who

13/11/2018

Tune into The Great Debate from 3pm where Matthew Moynihan, Stephen Kingsley, Glenn Hennessy and Sean Ryan will be discussing the topics of the day including the savage attack on Westmeath soccer referee Daniel Sweeney, the shooting of a black bouncer in the US by police as he tried to stop a bar shooting, the death of Stan Lee and a reported UFO sighting in Irish airspace. Get in touch and tune in live here: https://www.ucc.ie/en/983fm/listenlive/

Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

08/11/2018

On Tuesday's show we discussed accountability in the Gardaí after disgraced former Press Secretary Dave Taylor retired on a full pension, the Committee Stage of the Termination of Pregnancy (Health) Bill 2018 and the death of the Kepler space telescope.

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Producer: Matthew Moynihan
Presenters: Matthew Moynihan, Stephen Kingsley, Rebeckah Mc Carthy and Bam O'Grady.

Music used with license from IMRO and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.

On Tuesday's show we discussed accountability in the Gardaí after disgraced former Press Secretary Dave Taylor retired on a full pension, the Committee Stage of the Termination of Pregancy (Health) Bill 2018 and the death of the Kepler space telescope. Tune into the Great Debate every Tuesday at 3p...

06/11/2018

Tune into The Great Debate from 3pm where we'll be discussing the US Midterms, the retirement on full pension of former Garda Press Officer Dave Taylor, The Trump administration's latest sanctions on Iran and the debated amendments of the Termination of Pregnancy Bill 2018. In studio will be Matthew Moynihan, Rebeckah Mc Carthy, Stephen Kingsley and Bam O'Grady. Tune in live here: https://www.ucc.ie/en/983fm/listenlive/

Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

02/11/2018

On Tuesday's show we discussed the fallout from the Irish Presidential Election 2018, the Blasphemy referendum, the election of Brazil's new right-wing President Bolsonaro. We also had a fierce debate on the EU migration crisis and truth in the media.

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Tune into the Great Debate every Tuesday at 3pm and get in touch on our page.
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Producer: Matthew Moynihan
Presenters: Matthew Moynihan, Stephen Kingsley, Glenn Hennessy and Conor O' Carroll.

Music used with license from IMRO and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.

On Tuesday's show we discussed the fallout from the Irish Presidential Election 2018, the Blasphemy referendum, the election of Brazil's new right-wing President Bolsonaro. We also had a fierce debate on the EU migration crisis and truth in the media. Tune into the Great Debate every Tuesday at 3pm....

01/11/2018

Delighted to announce that we will be interviewing UCC's President, Prof. Patrick G. O' Shea, on the 18th of December, to discuss his vision for the Presidency of the University, what he hopes to achieve and discussing issues of great importance to UCC students such as student housing, welfare and mental health. If you have questions for the President, get in touch!

30/10/2018

Tune into The Great Debate - UCC FM today from 3pm where we'll be discussing the fallout from the Presidential election, the upcoming US midterm elections among many other things. Get in touch and share your views with Matthew Moynihan, Stephen Kingsley, Glenn Hennessy and Conor O' Carroll.

26/10/2018

The Great Debate Episode #4. Tune into our podcast on Mixcloud or listen live on UCC (98.3) FM, Tuesday's at 3pm.

On Tuesday's show we discussed the recent budget’s mental health allocation and by extension Joan Freeman’s run for the Presidency as the founder of Pieta House, Trump’s most recent comments on climate change and Kanye West’s bizarre appearance at the White House, Elon Musk’s plans to colo...