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Beyond the Pale with Cormac Lucey and David Quinn

by Cormac Lucey and David Quinn

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Latest episodes

  • France today, Ireland tomorrow?

    October 21, 2026 · 46 min

    In the latest episode of Beyond the Pale, Cormac Lucey and David Quinn discusses the riots in France, including the involvement of hard-left agitators. They ask whether immigrants played a role in the violence and what lessons are to be…

  • Insiders vs Outsiders: the Public Sector Pay Dispute

    October 14, 2026 · 48 min

    In this week's episode of Beyond the Pale, Cormac Lucey and David Quinn discuss the public sector pay dispute. They ask whether RTE deserves to have its funding increased, and if the station is biased? They talk about how Iran war is…

  • Why Santa is bad and Scrooge is good.

    October 7, 2026 · 45 min

    In this week's edition of 'Beyond the Pale', Cormac Lucey and David Quinn discuss the budget and how every every politician wants to be Santa and no-one wants to be Scrooge. They explain why Social Democracy is the default position of…

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About the show

Every era in Ireland has its certainties. In the 1970s: moral conservatism, economic caution and a country still rooted in the land. Today: human rights, secularism, open borders, Brussels-first, climate action and green energy. Both positions were held with total confidence. Both were, or will be, partly wrong. Cormac Lucey and David Quinn step outside the consensus to ask the questions nobody in Irish politics wants to answer, and to work out what Ireland's long-term interests actually require.