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UCC and Irish Examiner develop election podcast series
University College Cork (UCC) and the Irish Examiner have partnered to develop a special election podcast series.
Election Watch recorded in UCC’s 98.35FM radio studio, features UCC students and academics, with the podcast hosted by Irish Examiner columnist Mick Clifford.
Each episode will be published every Wednesday during the election campaign and will tackle a different question.
The first episode out today asks have young people have lost faith in Ireland’s politics? Third Year BSc Government and Political Science students, Alice Bogue & Caitlin Holland and MA philosophy student Mia Poland along with Dr Philip Murphy, Lecturer in Politics in UCC are the panel for the first episode.
The second episode asks is housing the number one issue this election? The Irish Examiners Deputy Political Editor, Paul Hosford, joins Mick Clifford for this discussion. The UCC panel consists of Brendan O'Sullivan, Chartered Planner and Head of the UCC Centre for Planning Education & Research together with Hayley O'Connell Vaughan, Communications & Events Officer, UCC Student Union & Reuben Murray, Gov & Pol student in UCC.
The final episode asks will climate conversations really come up on the doorstep? Mick Clifford is joined by Irish Examiner reporter Eoin English. The UCC panel consists of Hannah Daly, Professor in Sustainable Energy at UCC and UCC student, Mohammad Naeem, who currently serves as the United Nations Youth Delegate for Ireland, the youngest to ever be selected globally.
“This is a wonderful partnership with the Irish Examiner that brings evidence and insight together while ensuring the voice of students are heard on key issues” stated Professor John O’Halloran, President of UCC.