Episode 13 The Invisible War

The Irish Passport

Society & Culture

4.8 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2017

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

It's the grand finale to the first season! Tim and Naomi examine how a standoff over the Irish border in the Brexit negotiations brought ignorance about Ireland among politicians and media to the surface. We review the biggest embarrassing moments on air from the past few weeks, quiz ordinary English people about what they know about Ireland, and give a quick and dirty roundup of the history you need to know to understand today's news. Tim hears from a group of Northern Irish podcasters about what it's like to be from the forgotten province, and Naomi meets the Irishman who worked in Downing Street in the thick of the Brexit campaign and tried in vain to warn his colleagues of the border problems that were coming. We speak to finance professor Brian Lucey about the myths about Ireland that Brexit has brought to the surface, and hear an audio essay by Gordon Guthrie about Britain's 'great forgetting'.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. This episode has been kindly sponsored by John Egan, and he asked us to say a quick word for the Irish homeless charity Focus Ireland. It's that time of year when it's bitterly cold outside that charities like Focus Island could really use your help. So if you want to donate, you can find them at Focusarland.com. Thanks for listening and enjoy the episode.
0:18.6	Hello. Welcome to Irish Passport. Let's do it.
0:21.5	Welcome to the Irish Passport.
0:23.2	I'm Tim McInerney.
0:24.4	I'm Naomi O'Leary.
0:25.4	We're friends.
0:26.1	Okay, hear both, Naomi.
0:26.9	Anwar Fat, Tim.
0:28.3	This is your passport to Irish culture, history and politics.
0:31.6	Uh-huh.
0:31.8	I'm recording.
0:32.6	One, two, two, three.
0:35.0	Okay.
0:37.3	Okay. Whoa, Naomi, we're on our final episode of this season.
0:57.0	Oh my God, Tim, I can't believe it.
0:58.7	What a season it has been.
1:00.4	Thank you every listener who has supported us since our launch in April.
1:04.1	It has been an absolute blast.
1:05.8	Yeah, thank you so much.
1:06.9	We've had such a great time researching and producing these episodes and hearing all your feedback.
1:10.7	But Naomi, this is quite an episode to ring out the season with, because it has been a
1:15.7	pretty hectic few weeks for Ireland in the international media. Tell me about it. So, like, total
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