Episode 7: Ireland and Europe

The Irish Passport

Society & Culture

4.8 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Ireland and Europe: what is Ireland's future in the EU now that its neighbour the United Kingdom is leaving? Is the so-called Irexit at all realistic? We explore Ireland's relationship with the continent now and in the future and unpick why Ireland differs so much from Britain in its history as part of Europe. We speak to Ireland's most, and perhaps only, well-known eurosceptic Ray Bassett, as well as Ireland's Minister for European Affairs and the ordinary people of Dublin to understand Ireland and Europe at this crucial moment in history.

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to Irish Passport.
0:02.3	Let's do it.
0:03.0	Welcome to the Irish Passport.
0:04.8	I'm Tim McInerney.
0:05.9	I'm Naomi O'Leary.
0:06.9	We're friends.
0:07.6	Can you both, Naomi?
0:08.5	Anwar Fat, Tim.
0:09.9	This is your passport to Irish culture, history and politics.
0:13.2	Uh-huh.
0:13.3	I'm recording.
0:14.2	One, two, two, three.
0:16.5	Okay.
0:35.6	Hello everyone. Hi everybody and welcome back to the Irish passport. So today we are examining
0:40.6	the relationship between Ireland and Europe both today and in the past. Yes we are. We're examining
0:46.0	the country's relationship with the continent over the centuries and what might lie ahead for it in this
0:50.3	moment of upheaval. Yes we are of course talking about Brexit, the UK leaving the EU, which is an incredibly
0:57.1	complicated process, which has implications for everything from nuclear energy to whether planes
1:01.8	can take off the ground, and it also has massive implications for Ireland, not least because
1:06.3	of that complex and contested border that cuts across the island of Ireland, as we discussed in our first episode.
1:12.2	There hasn't really been a debate about whether in Ireland anyway, about whether Ireland is also going to exit the EU.
1:19.6	Like it's not even a question.
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