Feargal Sharkey interview: The unbelievable scale of the sewage scandal

The Two Matts

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News, News Commentary, Government, Politics

4.4 • 523 Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Feargal Sharkey has galvanised the nation over the scandalous - and criminal - negligence our water companies and their so-called regulators have displayed for years. Our rivers are flooded with sewage on a daily basis and the privatised water companies have been pillaged. On Sunday he’s leading a march for clean water in London and he tells the Matts why he is so determined to correct this enormous injustice. It’s a brilliant, searing interview. If you’re not already furious about this, you will be soon.

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0:00.0	Before we go any further, I realise that many of you must have been listening to this podcast thinking,
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0:53.5	dip your toe into a whole new world of
0:56.5	journalism. Hello and welcome to a very special edition of the two, Matt. We're joined by
1:01.7	Mr Fergal Sharkey. The great Fergal Sharkey. Hello gentlemen. Matthew and Matt. Amongst your
1:07.2	many, many achievements, we can add another one today and it's probably the least of your achievements, but you're the guest editor of the New European this week.
1:13.9	And very gratefully received and delighted and flattered.
1:18.5	Who would have ever thought when I was rumbling around Derry in the late 1960s that I would end up being guest editor of the new European.
1:28.1	It's an accolade I cherish. The privilege and pleasure was all ours. We are not. 60s that I would end up being guest editor of the new European. And the privilege,
1:29.1	and I cherish.
1:31.0	The privilege and pleasure was all ours.
1:31.9	We are not worthy.
1:32.9	We are not worthy.
1:36.3	But it's a terrific edition.
1:37.3	It's really good.
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