Give me Greenland

The Irish Passport

Society & Culture

4.8 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

A strategically-located island in the Atlantic circled by Russian ships and with few of its own defences... Greenland has caught the avaricious eye of the president of the United States and the result is destroying the assumptions that defined the post-WW2 era. As world leaders meet in Davos amid a crumbling world order, Naomi and Tim consider the tumultuous events of recent weeks and what it means for Ireland. Plus: Mercusor. Is the trade deal with Latin American countries a much-needed overture to strengthen alternative alliances, or is the ecological price too high? A bonus Halfpint debrief episode will be available on Patreon in which we discuss the surprising facts and figures behind gun ownership in Ireland.

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to Irish Passport.
0:02.3	Let's do it.
0:03.1	Welcome to the Irish Passport.
0:04.8	I'm Tim McInerney.
0:06.0	I'm Naomi O'Leary.
0:07.0	We're friends.
0:07.7	Can you both to 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.
0:13.5	I'm recording.
0:14.2	One, two, two, three.
0:16.6	Okay. Hello, listeners and welcome to the Irish Passport podcast where we are going to a very icy place today because we are talking about what everyone's talking about Naomi and that is Greenland and it's possible annexation by the United States of America.
0:54.5	What's going on?
0:55.5	Yeah.
0:58.1	So, yeah, we're going to talk about two big topics.
1:00.2	One is, I guess, the European and particularly Irish perspective on what is happening regarding
1:05.1	Trump's desire to own Greenland and what does that mean for all of us.
1:08.9	And then the second topic, which has been in the news a lot recently in Ireland, is about the Mercosur trade deal, which, yes. Yes, well, it would be very big news if it did become a reality. We'll talk about it. So, yeah, we can start with Greenland. Like, why does Trump want Greenland? Yes, indeed. And why are we talking about this on the Irish passport podcast? Yeah. The Greenlandish, Greenlandish, green loindish? How does one describe someone from Greenland? I think Greenlander. Greenlander, that's the one. The Greenlander passport podcast, or the Danish passport podcast, perhaps, is not usually our brief, but of course this does affect us, of course, quite intimately.
1:46.4	And also just to like fellow human beings.
1:48.3	I mean...
1:48.3	Well, yes, also that.
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