Épisodes

  • Episode 18: Birthgap - Ireland’s Looming Population Crisis
    May 16 2024

    In the latest episode of The Confession Box, Wendy Grace talks to Fertility expert Dr Phil Boyle, the president of the International Institute for restorative reproductive medicine.

    In this episode, Wendy and Dr Boyle explore Ireland's falling fertility rate and the impact that the 'birthgap' will have socio economically, the Government spending taxpayers money on Fertility treatments that cost more and are less effective and how women's health is often ignored or sidelined.

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    31 min
  • Episode 17: The rise of the child influencer – an industry out of control?
    May 1 2024

    Are content-creating children safe in the online sphere? Are they protected from being hypersexualised by thousands of viewers? Are brands using ‘child influencers’ encouraging an unhealthy industry where parents ‘manage’ their child’s time and money for their personal gain? What are the long term psychological consequences of such an upbringing?

    Regular hosts Brandon Scott and Wendy Grace sit down with Essex Law School lecturer Dr Francis Rees to discuss the rising number of young influencers in Ireland and abroad. Social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok have exposed the unregulated role of parents who are commodifying their children, sometimes pulling them out of school to record the perfect shot for brand tie-ups, ignoring concerns surrounding consent and privacy. What can be done to regulate this growing industry?

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    32 min
  • Episode 16: Report warns that Catholic education in terminal decline
    Apr 25 2024

    Dr Eamonn Conway is an expert in Catholic education and one of the international researchers of a new report on the state of Catholic ethos in Ireland’s Catholic schools. The report's findings state that the next generation of principals and teachers are not believers and are unlikely to carry on the Catholic ethos.

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    26 min
  • Episode 15: Ireland’s Bishops have finally decided to downsize
    Apr 10 2024

    Changes not seen in the Irish Church for 1000 years happened today, when the Papal Nuncio announced the effective amalgamation of western dioceses. What does this mean for the Irish Church and is this the end of the beginning of the end of institutional Irish Catholicism?

    Michael Kelly joins us in studio for a Confession Box special.

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    11 min
  • Episode 14: GOVT’s chequered treatment of disabled people, the scourge of drugs and the Vatican goes to the cinema
    Feb 23 2024

    In this episode of The Confession Box, Brandon Scott and Ruadhan Jones discuss the accusations that Government is not doing enough for people with disabilities, a cathedral being exposed to drug use and the unlikely relationship between the Vatican and the film reel. 

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    22 min
  • Episode 13: Parenting and the smart phone, the closure of Veritas and flagging Christian persecution
    Feb 16 2024

    In this edition of The Confession Box Brandon Scott and Ruadhan Jones dissect the latest topics and themes in this week's edition of The Irish Catholic newspaper, featuring phones, Christian persecution and another loss to the Catholic landscape in Ireland. 

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    16 min
  • Episode 12: John Bruton - Christian democrat, in praise of women religious and the Catholic scene in Scotland
    Feb 9 2024

    In this episode of The Confession Box, Brandon Scott, Ruadhan Jones and Ian Dunn delve into the issues, topics and themes in this week's Irish Catholic newspaper ... along with some other surprises!

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    20 min
  • Episode 11: What is so special about Christmas?
    Dec 22 2023

    In today's episode, Brandon and Michael Kelly (Editor of the Irish Catholic) discuss what makes Christmas such a special time of year and it's importance to Catholic's around the world.

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    18 min