# Fuelling the (Ire)land Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/path-to-power-6721255/fuelling-the-ire-land Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/path-to-power-6721255/fuelling-the-ire-land.md Podcast: [Path to Power](https://stenobird.com/podcast/path-to-power-6721255) Published: 2026-04-11T06:40:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/path-to-power/episodes/fuelling-the-ire-land Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/64e71f8052944300110032b0/e/69d76c33e257f11e03c7aecd/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/path-to-power-6721255/episodes/fuelling-the-ire-land Duration seconds: 3319 ## Resource Driving the protesters off the blocked roads: Brenda Power and John Deasy join Matt to discuss how the government has to confront threatened anarchy. Carbon tax increases debated, and is the future Nuclear? Why objections to IPAS Centres won't be bypassed. Why the Department of Education can't get its budget sums right, the problem with voluntary contributions, and paying teachers appropriately. Also, Mary Lou McDonald's belief that a united Ireland is the pressing political issue, will she campaign on that basis in the by-elections? Brought to you by The Greenman Group. PTP+ To enjoy early access, ad-free listening and weekly bonus episodes, sign up at pathtopowerpodcast.com Get in touch: mail@pathtopowerpodcast.com Follow Matt: https://twitter.com/cooper_m https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-cooper-615a1317 https://www.instagram.com/mattcooperlastword/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/path-to-power-6721255/episodes/fuelling-the-ire-land/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/path-to-power-6721255/fuelling-the-ire-land.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.