Archive for the 'Media' Category

John Gormley on RTÉ One Election Special

Sunday, May 6th, 2007

Screenshot from RTE election special 6th May 2007

John Gormley appeared this morning on an RTÉ One Election Special at the end of the first week of election campaigning, featuring reaction to the Progressive Democrats’ call for the Taoiseach to make a public statement on his finances. View the programme online here - John’s appearance starts about 30 minutes into the running time.

Water fluoridation

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

It looks like water fluoridation has had its day. The PDs have a motion calling for a ban on water fluoridation at their party conference today. If this goes through then I have no doubt that Fiona O’Malley will support my report on the subject when it goes to the Health committee next month.

The most recent evidence shows clearly that fluoridated water should not be given to babies as it will cause fluorosis and God knows what else. The FSAI report on this was extremely flawed. I’ll come back to that another time. In the mean time here’s hoping that the PDs have the sense to vote in favour of a ban.

On Thursday I appeared on RTÉ’s Prime Time on the fluoridation issue. You can view the show here.

Prime Time on Taoiseach’s visit to Saudi Arabia

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

John Gormley appeared on RTÉ’s Prime Time on Tuesday 16th January, discussing the raising of human rights issues on trade missions with reference to Bertie Ahern’s visit to Saudi Arabia. You can view the programme on RTÉ’s web site.

Five Seven Live: John Gormley on US military flights at Shannon

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

RTE Radio One John Gormley appeared on Five Seven Live on RTÉ Radio One today to discuss the use of Shannon Airport for US military flights.

Visit this page on the RTÉ web site to listen to the programme.

John Gormley on Questions and Answers

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

John Gormley on Questions and Answers

John Gormley appeared on the panel on RTÉ’s Questions and Answers on Monday 27th March 2006. The other panellists were:

  • John O’Donoghue TD, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
  • John Waters, writer and Irish Times columnist
  • PJ Stone, General Secretary of the Garda Representative Association
  • Karen Kenny, Director of the International Human Rights Network

The topics discussed included the Greens in government, the proposed Garda Reserve, the National Aquatic Centre and Iraq.

Visit this page on the RTÉ web site to view the entire programme or individual topics.