Ireland’s EU Presidency: EU Energy Policy and current challenges

  Dr Javad Keypour,  Lecturer in Energy Law and Sustainability and experto on EU Energy, Tallinn University of Technology,  joins Mercedes López to analyse EU Energy Policy, the current challenges and the repercussions of the USA-Israel campaign on Iran. https://taltech.ee/en/contacts/department-law/javad-keypour https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OyHoAuYAAAAJ&hl=en (1st…

DSGV among migrant women

Dr Fabrizio Leonardo Cucu (DCU) join Mercedes López to talk about the conference “They are here too: Experiences of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence” 1st Broadcast 26th Feb 2026 https://www.dcu.ie/in stitute-research- genders-and- sexualities/news/2026 /jan/upcoming- conference-they-are- here-too https://www.eventbrit e.ie/e/they-are-here- too-experiences-of- domestic-sexual- gender-based- violence-tickets-…

Age Action

Chiara Tamborini, National Volunteer Manager, Age Action, joins Mercedes López to call for local volunteers and tell us about their volunteer schemes. 1st Broadcast 12th FEB 2026 https://www.ageaction.ie/      

Ireland’s EU Presidency 1: Introduction

Professor Federico Fabbrini (DCU Law and Government) joins Mercedes López to open our new series on Ireland’s 2026 Presidency of the Council of the European 1st Broadcast 12th Feb 2026 https://www.dcu.ie/rese archsupport/research- profile?person_id=14911 http://dcubrexitinstitute. eu/    

Renting on the Island of Ireland 2

John-Mark McCafferty, Chief Executive Officer of Threshold joins Mercedes López to give the highlights of their survey Renting on the Island of Ireland 1st Broadcast 29th Jan 2026 https://threshold.ie/thresh old-and-housing-rights- launch-first-all-island- survey/ https://threshold.ie/our- team/