Newstalk Daily
Newstalk Daily
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Newstalk Daily brings everything you need to know on the story of the day that you care about. Presented by renowned broadcaster Ciara Doherty, Newstalk Daily will be available every Monday to Friday to start your day with a conversation that counts.
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The show covers a wide array of topics including politics, social issues, cultural events, and health care concerns, with episodes discussing themes like freedom of speech through the lens of US-Ireland relations, the festival experience in Ireland and its societal implications, and critical evaluations of health services like Children's Health Ireland.
Newstalk Daily brings everything you need to know on the story of the day that you care about. Presented by renowned broadcaster Ciara Doherty, Newstalk Daily will be available every Monday to Friday to start your day with a conversation that counts.
Ireland was all set for a tap-and-go future – card-only cafés, vanishing ATMs, entire towns losing bank branches. Then things flipped. The Government has now introduced new rules forcing banks to keep cash physically available and is even advising households to store cash at home for emergencies. Europe is saying the same thing: cash isn’t old-fashioned; it’s crisis-proof.
On today’s podcast, Tara Duggan – a proud Cash Queen – dives into why the cashless “revolution” suddenly stalled. Sean Defoe, who never carries cash, breaks down the new ATM rules landing this week. Financial advisor John Lowe explains why he still backs a cashless economy. And Brett Scott, author of Cloudmoney, argues that Big Tech and Big Finance have spent years waging a quiet war on cash, because digital money means data, power, and profit.
Is cash freedom? Is cash wasteful? Is cash about to make a comeback? Or is this just a speed bump on the road to a fully digital wallet? Tara tests the tension between tap-and-go Ireland and the die-hard defenders of paper money.
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