In conversation

In the wake of the smoking in beer gardens poll, I was interviewed yesterday on Newstalk, Ireland’s ‘favourite independent talk radio station’.

I spoke to presenter Seán Moncrieff for ten or eleven minutes and rather enjoyed it because it was more like a conversation than an interview and I didn’t feel under pressure to cram in two or three soundbites in the first few minutes before we ran out of time.

Like most Irish radio presenters, Moncrieff was a genial and friendly host and his producer later messaged me to say, “That was excellent, thanks for joining us”. (I have to mention that because it doesn’t happen very often!)

The interview won’t be online for very long, but you can currently listen to it here.