The Ligers talk about more famous podcasts including one by a certain anchorman called Ronald Burgundy, then it's all about Catherine Connolly's decisive win as president of Ireland which mainstream outlets think pales in comparison to a rump of racists who need to be mollycoddled.   

THEN in the second half over on  www.patreon.com/celticligers


Then, the winners and losers according to Miriam Lord, Fionnán Sheahan and... THE LIGERS. Then they talk about famous winner Jeremy Corbyn coming over to tell the Irish left what to do next! 

The Ligers hit The Pearse Centre on Irish Presidential polling day 2025 to breakdown the election gone by with guests Casement's Leftovers Ireland‘s No. 1 F slur Socialist Republican Podcast.

The first half is all about the weirdos who wanted to be president. Then the second half is about all the people who got on the ballot: Catherine Connolly, Heather Humphreys, Jim Gavin and... Leo Varadkar??

All sortsa goodies at www.patreon.com/celticligers

The Ligers talk about the dumb people who think they're smart, classic irish memes and then find another online Irish mentaller in real time.

In the second half on www.patreon.com/celticligers

it's more talk about the Presidential election campaign, continued attacks on Catherine Connolly from an incredulous media who really do not like being in the spotlight. Particularly Ivan Yates who finds it shocking that his own words be used against him and his preferred candidate. They then talk about Irish comedy reading out some of the events taking place in Kilkenomics and comments made by Mario Rosenstock about the abandoning of political comedy. This episode was late because I was preparing for the LIVE SHOW in DUBLIN ON FRIDAY. COME ALONG. 

Celtic Ligers Kick the Áras LIVE (IN THE FLESH)
THE PEARSE CENTRE. FRI 24 OCT 7.30PM
€10 waged/ €7 unwaged. BYOB (NO GLASS)

The Ligers hit The Pearse Centre on Irish Presidential polling day 2025. Join them and guests for spoofs and goofs about this bloody crazy election campaign and politics and that sorta carry on. BYOB no glass.

TICKETS HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1802342207059

Here's a link to the Clear Lens podcast also. Excellent episode with Darragh Cogley about Ireland's complicity in Israeli war crimes:
https://theclearlenspodcast.podbean.com/

The Ligers talk about Vincent Browne, The Simpsons, the smear campaign against Catherine Connolly, Jim Gavin out of the race.

THEN in the second half over on www.patreon.com/celticligers

Fianna Fáil in turmoil, Budget 2026, the Gaza flotilla kidnapped, Ireland's lack of response, Mater Hospital chair David Begg resigns for not showing enough respect to Jennifer Carol MacNeill. 


New Show James Moran is an experimental comedy show about the depths of the night and what goes on there.New Show James Moran is a brand new show featuring entirely new material in which he tackles the issues of the day (and night), including the media, society and what goes on when you just can't sleep.

TICKETS HERE: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/new-show-james-moran-an-experimental-comedy-show-tickets-1755267144279

The Ligers talk with Palestinian filmmaker (Green Street, Punisher Warzone) and martial artist Lexi Alexander about how she's finding living in Ireland, Irish people's support for Palestine while the government drags its feet, why she left the United States for Ireland and the bizarre story around her Ebay store's suspension. 


Buy Lexi's new film Absolute Dominion on Apple TV and Google from October 9th!

More Celtic Ligers at www.patreon.com/celticligers with an episode about the Irish presidential debate dropping soon. 

The Ligers talk about the latest beef, then the Irish reaction to Charlie Kirk dying and then the far right racist demonstrations in UK. 


Then in the second half over on www.patreon.com/celticligers

it's the the three horse presidential race where Catherine Connolly supports a variety of terrorists except not really, Jim Gavin is a Micheál Martin meat puppet and Heather Humphreys is an ORANGE woman while Eoin Hayes is BLACKFACE! 

The Ligers start off talking about how evil the Catholic church is, Jim Gavin becoming the presidential candidate for Fianna Fáil, Kitchen Nightmares, Sinn Féin's baffling strategies by even contemplating putting Mary Lou McDonald forward for president.

Then in the second half on www.patreon.com/celticligers 

They talk a little bit about Leo Varadkar's book, Heather Humphreys being a terrible potential president, Graham Linehan's trial where he says some mad stuff, flags in the UK and the attempt to import that into Ireland. Nick Delahantey doesn't know enough about flags and anything else really, Peter Mandelson's entries to Jeffrey Epstein's birthday book. That's all I remember. 

Check out Gar's comic Combat Action Teenz at www.combatactionteenz.com

The Ligers talk about Catherine Connolly's presidential run, then (I wish I knew how to stop talking about this awful man BUT HE KEEPS DOING HILARIOUS SAD THINGS!) Graham Linehan is arrested for inciting hatred against trans people on the way to his trial for harassing a transgender teenager.

Then in the second half on www.patreon.com

They read Glinner's insane substack post, have a discussion about the movie Eddington, then... RAPID FIRE news items: more presidential race talk, Kitty O'Brien (HERO) assaulted by Berlin cops for supporting Palestine, new Garda Commissioner is a real guard's guard and Adam Friedland confronts lizard man Richie Torres. 

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The Ligers go on a live outing to see the worst thing ever! GRAHAM LINEHAN and a cadre of other freaks at the COMEDY UNLEASHED Irish tour performing painful stand up to a room of hooting bigoted gimps.

It's really a searing Vice style documentary. We're like Louis Theroux so it's OK that we were rubbing shoulders with literal fascists at an event sponsored by a racist news site. Oh god! We're Louis Theroux! We're Louis Theroux!

Comedian Mark Moloney on mic today as well. Check out his monthly alternative comedy night Test Tube Babies in Coughlan's! He's on instagram as @ttbshow

The Patreon money was bonated to Trans Harm Reduction and we would recommend throwing them any money you can! https://transharmreduction.org/

The Ligers talk about Gar's trip to the Edinburgh Fringe festival, Irish comedy and Only Fans branching out into comedy. 


Then in the second half on www.patreon.com/celticligers


The presidential race kicking off with media gunning for Catherine Connolly. The Re-Turn scheme. Panda bins sending you pics of your rubbish to scold you. King of the Hill reboot review. Garron Noone plays at a Robbie Williams concert. The Mary Wallopers get booted off a stage for having a Palestinian flag. There's a few more things as well I think. 

The Ligers start off talking about the new Naked Gun movie. Then the rest is just Graham Linehan's appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience. Gar has taken extensive notes and James just has to sit there and like it. OH and we talk about Al Porter's appearance on some generic Irishism name podcast (c'mere and I tell ya? would ya stop? can I just ask?.... I can't remember... let me google... U Havin' Us On!) to continue his rehabilitation tour making jokes about Jeffrey Epstein! A sex offender protected by elites! No comment!

FULL EPISODE ON www.patreon.com/celticligers

The Ligers sit down with writer and podcaster Jesse Hawken to talk about Martin Campbell's 2017 movie "The Foreigner" where Jackie Chan takes on the IRA and Pierce Brosnan plays NOT Gerry Adams. They talk Bronson's Bronson way about him, IRA blockbusters and the confused politics of a Chinese financed movie based on a book from 1992. 

Check out Jesse's podcast Junk Filter about film, TV, pop culture things and politics. A 10/10 Liger recommend: https://pod.link/1535693601

The Ligers talk about Gerry Adams interview with Novara Media's Ash Sarkar. Eoin Hayes being readmitted to the Social Democrats. Small business owners where? You guessed it! Only their bloody knees! Bill Maher! "Who?" say the Irish well we'll explain and then you'll laauuugh


Then in the second half on www.patreon.com/celticligers

they read some listener correspondence, talk about Danny Healy Rae being shoved by our noble boys in blue, Starmer threatening to recognise Palestine as a state... AND.... TARRIFFS! The EU completely prostrating itself in front of a dang cheeto! 

The Ligers talk about comedian Alan Porter's comeback! Alan Shatter addressing a public accounts committee to be reliably awful! (Alan) James O'Brien being a complete dope. 


Jeremy Corbyn's nameless party! Needing a passport for porno! Ian Hislop being horrified at UK gov cracking down on Palestine solidarity but Corbyn still anti-semite! 

SECOND HALF ON www.patreon.com/celticligers

Palestine GAA is out to get Micheál Martin according to the man himself! Catherine Connolly's write up in cynical Irish media outlets! A letter into the Irish Times about feeling bad for being a landlord! Stephen Colbert's show gets cancelled!
 
Think that's all of it. 

The Ligers sit down with Murder Bryan Quinby from Guys: A Podcast about Guys. (https://pod.link/1671039476) Gar tries to pitch him on Irish "American" Guys. They also talk about NuMetal and the Barrack Obama Plaza.

Then in the second half over on www.patreon.com/celticligers

it's just Gar and James talking about Irish stuff like: Irish media being a right wing cesspit trying to undermine support for Gaza because it might affect their money. The Mirror do a pretty reprhensible interview with Ashling Murphy's boyfriend Ryan Casey. Then David McWilliams tries to be the thinking man's racist with an article about immigration.

The Ligers talk some more about Jeremy Corbyn's new party he doesn't really want to do, then about Grok being antisemetic and then they read the annual column written for Free State centrists about why the July 12th racist bonfires might actually be good if you think about it completely differently. 

Over on patreon.com/celticligers there's more talk about Meta training its AI by getting people to pretend to be pedos, then they read yet another article from the Irish Examiner where a landlord whinges about looking like an asshole for simply evicting four families. 

Make sure to get tickets for James Moran's stand up special One-Off playing Wed 16th July 7pm at the Pearse Centre. BYOB. 

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/one-off-an-experimental-comedy-show-tickets-1466066998859

The Ligers talk about British shit for a bit: Zarah Sultana and Corbyn founding a new left wing party, the return of Spitting Image with the same terrible writers who ruined it the first time and the most British thing of all an (alleged) pedophile accusing people of anti-semitism. It's Alan Dershowitz being interviewed on Newstalk!

Then in the second half over on www.patreon.com/celticligers

The Ligers talk about Bob Vylan (more Brit shit!), Micheál Martin and Simon Harris being awful and finally.... although it takes a long time to get there.... former celebrity Financial advisor / current right wing crank Eddie Hobbs sits down with bloated flour sack Steve Bannon. Better believe we watched that. 

Sorry we were late. Gareth was in Belfast attending a BBC scheme! The BBC gave him the nod! HE MADE IT FOLKS!

Get your tickets for James' stand up special ONE OFF on 16th July 7pm Pearse Centre.
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/one-off-an-experimental-comedy-show-tickets-1466066998859

The Ligers review the new zombie movie (or should we say infected movie ;) ) 28 YEARS LATER by Danny Boyle and our good pal Alex Garland! 


Then there's half an hour of politics at the end about Zohran Mamdani becoming the democratic candidate for New York city mayor and his interview with Stephen Colbert, then about war in Iran, and then James gives a potted review of Gavan Reilly's new book called "The Hallowed Halls of Leinster house" or some shite.

there wasn't a natural break so here's the full episode and go to www.patreon.com/celticligers to get other good stuff 

The Ligers have a proper rambler which coalesces into one overall point. The cause of all societal ills? You guessed it. The blue hairs, folks.  And no. i'm not talking about Marge Simpson! Although they do talk about King of the Hill (another Fox animated show). Then they talk about Mick Clifford wanting to take the flag back (briefly), a new article from Spicebag (come on the show) which is not NOT about taking the flag back and then cap it off reading from Pat Leahy pissing his pants over Red Network! 
They also talk about Paul Murphy in an Egyptian jail and the rabid dog that is Israel being let bomb Iran. 

get the full episode on patreon.com/celticligers PLEASE

The Ligers talk about the latest split in The Irish Left as Red Network leaves People Before Profit, then they talk about the debate in tactics on combatting the Far Right and Gar talks about attending counter demos to the anti-migrant march in Cork last weekend. 


In the second half on www.patreon.com/celticligers

The Ligers talk about the Guards doing an oopsie by giving the Carlow lone shooter a gun (uh oh!), THEN a breakdown of the government's latest housing bonanza for the actors causing the crisis and finally a cinema section as The Ligers watch a clip from the upcoming Animal Farm movie.