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Ooh Aah, Up Which Ra?

Apr 18, 202338 minEp. 4
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When the Irish women’s football team qualified for the World Cup, their achievement was overshadowed by a video of them singing ‘Ooh Aah, Up the Ra’. In this week’s episode Dion and Joe talk about why the song triggered such debate and if there are double standards involved, not just when certain groups are criticised and others aren’t, but in talking about the IRA itself. What does the issue tell us about Irish identity and how we understand our history? And Joe and Dion find they can agree on one thing at least.


Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning is a Gold Hat Production in association with SwanMcG.


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