Martina Devlin

brains? Yeah.

Look, to end on a slightly happier note, in 2015, local author Martina Devlin proposed that a plaque should be erected in the area exonerating the eight women.

She claimed that the trial was a miscarriage of justice, which it was, and that a tribute might serve as a kind of pardon after death.

Yeah.

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Martina Devlin has rejoined me because I want to talk about her brand-new novel, which is called Glorious Monsters, and we're going to find out who those monsters are and the milieu in which we find them.

Martina, good morning and welcome.

Thank you.

So it's really important.

So this amateur artist, a woman who couldn't train properly, is hanging in the National Portrait Gallery.

Well, the book is called Glorious Monsters, and you can't miss it because of that wonderful picture on the cover of it, and its author, Martina Devlin.

Martina, thank you very much for joining us.

So that's that done.

And now all I'm going to say is we're utterly delighted to have the marvellous Martina Devlin with us this evening and in conversation with Roisin Ingle.

So you're in for an extremely exciting night on her new book, Glorious Monsters.

So we're going to have them in conversation.

And also it's a tangents.

So thank you very much and congratulations on a beautiful piece of work.

Martina Devlin, everyone.

And can I just say thank you to Roisin Ingle of the Irish Times, columnist, journalist, podcaster, women's podcast.

Barry and Matt are still with us.

We're also joined by author and columnist Martina Devlin and Ireland reporter for PA based in Belfast, Claudia Savage.

Claudia, I might just come to you first.

Just bring us up to speed on what is happening at the moment in relation to this standoff.

I don't think it's going to have any great impact.

I think what will have impact is the budget when it goes out there and it's going to serve people to help them get ahead.

Martina Devlin, do you share those concerns that if you're jiggling and messing with the property market, you can do more damage than good?

I think all these tweaks and jiggling, as you say, are no substitute for building houses.

We have two guests with us in a moment.

We'll hear from Martina Devlin, columnist with the Irish Independent.

But first, Alex Kane, who is former Director of Communications for the Ulster Unionist Party.

and is now a political commentator.

If this Assembly goes down, that I cannot actually see a route to get in the back again, because so much damage has already been done to the relationship.

And if that gets worse over the next few days or weeks, then I really don't see how they manage to patch up their differences and make it sound like they are capable of running the government together.

Okay, Martina Devlin, what's your assessment of the damage that's been done?

Well, I don't see Stormont collapsing.

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Martina Devlin, welcome to Iron Island Discs.

Thank you.

Now, first question.

Yeah, while they meander along the pathway.

So, yes, if I had a magic wand and could wave it, I think it would be that people would give up eating meat and would treat animals much more kindly than some do.

Martina Devlin, thank you so much for joining us today on Iron Island Discs.

Thank you.