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Peter Geoghegan on dark money and returning home to Ireland

openDemocracy's investigations editor talks about how Ireland has changed since he left as a young man, and why we need to dig into unaccountable funding in politics.

Peter Geoghegan on dark money and returning home to Ireland
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Peter Geoghegan, openDemocracy investigations editor and author of 'Democracy for Sale', left Ireland as a young man desperate to get away but has returned in lockdown to find a country much changed. Speaking from his childhood bedroom, he tells us why and explains the need to dig deeper into unaccountable money in politics, in the UK as well as the US.

Changed My Mind is a podcast from The Depolarization Project. Each week, we talk to someone who has undergone a serious shift of opinion about something that matters deeply to them. It's hosted by chief executive Ali Goldsworthy together with behavioural insight expert Alex Chesterfield and director of campaigns and communications at London First, Laura Osborne.

Further reading

'Democracy for Sale'