Is this presidential contest Ireland's 'first podcast election'?

Catherine Connolly and Donald Trump don't have much in common ideologically, but both their campaigns have focused heavily on podcasts, with a different style to traditional media interviews 

Presidential candidate Catherine Connolly appearing on the How to Gael podcast with hosts Síomha Ní Ruairc and Louise Cantillon. 

The US presidential election last year was dubbed by some as “the first podcast election”. Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris used podcasts as key campaign tools. Trump appeared on 14 major shows, according to Forbes, from The Joe Rogan Experience, the biggest podcast in the world, to Logan Paul's show, which commands a vast young male audience — appearances that clocked up tens of millions of views. 

Harris hit the likes of Call Her Daddy, the second biggest podcast around, aiming for more diverse audiences. What effect did these appearances have on the overall election? Some Democrats might still be scratching their heads wondering what if Harris had gone on Rogan’s show (“scheduling conflicts” apparently put paid to any appearance and arguments are swirling again since the release of her book on the campaign, 107 Days).