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Episodes

The Oval Office meeting veered between success and humiliation

Ireland watched the Taoiseach's Oval Office visit with bated breath. Would it be a disaster, an incredible success, or something... more

13 Mar 2025 · 38 minutes
Micheál Martin better be practicing his plámás right now

First, it was Covid restrictions that called off Micheál Martin's visit to the White House for St Patrick's Day in... more

05 Mar 2025 · 30 minutes
Ireland gets DOGE-curious after x-ray scanner 'fury'

News about the National Gallery's never-used x-ray scanner worth €125,000 sparked 'fury' across the country... apparently. Did it really? If... more

27 Feb 2025 · 30 minutes
Ireland's big defence question and back garden cabin fever

Europe is in disarray, to say the least, over Trump's rumblings about distancing the United States from all us on... more

20 Feb 2025 · 30 minutes
The government has put the fear of God into renters

Housing remains the single biggest issue for the Irish public. People want to see the crisis brought to an end... more

13 Feb 2025 · 30 minutes
The most politically loaded bowl of shamrock to date

It's almost March, and you know what that means: all political attention turns to one particular bowl of shamrock. Trump's... more

06 Feb 2025 · 32 minutes
Leo's gift to the new Dáil is a possible constitutional mess

With the help of a column in the Sunday Times, Leo Varadkar has casually lobbed a grenade at the new... more

30 Jan 2025 · 31 minutes
The government's next big test: survive five years

What a week. An unprecedented start to the Dáil term. A temporary and perhaps uneasy truce over speaking rights that... more

24 Jan 2025 · 29 minutes
Dáil chaos: We can’t stress enough how unprecedented today was

The process of voting in a new taoiseach is usually a fairly routine affair. The opposition parties have their say,... more

22 Jan 2025 · 8 minutes
A dash of Healy Rae won't liven up the government's five-year plan

Something we're enthusiastic about: we're back for a new season! Something we're not enthusiastic about: the new Programme for Government.Our... more

16 Jan 2025 · 27 minutes
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