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Episodes

Two days (and two fingers) that shocked the Dáil

The speaking rights row has yet to be quelled. A truce or a compromise is nowhere in sight. It's only... more

27 Mar 2025 · 29 minutes
McGregor couldn't be more at home in Trump's White House

And just when we thought the dust had settled after Micheál Martin's visit to the Oval Office.Conor McGregor's appearance in... more

19 Mar 2025 · 32 minutes
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
And our award for Politician of the Year goes to...

... well, we're afraid you'll have to wait until our producer/barman counts the votes in accordance with PR-STV and reveals... more

21 Dec 2024 · 58 minutes
Well, that escalated quickly: the Eoin Hayes drama

We're now stuck in government formation purgatory amd struggling to keep track of which group-of-the-day is vying for a seat... more

12 Dec 2024 · 34 minutes
How Stephen Donnelly went from firebrand independent to unseated minister

The general election is... over? And it's clear that the team have gone a little stir-crazy after a few too... more

03 Dec 2024 · 37 minutes
Hutch's failed election bid raises so many questions about Irish politics

The media scrums in the RDS were growing bigger and bigger as the count went on... and then Gerald Hutch... more

01 Dec 2024 · 30 minutes
Sinn Féin: great at elections, not so good at actually getting into government

It's all systems go: the votes have been cast, the exit polls revealed, the ballots separated, and the counting is... more

30 Nov 2024 · 21 minutes
Micheál Martin really doesn’t like being asked about Sinn Féin

Just days to go now, and we've had our first real talking point of the campaign — but also another... more

27 Nov 2024 · 30 minutes
This election was supposed to be a disaster for Sinn Féin

Heading into this election, it was disaster after disaster for Sinn Féin. The timing couldn't been worse. It wasn't going... more

21 Nov 2024 · 34 minutes
That was a weird leaders' debate

A low-key, cranky election campaign manifested as a low-key, cranky election debate last night.Christine Bohan, Christina Finn, Jane Matthews and... more

19 Nov 2024 · 31 minutes
The two big parties turn into squabbling siblings

We're now almost a week into the election campaign, and the children are fighting. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have... more

14 Nov 2024 · 21 minutes
Michael O'Leary and jiving, two unexpected political battlegrounds

Show us someone who had 'jiving' on their 2024 general election bingo card, and we'll show you a liar.Christine Bohan,... more

12 Nov 2024 · 29 minutes
Simon (and Micheál) set the date (finally)

Finally. Finally!Candidates are already out on the doorsteps and some politicians packing up their office in Leinster House. Now, the... more

07 Nov 2024 · 31 minutes
Bonus episode: He's back

The US presidential election is all but lost for Kamala Harris. Donald Trump is preparing his return to power. The... more

06 Nov 2024 · 21 minutes
Parents show great restraint not rioting over childcare

It's one of the biggest issues facing families across Ireland, and yet it never ranks highly in the list of... more

30 Oct 2024 · 35 minutes
Fine Gael is continuing to haemorrhage TDs

We're all caught up in the pre-election doldrums, but is one party's ship in particular trouble?On the latest episode of... more

23 Oct 2024 · 31 minutes
Ireland's chance to go it alone against Israel

It's a strange, strange week in Irish politics (and still with no election date in sight).On the latest episode of... more

16 Oct 2024 · 31 minutes
Simon Harris goes to Washington

Simon Harris is on a flying visit to Washington DC. He isn't under the same pressure that Leo Varadkar faced... more

09 Oct 2024 · 34 minutes
How do you tell Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil apart?

We're back with a new format for The Candidate, with weekly episodes that will take you behind the scenes and... more

02 Oct 2024 · 28 minutes
The dust has settled - now what next for Ireland and the EU after the European elections?

Ireland's new MEPs are preparing to take up their seats in the European Parliament, while those who weren't so lucky... more

23 Jun 2024 · 51 minutes
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The US presidential election is all but lost for Kamala Harris. Donald Trump is preparing his return to power. The results are... more