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 Mar 20, 2019
great analysis pieces about Irish politics

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 Mar 6, 2019
great pod from very knowledgeable contributers. Great for keeping on top of things as I live outside Ireland.

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The best analysis of the Irish political scene featuring Irish Times journalists, political thinkers and the occasional politician. Hosted by Hugh Linehan.

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Episode Date
Will far-right politicians make inroads in local and European elections?
May 01, 2024
Harris delivers on Stardust as McEntee fumbles the border question
Apr 26, 2024
From the Rwanda Bill to the Cass Report - the issues driving UK politics
Apr 24, 2024
Grading Harris, migration pact flashpoint, the lure of Taylor Swift
Apr 19, 2024
The uncertain futures of Poland and Germany - with Derek Scally
Apr 17, 2024
Northern Ireland has weathered Jeffery Donaldson's shock departure - for now
Apr 12, 2024
McDonald hits a nerve as Harris takes the reins
Apr 09, 2024
Can Simon Harris build any kind of policy departure before this government ends?
Apr 05, 2024
David Rieff on Ukraine, Gaza, populism and the death of art
Apr 03, 2024
Fintan O'Toole: What does Simon Harris stand for?
Mar 27, 2024
Simon Harris takes the reins of a party in trouble
Mar 22, 2024
Why did Leo Varadkar choose this moment to go?
Mar 20, 2024
'Rishi Sunak can't do politics' - British broadcaster Iain Dale on why he may not vote Tory for the first time ever
Mar 20, 2024
Gaza overshadows St Patrick's Day trips
Mar 15, 2024
Referendum aftermath: a deep dive into the political repercussions
Mar 13, 2024
‘Two wallops’ for Government as No-No vote emerges strong
Mar 09, 2024
Is Europe in a ‘pre-war phase’?
Mar 08, 2024
Could angry farmers upend European politics?
Mar 06, 2024
Does it matter if the Government lose these referendums?
Mar 01, 2024
European elections: a battle between the heavy hitters
Feb 28, 2024
Is Catherine Martin in political danger?
Feb 23, 2024
Is Ukrainian democracy functioning after two years of war?
Feb 21, 2024
Referendums: What the amendments would really mean
Feb 19, 2024
Was Sinn Féin's licence fee amnesty proposal a misstep?
Feb 16, 2024
Head-to-head: The Yes and No arguments ahead of the family and care referendums
Feb 14, 2024
Sinn Féin poll slump: ‘tide not gone out for them just yet’
Feb 09, 2024
Will immigration hand the White House back to Trump?
Feb 07, 2024
Britain and Ireland will change. It's time to get ready
Feb 05, 2024
Who's who in the Yes and No campaigns, Orbán bows to EU pressure
Feb 02, 2024
Stormont will return: analysis from Belfast, London and Dublin
Jan 31, 2024
As the ICJ rules against Israel, Gaza remains an issue in Irish politics
Jan 26, 2024
Under pressure: Roderic O'Gorman on tackling the refugee accommodation crisis
Jan 24, 2024
Is the political system starting to bend to asylum seeker protests?
Jan 19, 2024
Are Britain's media and politics broken? With James O'Brien
Jan 17, 2024
‘Referendums that won’t grasp the imagination’
Jan 12, 2024
Vote! Vote! Vote! A year of election predictions in one podcast
Jan 10, 2024
‘Irish people love elections!’
Jan 03, 2024
Ask us anything, 2023 edition - part two
Dec 29, 2023
Ask us anything, 2023 edition - part one
Dec 27, 2023
A closer look at attitudes to reunification
Dec 22, 2023
Mary Lou McDonald on house prices, migration policy, defamation cases and more
Dec 20, 2023
Summit surprises, wrapping the year
Dec 15, 2023
Cop 28, the geopolitics of Net Zero and the future of energy - with Helen Thompson
Dec 13, 2023
Sinn Féin lose confidence in their own motion
Dec 08, 2023
The Origins and the problems of 'The Great Awokening'
Dec 06, 2023
2023's political highs, lows, winners, losers and funny bits
Dec 01, 2023
Talking about talking about immigration
Nov 29, 2023
Riot response a major challenge for McEntee
Nov 24, 2023
Will economic trouble mean an early election?
Nov 22, 2023
Are Fine Gael all out of fight ahead of a year that could define the party?
Nov 17, 2023
Spain's turbulent politics : 'Phrases like coup d'etat are floating around'
Nov 15, 2023
Sinn Féin keep focus on housing and Palestine at Ard Fheis
Nov 12, 2023
Suella Braverman the maverick, stances on war, Sinn Féin's direction
Nov 10, 2023
Will the DUP finally return to Stormont?
Nov 08, 2023
Don Tidey case: 'They've been getting away with murder for 40 years'
Nov 03, 2023
Fintan O'Toole on Israel, Gaza and the equality of human life
Nov 01, 2023
Israel-Hamas conflict takes all the attention at the EU leaders’ summit
Oct 27, 2023
Rory Stewart on Keir Starmer, Liz Truss and the 'unseriousness' of UK politics
Oct 25, 2023
Taking sides on Israel and Palestine, health money pit, flooding hits Cork
Oct 20, 2023
Northern Ireland's 'Dirty Linen' and the long tail of trauma
Oct 18, 2023
Michael Lewis on the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
Oct 16, 2023
Horror in the Middle East, Budget aftermath, FFG
Oct 13, 2023
Deconstructing Budget 2024 - with Pearse Doherty
Oct 11, 2023
Howlin retires, Budget run-in, Starmer pours water on reunification
Oct 06, 2023
Will 'common sense' policies revive Rishi Sunak's Tories?
Oct 04, 2023
Naomi Klein on conspiracies, climate and the 'personal brand'
Oct 02, 2023
Sinn Féin gain, no giveaway budget, Leo on Benefits Street
Sep 29, 2023
Why can't more of us vote in Seanad elections?
Sep 27, 2023
Disturbance at Dáil Éireann
Sep 22, 2023
Can Britain ever come to terms with Brexit?
Sep 20, 2023
'Sinn Féin have pissed a lot of people off' - Aoife Moore on the struggle to write about Ireland's biggest party
Sep 15, 2023
Paschal Donohoe on spending v saving, RTÉ's future and Fine Gael's vigour
Sep 13, 2023
Licence fee revolt, speed solutions, think-ins
Sep 06, 2023
More seats and new constituencies: a first look at the redrawn electoral map
Aug 30, 2023
Crime on the public's mind, politicians brace for constituency reform
Aug 23, 2023
The Ahern Years: Crash
Aug 18, 2023
The Ahern Years: Showtime
Aug 16, 2023
The Ahern years: The tiger roars
Aug 11, 2023
The Ahern years: Bertie's path to power
Aug 09, 2023
US politics special with Clare Malone of The New Yorker
Aug 02, 2023
Inside Sinn Féin
Jul 26, 2023
The big end of term wrap
Jul 21, 2023
Europe's climate is changing. Will European politics change with it?
Jul 19, 2023
Can the Government be generous to RTÉ? Hospital mess, braying donkeys
Jul 14, 2023
'No-one likes us and we don't care' - taking Unionism's temperature on the Twelfth
Jul 12, 2023
Not another week of RTÉgate, summer statement, hate bill queasiness
Jul 07, 2023
The Social Democrats are different, says Holly Cairns - but how?
Jul 05, 2023
'Nobody's brave enough to put their name to it' - Helen McEntee on maternity leave criticism and retaking the reins at Justice
Jul 01, 2023
RTÉ still struggling with fallout from Tubridy’s secret pay deal
Jun 28, 2023
Can RTÉ be trusted to run itself?
Jun 23, 2023
Did the President go too far?
Jun 21, 2023
Poll: Drop in support for Fine Gael and Sinn Féin
Jun 16, 2023
Is Ireland neutral? Is anyone?
Jun 14, 2023
Ifac warning, IRA commemorations, and is James O'Connor a Jekyll & Hyde figure?
Jun 09, 2023
Who speaks for 'middle Ireland'?
Jun 07, 2023
Missing climate targets, Census talking points, and Helen McEntee returns
Jun 02, 2023
Decoding the culture wars - with Bryan Fanning
May 31, 2023
Serving 'middle Ireland': Leo Varadkar on tax break controversy, prioritising homeownership and the next election
May 27, 2023
How will the Electoral Commission reshape Irish elections?
May 24, 2023
Migration and voters, Matt Barrett's posts, a good day for Sinn Féin
May 19, 2023
State facing a summer of strife over migrant accommodation
May 17, 2023
Government speaking loudly and carrying a small stick on prices
May 12, 2023
Where British politics went wrong - with Rafael Behr
May 10, 2023
Pros and cons of helping mortgage holders, President Higgins on economics and King Charles's big day
May 05, 2023
Fiona Hill on a global 'proxy war' in Ukraine
May 03, 2023
The Tánaiste's Dáil outburst, the patchy provision of abortion care and Leo's tax cuts promise
Apr 28, 2023
Eamon Ryan: We need to scale up the State to make it fit for purpose
Apr 26, 2023
How to spend it, TDs’ boundary obsession, robust discussions
Apr 21, 2023
Does the Dowdall connection harm Sinn Féin?
Apr 19, 2023
Has Biden found the right balance on his Ireland visit?
Apr 14, 2023
The politics of Biden's visit
Apr 12, 2023
Why is politics failing to solve problems like housing? With Ben Ansell
Apr 05, 2023
Fireworks in the chamber, Defence Forces in crisis, battle of the Irish Times columnists
Mar 31, 2023
'Northern Ireland has moved on' - Fintan O'Toole on 25th anniversary of the Belfast Agreement
Mar 29, 2023
The Independents’ policy setting power, unhappy Greens and a perilous position for the government
Mar 24, 2023
‘A pretty bruising contest’: SNP leadership race uncovers cracks within the party
Mar 22, 2023
Has housing 'turned a corner'? Biden's welcome, Green Party disharmony
Mar 15, 2023
Eviction ban, congestion charges and the state’s inability to look around corners.
Mar 10, 2023
'We are out to provoke' - PBP's Richard Boyd Barrett on policies, politics and trusting Sinn Fein
Mar 08, 2023
Questions for Niall Collins, Holly Cairns's opportunity, PBP stakes its territory
Mar 03, 2023
A pivotal moment for Northern Ireland
Mar 01, 2023
'When you go to a Social Democrats convention, you're struck by how young its supporters are'
Feb 24, 2023
How the world sees the war in Ukraine
Feb 22, 2023
Northern Ireland Protocol: how close are we to a deal?
Feb 17, 2023
David Runciman on Brexit's 'phoney war' and the urgent need to tame states and corporations
Feb 15, 2023
Bertie's back
Feb 10, 2023
North and South: We answer listener questions on reunification
Feb 08, 2023
Desperation as asylum seeker accommodation crises deepens
Feb 03, 2023
Can Labour ever be relevant again? Ivana Bacik says yes
Feb 01, 2023
Expense allowances, threats to politicians, home truths
Jan 27, 2023
Why 2024 will be a major year in Irish politics
Jan 25, 2023
Postergate: How much bother is Paschal Donohoe in?
Jan 20, 2023
Peadar Tóibín on Aontú, Sinn Féin, immigration and ambition
Jan 18, 2023
The growing influence of online gurus - with Helen Lewis
Jan 16, 2023
The fall of Damien English
Jan 13, 2023
Cow dung attack on politicians, health crisis continues, protocol developments
Jan 11, 2023
New year, old problems for Government
Jan 04, 2023
Ask Us Anything, Christmas 2022 edition - part two
Dec 28, 2022
Ask Us Anything, Christmas 2022 edition - part one
Dec 21, 2022
Is the little-changed Cabinet a sign of stability or of stagnation?
Dec 17, 2022
Disquiet over planning bill, corruption scandal in Brussels
Dec 14, 2022
Sipo documents reveal deep division over Varadkar leak case
Dec 10, 2022
Poll findings lay down a challenge to advocates of unity
Dec 07, 2022
North and South, Ireland is divided on the unity question
Dec 03, 2022
December reshuffle: What to expect?
Nov 30, 2022
Trial evidence embarrassment for Sinn Féin, housing discontent, Greens take stock
Nov 25, 2022
East Wall protests: Government grapples with immigration and housing crises
Nov 23, 2022
Bad days in Blackrock, Fine Gael prepare for Varadkar's return as Taoiseach, Florida man
Nov 18, 2022
Can China's relationship with the West recover?
Nov 16, 2022
How big tech traps consumers and shafts creators
Nov 12, 2022
Will tech woes remove Ireland's corporate tax cushion?
Nov 11, 2022
US midterms: Red wave fails to materialise
Nov 09, 2022
Will a new hate speech law impinge on free speech?
Nov 02, 2022
Support for Ukraine strong but accommodation worries grow - poll
Oct 28, 2022
What does Sunak's reshuffle mean for Ireland?
Oct 26, 2022
Liz Truss and the party leadership problem
Oct 21, 2022
Fintan O'Toole on 'Up the 'Ra' and turmoil in Westminster
Oct 19, 2022
Ross interview saga, recession risk, crumbling block levy
Oct 12, 2022
Macron's talking shop, Brexit machinations
Oct 07, 2022
Paying for mica, generations divided, autumn reshuffle
Oct 05, 2022
Concrete plans, UK turmoil
Sep 30, 2022
Making sense of Budget 2023
Sep 28, 2022
Budget previews, census shocks, pension policies
Sep 23, 2022
Understanding far-right gains in Italy and Sweden
Sep 21, 2022
How our Taoisigh saw the arts - and how the arts saw them
Sep 16, 2022
Party think-ins and Dáil debates signal start of political season
Sep 14, 2022
What can we expect from the new Prime Minister?
Sep 07, 2022
Making sense of a united Ireland - with Brendan O'Leary
Sep 03, 2022
Energy crisis: what can the government do to soften the blow this winter?
Aug 31, 2022
Troy affair raises questions about standards, transparency and conflicts
Aug 26, 2022
Is political identity replacing religion in people's lives?
Aug 24, 2022
Robert Troy, budget rumours and refugee resources
Aug 17, 2022
The origin of America's opioid epidemic - with Patrick Radden Keefe (originally posted 2021)
Aug 10, 2022
Is a united Ireland inevitable?
Aug 03, 2022
Climate politics is here to stay
Jul 27, 2022
Is Ireland’s immigration and asylum regime close to crisis?
Jul 20, 2022
Poll: Electorate sends mixed messages on refugees and abortion
Jul 16, 2022
Confidence debate a damp squib for Sinn Féin
Jul 13, 2022
US politics: Will the Roe v Wade ruling matter at the ballot box?
Jul 11, 2022
Replacing Boris Johnson
Jul 08, 2022
How will the Tories remove their unwanted leader?
Jul 06, 2022
Do Fine Gael get it? Una Mullally debates Neale Richmond
Jun 29, 2022
Will the government take any pre-budget action?
Jun 22, 2022
Brexit wars reignite / Will the cost of living keep rising?
Jun 15, 2022
Crèche pressure, GUBU, Johnson survives
Jun 08, 2022
Europe grapples with Ukraine, food and energy crises
Jun 01, 2022
Jon Ronson on the origins of the culture wars
May 27, 2022
Sinn Féin and the art of government
May 25, 2022
Green light for the National Maternity Hospital / Ripping up the Protocol
May 18, 2022
Pandemonium: Jack Horgan-Jones and Hugh O’Connell
May 11, 2022
Stormont election special: Seismic or not, a significant result for Northern Ireland
May 09, 2022
Voters go to the polls in Britain and Northern Ireland
May 04, 2022
Turf wars, TD numbers and a row over surrogacy
Apr 27, 2022
Two very different elections, two defining moments
Apr 20, 2022
Poll exclusive: majority favour keeping neutrality
Apr 15, 2022
Watt in the spotlight / State of the parties
Apr 13, 2022
What is neoliberalism - and is it over?
Apr 08, 2022
Zelenskiy’s historic address to Oireachtas, carbon tax increase, Seanad by-election
Apr 06, 2022
Ivana Bacik on Labour’s past, present and future
Mar 30, 2022
A disappointing Patrick’s Day for the Taoiseach, Covid’s resurgence, inflation bites
Mar 23, 2022
Lionel Barber on Putin and how the West should deal with him
Mar 16, 2022
Helen Thompson, author of Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century
Mar 11, 2022
Pearse Doherty on Sinn Féin’s policies, a united Ireland and issues of security and neutrality
Mar 09, 2022
Europe's turning point
Mar 02, 2022
"Putin can never show any weakness" - Bill Browder on war, sanctions and the outlook for Ukraine
Feb 28, 2022
NCWI spat raises interesting questions, Citizens' Assemblies, Sinn Féin's carbon stance
Feb 23, 2022
Lea Ypi, author of Free: Coming of Age at the End of History
Feb 18, 2022
Covid restrictions, gender-based violence & do we need the Defence Forces?
Feb 16, 2022
The lessons of the pandemic - with Fintan O'Toole and Jack Horgan-Jones
Feb 09, 2022
Fiona Hill on Russia, America and ending up in Trump's White House
Feb 04, 2022
Politics after the pandemic
Feb 02, 2022
Understanding what's happening in Ukraine - with Tom Wright
Jan 26, 2022
Is Boris Johnson on the brink?
Jan 19, 2022
Covid calm despite case avalanche, Sipo's intervention, State papers
Jan 12, 2022
2022 political preview: Taoiseach rotation, virus mutation and cost inflation
Jan 05, 2022
Ask us anything 2021 - listener questions answered
Dec 29, 2021
David Frost's departure, Omicron uncertainties
Dec 22, 2021
Johnson loses the room, protocol moves, unionists and unity
Dec 15, 2021
Poll special: How much do we want a United Ireland?
Dec 11, 2021
Fresh restrictions breed frustration
Dec 08, 2021
The life and legacy of Charles J. Haughey - with professor Gary Murphy
Dec 01, 2021
What has Brexit done to Irish-British relations?
Nov 24, 2021
"No clear idea what to do next"
Nov 17, 2021
The UK pulls back from triggering Article 16 - for now
Nov 10, 2021
Sinn Fein: a party preparing for government
Nov 03, 2021
Covid, rising energy prices and internal strife spell a difficult winter for the EU - with Naomi O'Leary
Oct 27, 2021
Inside ten years as a government advisor - with Ed Brophy
Oct 20, 2021
Noam Chomsky: ‘Ireland has robbed poor working people of tens of trillions of dollars’
Oct 15, 2021
Budget 2022: Understanding how key decisions were made
Oct 13, 2021
National Development Plan: to-do list, or wish list?
Oct 06, 2021
Pre-budget discussions, Mica redress and a divisive pandemic bonus
Sep 29, 2021
Germany election special: who will replace Angela Merkel?
Sep 22, 2021
Talking about think-ins
Sep 15, 2021
The legacy of ‘Celtic Tiger’ housing - with Eoin Ó Broin
Sep 08, 2021
A new Dáil term's afoot
Sep 01, 2021
Empire of Pain - with Patrick Radden Keefe
Aug 25, 2021
The Powerful and the Damned - with Lionel Barber
Aug 18, 2021
Aftermath of Zapponegate, a stark climate warning
Aug 11, 2021
Washington Letter: Suzanne Lynch on her time in the US
Aug 04, 2021
The next phase of the vaccine campaign / Dominic Cummings
Jul 28, 2021
End of term AMA special / Des O'Malley
Jul 21, 2021
How Ireland Voted 2020 - with Dr Theresa Reidy
Jul 14, 2021
Bacik gives Labour a much-needed good day out
Jul 09, 2021
Delta: more tough decisions for Government
Jul 07, 2021
What can be learned from byelections?
Jun 30, 2021
Delta threat looms large, a new DUP leader at the helm
Jun 23, 2021
Susan McKay on the lives of northern Protestants: "It's a full-blown crisis within Unionism"
Jun 16, 2021
Mother and Baby Homes: “The overall picture is not as it should be”
Jun 09, 2021
Niall Ferguson: We’re obsessed with mass disaster, yet surprised when it happens
Jun 04, 2021
The race for Dublin Bay South
Jun 02, 2021
Will Sinn Féin lead the next government?
May 26, 2021
Panic in government as politicians feel the heat over housing
May 19, 2021
How Not To Be Wrong - with James O’Brien
May 14, 2021
Housing crisis overtakes Covid as number one priority
May 12, 2021
UK election special: Labour's leadership crisis and Scotland's referendum mandate
May 10, 2021
How will global tax reform affect Ireland?
May 05, 2021
Foster's exit bodes poorly for north-south relations
Apr 30, 2021
Heroes or Zeros? Discussing Ireland's Covid strategy with ISAG's prof Aoife McLysaght
Apr 28, 2021
'Politics on the Couch' - with Rafael Behr
Apr 24, 2021
Should we worry about the deficit? - with David McWilliams
Apr 21, 2021
US politics special with John Dickerson, CBS reporter and author of "The Hardest Job in the World"
Apr 16, 2021
A very bad week for the Government's Covid-19 policy
Apr 14, 2021
Understanding the loyalist grievances that led to violence in Belfast - with Newton Emerson
Apr 09, 2021
Quarantine clashes and vaccine targets
Apr 07, 2021
The psychology and the politics behind this week's Covid-19 moves
Apr 02, 2021
A moment of triumph and peril for the Greens
Mar 31, 2021
Is free speech under threat?
Mar 26, 2021
Vaccine stockpiles, shortfalls and supply issues
Mar 24, 2021
Interview: Derek Scally, author of The Best Catholics in the World
Mar 22, 2021
Pandemic Politics: Ask Me Anything
Mar 17, 2021
Monarchies in modern times
Mar 12, 2021
Davy in crisis, Ireland’s illegal adoptions, vaccine delays and MHQ
Mar 10, 2021
Empire, imperialism and Ireland - with prof Jane Ohlmeyer
Mar 05, 2021
Is affordable housing achievable?
Mar 03, 2021
Poll: what is the public's attitude to lifting restrictions?
Feb 26, 2021
"The EU needs to look at its own problems" - Clare Daly on civil rights, Russia & life as an MEP
Feb 24, 2021
Politics, culture and the centenary of Northern Ireland
Feb 18, 2021
The centenary of Northern Ireland - with Prof Brendan O'Leary
Feb 12, 2021
One year on from #GE2020
Feb 10, 2021
Universal basic income: is now the time?
Feb 05, 2021
The EU's vaccine blunder
Feb 03, 2021
Debt and taxes after Covid - with Marie Sherlock and Cliff Taylor
Jan 29, 2021
Covid-19: our losing battle with the travel problem
Jan 27, 2021
An uncomfortable week for Leo Varadkar
Jan 22, 2021
Covid-19: plans to resume special education postponed
Jan 20, 2021
Mother and Baby Homes report
Jan 15, 2021
Covid-19: can our hospitals cope?
Jan 13, 2021
Covid-19: was this inevitable?
Jan 06, 2021
AMA 2020, part two: more listener questions answered
Dec 30, 2020
AMA 2020, part one: your questions answered
Dec 23, 2020
It's Level 5 again
Dec 22, 2020
Vaccine rollout, political apologies and a Green divide
Dec 16, 2020
Brexit: Another deadline approaches
Dec 11, 2020
Brexit: What could scupper a deal?
Dec 02, 2020
How to hold a referendum on Irish unity
Nov 27, 2020
Why talks on the CervicalCheck tribunal have broken down – with Vicky Phelan
Nov 25, 2020
Trump, Biden and American foreign policy in a changed world - with John Mearsheimer
Nov 20, 2020
Takeaway pints and shaky reopening plans
Nov 18, 2020
A vaccine on the horizon: how optimistic should we be?
Nov 13, 2020
Inside Politics special: the complete story of the Séamus Woulfe affair
Nov 11, 2020
The origins of Fine Gael - with Stephen Collins and Ciara Meehan
Nov 09, 2020
Victory in defeat: Trump and Trumpism are here to stay
Nov 05, 2020
US Election: who's won what and what comes next
Nov 04, 2020
Varadkar takes questions over GP deal leak - reaction
Nov 03, 2020
Shane Ross: "we were almost still in opposition when we were in Cabinet"
Oct 30, 2020
How the mother and baby archive controversy became a quagmire for government
Oct 28, 2020
A dramatic week in Covid, Brexit and the US election
Oct 23, 2020
The decisions that led us into Level 5
Oct 21, 2020
Budget 2021: government go big and "economic jihadis" go home - with David McWilliams
Oct 14, 2020
Can America's awful politics be fixed? - with Steven Levitsky
Oct 12, 2020
Poll: support for Government and coalition party leaders falls
Oct 08, 2020
A look ahead to Budget 2021
Oct 07, 2020
Two days of Covid controversy that unnerved the country
Oct 06, 2020
A positive test for Trump and the latest Brexit negotiations
Oct 02, 2020
Fianna Fail’s big challenge
Sep 30, 2020
Interview: Anne Applebaum, author of "Twilight of Democracy"
Sep 25, 2020
Yet another blunder to add to the long list of blunders
Sep 23, 2020
The far right in Ireland: who are they and what are their aims? - with Conor Gallagher
Sep 21, 2020
Beyond the blunders, does this Covid plan make sense?
Sep 16, 2020
Brexit: "only four people know what the desired outcome is"
Sep 15, 2020
A shared Island: exploring Ireland's political future
Sep 11, 2020
A Brexit bombshell and a breach of trust - with Denis Staunton and Naomi O'Leary
Sep 09, 2020
How "the special relationship" shaped the world for the worse - with Jeremy Green
Sep 04, 2020
As the Dáil returns, can the Government regroup?
Sep 02, 2020
Interview: Elif Shafak, author of How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division
Aug 28, 2020
Phil Hogan "hangs on by his fingertips"
Aug 26, 2020
The public is incensed; the Government is in danger
Aug 21, 2020
How behavioural science informs the pandemic response - with Pete Lunn
Aug 19, 2020
US Politics special with Michael Brendan Dougherty
Aug 14, 2020
Coronavirus: are we losing control?
Aug 12, 2020
Lifting the lid on paid-for politics - with Peter Geoghegan
Aug 07, 2020
Remembering John Hume - with Claire Hanna
Aug 05, 2020
Government stumbles toward the recess
Jul 29, 2020
Repost: Michael Lewis on Cronyism in The Trump Administration & The Unsung Virtues of Civil Servants
Jul 24, 2020
Green list confusion, EU recovery deal and the impending stimulus package
Jul 22, 2020
How damaged is Micheál Martin's leadership? (Live at The Irish Times Summer Nights Festival)
Jul 17, 2020
US politics: is Trump toast? With Fintan O'Toole and Suzanne Lynch
Jul 15, 2020
FF's shaky start continues, economic dilemmas & Paschal's Eurogroup candidacy
Jul 08, 2020
Brexit: what's the latest and will there be a deal?
Jul 03, 2020
Coalition Teething Pains & Sinn Féin's Support
Jul 01, 2020
New Government: FF, FG and Greens enter coalition
Jun 26, 2020
Interview: Masha Gessen, author of Surviving Autocracy
Jun 24, 2020
Interview: Green Party Leader Eamon Ryan
Jun 19, 2020
The making of a PfG: negative externalities, biogenic methane & "absolute bastards"
Jun 16, 2020
Green sticking points, is Direct Provision really finished?
Jun 10, 2020
‘Phase Two Plus’ and decision time for government formation
Jun 05, 2020
#BlackLivesMatter in Dublin too; Trump's gamble
Jun 03, 2020
US politics: is America now an oligarchy? With Robert Reich
May 29, 2020
UK politics: how badly does the Cummings saga damage Johnson?
May 27, 2020
How a legal challenge could unravel the EU - with Ronan McCrea
May 22, 2020
A Green Heave?
May 20, 2020
Eamon Ryan's long road back to power
May 15, 2020
Relaxing the lockdown
May 13, 2020
The end of the beginning
May 06, 2020
Can we reduce carbon emissions by 7% per year?
Apr 30, 2020
Interview: Philippe Sands, author of The Ratline
Apr 24, 2020
Stark economic predictions for the year ahead - with Michael Taft
Apr 22, 2020
Can Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael lure a third party?
Apr 17, 2020
US Politics special with Clare Malone of FiveThirtyEight
Apr 15, 2020
Europe's dissonant coronavirus response - with Naomi O'Leary
Apr 10, 2020
How are we handling this lengthy lockdown? With Jennifer O'Connell and Patrick Freyne
Apr 08, 2020
Politics in the age of isolation
Apr 01, 2020
The government's response steps up a gear - with Fiach Kelly
Mar 25, 2020
What will the long-term consequences of Covid-19 be? With Fintan O'Toole
Mar 20, 2020
A new government must be formed - but how?
Mar 18, 2020
Coronavirus transforms the political reality
Mar 11, 2020
Does it matter what Sinn Féin calls Ireland? - with Newton Emerson
Mar 06, 2020
How Can Labour Become Relevant Again? / The ‘Bonkers’ Seanad Election
Mar 04, 2020
Post-Brexit Trade Talks: Who Will Triumph?
Feb 28, 2020
How Can Sinn Féin Get Into Government? - with Louise O'Reilly
Feb 26, 2020
Diatribe and Vitriol on Day One of The Dáil
Feb 21, 2020
"It's Up To Sinn Féin", Fianna Fáil In A Bind, Alan Or Aodhán
Feb 19, 2020
Ask Us Anything: #GE2020 Edition
Feb 14, 2020
Sinn Féin and The IRA: Anything to Worry About?
Feb 12, 2020
Election Daily - So Long
Feb 11, 2020
Election Daily - Monday - Day Two of the Count
Feb 10, 2020
Election Weekend in The Newsroom (And What Now?)
Feb 10, 2020
Election Daily - Count Day - Sinn Féin Surge
Feb 09, 2020
Election Daily - Exit Poll - The Big Two Become The Big Three
Feb 08, 2020
Election Daily - Friday - The Campaign Ends
Feb 07, 2020
Calling (Some of) It
Feb 07, 2020
Election Daily - Thursday - 'Amadán Economics' & Low-key Greens
Feb 06, 2020
#GE2020 Live Show - Ireland Wants Change, The Poll Effect, FG's Negative Campaign
Feb 06, 2020
Election Daily - Micheál Martin on Sinn Féin 'Omertà', Final Seats and Coalitions
Feb 05, 2020
Election Daily - Leader's Debate Reaction with Jennifer Bray
Feb 05, 2020
Election Daily - Leo Varadkar on Why FG is Struggling, Micheál Martin & Sinn Féin
Feb 04, 2020
Election Daily - POLL - Sinn Féin Take The Lead
Feb 03, 2020
Election Daily - Monday - FG Press The Panic Button
Feb 03, 2020
The Climate Crisis: Promises, Policies and Politics
Feb 01, 2020
Election Daily - Friday - Focus Groups & Dirty Tricks / Brexit Day with Denis Staunton
Jan 31, 2020
Election Daily - Thursday - On The Canvass with Gerry Adams and Dara Calleary
Jan 30, 2020
Election Daily - Wednesday - Carbon Tax & The Green Party
Jan 29, 2020
It's Housing, Stupid: Sinn Féin's Youth Appeal
Jan 29, 2020
Election Daily - Tuesday - Varadkar Forgives Noone & Labour's Manifesto Launch
Jan 28, 2020
Election Daily - Leader's Debate Reaction with Fiach Kelly
Jan 28, 2020
Election Daily - Monday - Moving Week, Project Fear, Debate II Preview
Jan 27, 2020
Housing: What Are The Parties Proposing?
Jan 25, 2020
Election Daily - Friday - Party Manifestos & A Look Ahead to Next Week
Jan 24, 2020
Election Daily - Thursday - Leo's Answer, Coalition Partners, The Disunited Left
Jan 23, 2020
Election Daily - Wednesday - Debate Reaction and Analysis
Jan 22, 2020
What's Really Motivating Voters? With Jennifer O'Connell
Jan 22, 2020
Election Daily - Tuesday - SF on a Roll & The Latest Poll
Jan 21, 2020
Election Daily - POLL - Fianna Fáil Opens A Lead, Sinn Féin Surges
Jan 20, 2020
Election Daily - Policies, Pensions & Polls
Jan 20, 2020
So How Did The Last Government Do?
Jan 18, 2020
Election Daily - Varadkar Visits Drogheda & Labour Seeks Commuter Vote
Jan 17, 2020
Election Daily - On Board The Battle Bus, FF's Spending Pledge, SF on Defensive
Jan 16, 2020
Election Daily - Controversial Remarks & Campaign Launches
Jan 15, 2020
What's at Stake in #GE2020? - with Fintan O'Toole
Jan 15, 2020
Election Daily - Day One - Slogans, Saturday Voting, TDs Stepping Down
Jan 14, 2020
What Kind of Election is #GE2020 Going to Be?
Jan 13, 2020
Brexit Party MEP Claire Fox on The "Vacuous, Corrupting" European Union
Jan 10, 2020
RIC Row, What's Happening in Stormont, A February Election? - with Newton Emerson
Jan 08, 2020
Ask Us Anything 2019, Part 2
Dec 31, 2019
Ask Us Anything 2019 Edition
Dec 24, 2019
2010s: The Left's Failure, The "Rigged System" & The Intrusion of Tech - with Fintan O'Toole
Dec 21, 2019
Northern Ireland's Changed Political Landscape - with Dr Katy Hayward
Dec 18, 2019
A Landslide for Johnson, Labour's Destruction, What Now for Brexit
Dec 13, 2019
The Beginning of The End, The UK Votes
Dec 11, 2019
UK Election Update / The Rise of The Political ‘Boomer Meme’
Dec 06, 2019
Hope and Disillusionment on the Campaign Trail - with Patrick Freyne & Jennifer O'Connell
Dec 04, 2019
Reading the Byelection Results
Dec 02, 2019
The Strange World of The DUP - with Sam McBride
Nov 29, 2019
The Toy Show Elections
Nov 27, 2019
UK Election: Can Anything Stop Boris Johnson? - with Dr Kevin Cunningham
Nov 22, 2019
O'Devaney Gardens, Verona Murphy In Hot Water and A Remainer's Perspective on the General Election
Nov 20, 2019
UK Election: Could Flooding Cost Johnson The Election? - with Denis Staunton
Nov 15, 2019
Northern Ireland's New Political Battle Lines, Lorraine Clifford-Lee
Nov 13, 2019
Micheál Martin on Party, Policies and a "Wind-down" of Confidence & Supply
Nov 11, 2019
US Politics: One Year Out, Should Democrats Worry? / Fobgate, Money Messages & Election Wobbles
Nov 06, 2019
#GE19 Tactics, What Different Results Mean for Brexit - with Patrick Maguire and Paddy Smyth
Nov 01, 2019
Direct Provision Tensions: "The Lack of Consultation Isn't Working"
Oct 30, 2019
Is The UK Ready for What Brexit Brings? - With Ruadhán Mac Cormaic and Helen Thompson
Oct 25, 2019
Tangled Up in Brexit, Proxy War of The Buttons
Oct 23, 2019
Votes for A Deal, Ireland's Bittersweet Brexit Success - with Fintan O'Toole and Denis Staunton
Oct 18, 2019
Brexit: Can This Deal Pass?
Oct 17, 2019
Brexit: Issues Remain as Deadline Looms – with Peter Foster
Oct 16, 2019
Poll: Varadkar’s Approval Up, Little Between Fine Gael & Fianna Fáil
Oct 14, 2019
Remembering Children Who Died in The Troubles - with Joe Duffy & Freya McClements
Oct 14, 2019
Brexit: A Backstop for Slow Learners, The Tunnel, The North's Opportunity - with David McWilliams
Oct 11, 2019
Another Brexit Breakdown, Paschal's Budget Message
Oct 09, 2019
The DUP's Brexit Ruse - with Sam McBride & Patrick Smyth
Oct 04, 2019
A Boring Budget, Johnson's 'Final' Brexit Offer, Bring Back Wolves
Oct 02, 2019
Brexit: Rancor in Westminster as EU Hopes Fade - with Nick Gutteridge and Simon Carswell
Sep 27, 2019
Brexit: A Brutal Defeat for Boris, Green Shoots, A Growing Threat to Journalism
Sep 25, 2019
Naomi Klein: We Need Radical Climate Action
Sep 20, 2019
Election Talk, Brexit Back-Channels
Sep 18, 2019
Brexit: A Backstop In All But Name?
Sep 11, 2019
Brexit: Has Boris Johnson's Visit Changed Anything?
Sep 09, 2019
Bracing for Johnson's General Election - with Fintan O'Toole
Sep 05, 2019
Brexit: A Bad Day for Boris, Election Calculations, A Chink of Light? - with Katy Balls
Sep 04, 2019
Northern Ireland Past, Present and Future - with Professor Brendan O'Leary
Aug 30, 2019
Brexit: Sit Back and Remain on the Edge of Your Seat – with Lisa O’Carroll
Aug 29, 2019
Can a Capitalist Economy Solve the Climate Crisis?
Aug 28, 2019
Maureen Dowd on Trump, Washington in Turmoil and Thriving Journalism
Aug 23, 2019
Brexit: The 'Phoney War' Phase - with Professor Ronan McCrea
Aug 21, 2019
Radicalisation and the Amplification of Extremism Online
Aug 16, 2019
The Struggle for Independents - with Finian McGrath
Aug 14, 2019
Sinn Féin's Westminster Seats, Social Housing - with Eoin Ó Broin and Fintan O'Toole
Aug 07, 2019
Billy Bragg on Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn & Why Labour Should Support A Second Referendum
Aug 02, 2019
Brexit: Is The Political Landscape Shifting? - with Professor Helen Thompson
Jul 31, 2019
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on Brexit, Boris Johnson and What "No Deal" Means for The North
Jul 26, 2019
Johnson's No Deal Cabinet, Varadkar's Determination - with Lisa O'Carroll
Jul 25, 2019
Boris Johnson's in Charge, Maria Bailey's Punishment, End of Dáil Review
Jul 24, 2019
Brexit: What is Boris Johnson's Strategy? - with James Forsyth
Jul 17, 2019
Ailbhe Smyth's Life of Activism - Live at Body & Soul
Jul 12, 2019
Is No-Deal Brexit Now Inevitable? With Fintan O'Toole, Lisa Chambers, Katy Hayward
Jul 10, 2019
Mercosur Adds to Govt Woes, President Von Der Leyen, EU Dealmaking
Jul 03, 2019
A United Ireland? Live at Body & Soul with Mary Lou McDonald, Sophie Long & Simon Carswell
Jun 28, 2019
'Fake News' Comes to Ireland, Govt Plans Brexit Budget
Jun 26, 2019
Michael Wolff on the Trump Presidency, Journalism & Politics Without Ideas
Jun 21, 2019
An Ambitious Climate Action Plan
Jun 19, 2019
How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change - with Jared Diamond
Jun 14, 2019
Brexit, Scotland and Rockall / Fiscal Slap-Down
Jun 12, 2019
Brexit And The Problem with British Media - with James O'Brien
Jun 08, 2019
The Tory Leadership & Brexit, Gender Quotas in Local Elections
Jun 05, 2019
Who is Emmanuel Macron? - with Sophie Pedder
May 31, 2019
Exit Polls, The Left, Where's the Electoral Commission? – with Fintan O’Toole
May 29, 2019
Election Special: Sinn Féin in Crisis, A Green-Left Alliance?, Fianna Fáil's Path to Power
May 27, 2019
The Strategies of Right-Wing Populism - with Jan-Werner Mueller
May 24, 2019
Is Our Political System Capable of Tackling Climate Change?
May 22, 2019
EU Elections: The State of the Race
May 17, 2019
Going Through The Motions: The Problem With Local Government
May 15, 2019
Trump, Truth & US Politics - with Bob Woodward
May 11, 2019
POLL: Who Leads in the Race for Europe?
May 10, 2019
Plebiscites and Populism and Broadband, Oh My
May 08, 2019
Nationalism & The Irish-American Identity - with Michael Brendan Dougherty
May 03, 2019
The New IRA and Politics in the North
May 01, 2019
Bret Easton Ellis on US Politics Invading His Apolitical Life
Apr 25, 2019
Anti-EU Parties in the European Parliament - with Dr Kevin Cunningham
Apr 24, 2019
"This Is Not A Retirement" - Clare Daly on Running for Europe
Apr 17, 2019
Brexit Day Blues II - with Fintan O'Toole & Denis Staunton
Apr 12, 2019
Brexit: Ireland's Wasted Opportunity - with David McWilliams & Shana Cohen
Apr 10, 2019
Brexit: Can Corbyn and May Strike A Deal? - with Helen Thompson
Apr 05, 2019
Zuckerberg in Dublin, A Green Consensus, The Carbon Tax – with Eamon Ryan
Apr 03, 2019
Brexit Day Blues - with Ronan McCrea
Mar 29, 2019
Indicative Vote Day, or 'Strictly Come Brexit' - with Denis Staunton
Mar 27, 2019
US Politics: The 2020 Democratic Candidates - with Suzanne Lynch
Mar 21, 2019
Brexit: What is The EU's Strategy? / Councillors & Gambling Machines
Mar 20, 2019
David Runciman on Democracy's 21st Century Problems
Mar 15, 2019
Politics Fails Utterly in Westminster - with Fintan O'Toole & Lisa O'Carroll
Mar 13, 2019
Poll: Northern Ireland Is United in Opposition to A Hard Brexit
Mar 07, 2019
Poll: Support Dips for Varadkar and McDonald
Mar 07, 2019
Digestible Truth, The Soc Dems Rift, Unspinnable Brexit - with Peter Foster
Mar 06, 2019
Brexit Endgame, Beware The Ides of March, Looking for Ladders
Feb 27, 2019
Brexit in The Desert: Progress, or Another Mirage?
Feb 25, 2019
Ready, Steady, Wait: Fianna Fáil, Brexit and The Next Election
Feb 23, 2019
Children's Hospital: Questions Remain / The Politics of Dissident Republicans
Feb 20, 2019
A Short History of Brexit - with Kevin O'Rourke
Feb 15, 2019
Children's Hospital 'Learnings', FF-SDLP, Nurses Strike - with Dara Calleary
Feb 13, 2019
Life After Brexit: Lives, Livelihoods & Communities At Risk
Feb 08, 2019
May's Subtle Backstop Shift / Children's Hospital Blame Game
Feb 06, 2019
Brexit: What is Theresa May's Strategy?
Jan 30, 2019
Deborah Lipstadt on Antisemitism of The Right And Left
Jan 25, 2019
Brexit Reality Bites / No Child 2020 with Tanya Ward & Fintan O'Toole
Jan 23, 2019
Peadar Tóibín on Building A New Party With 'No Taboo Subjects'
Jan 18, 2019
May's Crushing Commons Defeat
Jan 16, 2019
Nurses Pay: Why Fine Gael Won't Back Down
Jan 09, 2019
Repost: Timothy Snyder, Author of "On Tyranny" (November 2017)
Jan 04, 2019
Ask Us Anything #2
Jan 02, 2019
Ask Us Anything #1
Dec 26, 2018
What We Got Wrong About 2018
Dec 19, 2018
The Transformative Election of 1918
Dec 14, 2018
May Digs Her Heels In
Dec 12, 2018
Historic Times in Westminster, Peadar's Party, Paschal's Reprimand
Dec 05, 2018
Bill Browder on Putin's Kleptocracy & A "Cold War Against Crime"
Nov 30, 2018
What Really Caused Brexit? With Fintan O'Toole & Professor Helen Thompson
Nov 28, 2018
Abortion Bill Hurdles, Leo's Tax Promise, Brexit Rubber Stamp
Nov 21, 2018
Simon Coveney on Brexit, the DUP & No Deal Contingencies / Leo's Big Tax Cut
Nov 17, 2018
The Audacity of Theresa May
Nov 14, 2018
Michael Lewis on Cronyism in The Trump Administration & The Unsung Virtues of Civil Servants
Nov 12, 2018
Patrick Radden Keefe on Murder, Memory and Denial in Northern Ireland
Nov 09, 2018
US Midterms / David McWilliams on The Successes of Centrism & The Property Problem
Nov 07, 2018
Martina Fitzgerald on 'Madam Politician', Labour's Next Moves
Oct 31, 2018
Result Day Special: Higgins's Victory, Casey's Appeal, Sinn Féin's Problem
Oct 27, 2018
Tedious, Shallow & Lacklustre: The Final Full Presidential Debate
Oct 24, 2018
Mary Lou McDonald on Brexit, Border Polls, The Presidency & Frances Fitzgerald
Oct 22, 2018
Fintan O'Toole on The Unfolding Tragedy of Brexit
Oct 17, 2018
POLL: Fine Gael Maintain Steady Lead
Oct 16, 2018
Denis Naughten's Exit & Micheál Martin Plays a Weak Hand Well
Oct 12, 2018
A Social Democratic Budget?
Oct 09, 2018
FG Taking Hits as Housing Crisis Intensifies, Budget Business, Pugilistic Peter Casey
Oct 05, 2018
Blood-Red Lines, Brexit Crunch Time, Money in Presidential Politics
Oct 03, 2018
Senator Lynn Ruane on 'People Like Me', Housing Wars & 'Reverse Snobbery'
Sep 26, 2018
Housing Activists 'Take Back the City'
Sep 19, 2018
Cash for Ash, CervicalCheck, And Then There Were... Five?
Sep 12, 2018
FF and FG Stand-Off, Leo Defends Eoghan, Blimp Incoming
Sep 05, 2018
Paschal Donohoe on Social Change, Conservatism & 'The Radical Centre'
Sep 03, 2018
"Unless we set priorities, nothing is a priority" - The State & Social Housing
Aug 29, 2018
Craig Unger, 'House of Trump, House of Putin'
Aug 25, 2018
FF-SDLP Merger, Uncharted Waters for Michael D., Papal Visit
Aug 22, 2018
Interview: Cody Keenan, Speechwriter for Barack Obama
Aug 17, 2018
Labour's Leadership, Presidential Potentials
Aug 15, 2018
Breaking Down a Border Poll
Aug 08, 2018
Amnesty and "Foreign Money" in Politics / Colm O'Gorman on Pope Francis's Visit
Aug 01, 2018
Fintan O'Toole on "Pre-Fascism" & The Yeats Test
Jul 27, 2018
Different Schools of Thought
Jul 25, 2018
Chaos in Westminster, Slow-Moving Sláintecare
Jul 18, 2018
"Women's Life Within the Home", Race for The Áras
Jul 11, 2018
"Freewheeling" Varadkar Attacks the Media
Jul 04, 2018
New Commissioner in Town, Brexit Dawdling & Michael D
Jun 27, 2018
Interview: James Comey, Former FBI Director
Jun 23, 2018
Prudent Paschal, Leo's Public Image & Sinn Féin's Ard Fheis
Jun 20, 2018
The Separation of Church & State
Jun 13, 2018
The Political Landscape after The Referendum
Jun 06, 2018
Referendum Debrief with Una Mullally, Pat Leahy, Jane Suiter & Sarah Bardon
Jun 01, 2018
"A Lot of My Colleagues Didn't Show Leadership" - One Fianna Fáil TD's Blunt Assessment
May 30, 2018
Referendum Special with Kitty Holland, Fintan O'Toole, Sarah Bardon & Pat Leahy
May 26, 2018
Exit Poll: A Landslide for Repeal
May 25, 2018
The Story of The 8th with Ruadhán Mac Cormaic (October 2016)
May 24, 2018
Debate Drama, Pat v Sarah, Mick Heaney on Referendum Radio
May 23, 2018
This Referendum is Different, Leaders Canvass, John Waters Takes A Stand
May 18, 2018
POLL: A Further Decline in Support for Repeal
May 17, 2018
Referendum Heats Up, The Rural Vote, 'Max Fac' Brexit - with Fianna Fáil's Lisa Chambers
May 16, 2018
Referendum Countdown, Tech Ad Ban Harms #SaveThe8th, More Fact Checking
May 11, 2018
Facebook, #8th Ref Ads, CervicalCheck & Mandatory Reporting
May 09, 2018
Three Weeks Until Referendum Day
May 04, 2018
CervicalCheck Scandal, More Brexit Fudge, #8thRef - with Minister of State Helen McEntee
May 02, 2018
Interview: Yascha Mounk, Author of "The People Vs. Democracy"
Apr 27, 2018
#8thRef, Labour's Hopes, Public Sector Pay, Paschal's Test - with guest Brendan Howlin
Apr 25, 2018
POLL: With Most Minds Made Up, Repeal Maintains Its Lead
Apr 20, 2018
Save the 8th's John McGuirk
Apr 18, 2018
A Slow Start for Repealers? No, Says Ailbhe Smyth
Apr 11, 2018
Confidence & Supply, Presidential Election, INM
Apr 04, 2018
Coveney Blunders, SCU, How To Win A Sports Grant
Mar 28, 2018
Weaponised Facebook: It Couldn't Happen Here (Yet)
Mar 21, 2018
Taoiseach Talks Trade with Trump
Mar 14, 2018
Referendum Obstacle Cleared & Katy Hayward on Brexit
Mar 07, 2018
Strategic Communications, Brexit Fudge Hits the Fan
Feb 28, 2018
Live: Can The Big Three Parties Learn to Work Together?
Feb 24, 2018
Michael D's Challengers, FF's Vulture Signalling, Unborn Rights
Feb 21, 2018
Best Laid National Plans & Impasse Remains in Belfast
Feb 14, 2018
Interview: Former Press Secretary Feargal Purcell
Feb 10, 2018
Vincent Browne on Gerry Adams, Sinn Féin & the Media's Failures in Reporting The Troubles
Feb 07, 2018
After A Historic Night, Campaigning Intensifies
Jan 31, 2018
Poll: Permit Abortion Up To 12 Weeks? Yes, Say A Clear Majority
Jan 26, 2018
Fianna Fáil Divided / Leo's Bank of Mum & Dad
Jan 24, 2018
Decision Time Nears on 8th, Referendum Battle Lines, Sinn Féin's Growing Pains
Jan 17, 2018
Fianna Fáil's Prospects, Homelessness, Property Tax & more
Jan 10, 2018
New Year, Old Problems
Jan 03, 2018
The Year in Politics
Dec 27, 2017
Senator Catherine Noone
Dec 20, 2017
Brexit: What's Our Strategy Now? Live at the IIEA
Dec 13, 2017
Poll Special: 8th Amendment, Political Parties & Brexit
Dec 09, 2017
Brexit: High-Stakes Game Playing
Dec 06, 2017
Fintan O'Toole: "An act of defiance of Irish democracy" / Britain's Pesky Irish Problem
Nov 29, 2017
After A Day of Drama, Questions Remain
Nov 28, 2017
No Hand, Act or Part
Nov 22, 2017
Exit Adams / Live at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis
Nov 20, 2017
The Brexit Riddle
Nov 15, 2017
The Taoiseach's Speech, Republic of Opportunity, Brexit Realities (Live at FG Conference)
Nov 11, 2017
Sexual Harassment, Languishing Bills, Alan Shatter
Nov 08, 2017
Inside Story - Paradise Papers
Nov 06, 2017
Interview: Timothy Snyder, Author of "On Tyranny"
Nov 03, 2017
Can Labour Come Back?
Nov 01, 2017
Repeal or Replace, Crimes in The National Interest
Oct 25, 2017
Interview: Martin O'Malley on Life in Politics, Trump, Running in 2020
Oct 20, 2017
Storm Ophelia, 8th Amendment Committee & EU Summit
Oct 18, 2017
Are Fianna Fáil Ready for Government? Live at the Ard Fheis with Dara Calleary & Fiona O'Loughlin
Oct 14, 2017
Interview: A.C. Grayling - Rethinking Democracy
Oct 13, 2017
Budget Special: More Porridge, Less Pyrotechnics
Oct 10, 2017
Poll Special: 8th Amendment, Framing Questions, Leo's Bounce
Oct 06, 2017
Any Budget Surprises in Store? Leo vs LCD Soundsystem, Catalonia Reaction
Oct 04, 2017
Interview: Robert Harris on The Transformation of Britain
Sep 29, 2017
Abortion Referendum, Sinn Féin's Culture, Property Tax
Sep 27, 2017
Ruled By Fianna Fáil & Fine Gael Forever? (Live at the Dublin Podcast Festival)
Sep 25, 2017
Budget Skirmishes, Michael D's Move, Dáil Returns
Sep 20, 2017
"The Trends Are Good, But It's Not Enough"
Sep 13, 2017
Barry Cowen Defends His Housing Proposal & FF's Record / SF's Leadership Dilemma
Sep 06, 2017
PSC: Compulsory or Mandatory? Housing Out Of Hand, Strategic Communications
Aug 30, 2017
Housing Crisis: Time for the State to Build
Aug 23, 2017
Britain's Border Proposal, Preparing for Failure, Craughwell 2018
Aug 16, 2017
Inside Story - Simon Carswell Visits Ireland's Ghost Estates
Aug 12, 2017
Brexit: Fintan O'Toole & Jeffrey Donaldson on Dublin's Tough Talk
Aug 09, 2017
Sophie Long on Varadkar, Brexit and the DUP
Aug 02, 2017
Don't Party Like It's 1999
Jul 26, 2017
David Goodhart On Rethinking Political Divides
Jul 21, 2017
Water Refunds, GNI in A Bottle, Brexit Pessimism
Jul 19, 2017
End of Term, Paschal's Loose Change, The Observing Taoiseach
Jul 12, 2017
Trudeaumania, Bin Ideology & DUP's Desperation
Jul 05, 2017
Shane Ross's Unloved Bill, NED Talks
Jun 28, 2017
Cringe Actually, Gender Roles, Nóirín Gets The Third Degree
Jun 21, 2017
Fintan O'Toole on Brexit, English Nationalism and the DUP
Jun 16, 2017
Leo's First Day: What We Learned
Jun 14, 2017
Political Theatre, Cabinet Forecast, Mary Lou McDonald on Leo The "Tory"
Jun 07, 2017
It's Leo
Jun 02, 2017
Interview With Angela Nagle, Author Of 'Kill All Normies'
Jun 01, 2017
Leo's Last Lap, Simon's Switchers and Yesterday's Men
May 31, 2017
Inside Story: The Persecution of Sean FitzPatrick
May 27, 2017
Poll Shows Majority Favour Coveney
May 25, 2017
Mission Impossible? - Simon Coveney's Leadership Fight
May 24, 2017
Fintan O'Toole: This Low-Stakes Race Is Meaningless For Most Of Us
May 19, 2017
There Is A Vacancy: Varadkar Holds Early Lead in Race to Succeed Kenny
May 17, 2017
Seán Fleming on Enda's Lingering Leadership, Confidence & Supply and PAC
May 17, 2017
Inside Eurovision with Patrick Freyne
May 12, 2017
A Disturbance in the Force, Dáil Decorum, Paschal the Kingmaker
May 10, 2017
A Year of Living Independently
May 05, 2017
What Ails The Dáil? How To Fix Our Lifeless Legislature
May 03, 2017
Church, State & Hospital / What Next For Anti-Abortion Groups?
Apr 26, 2017
Inside Story - Gardaí Struggle With Hostility On Streets
Apr 22, 2017
Snap Chat: May's Surprise, Labour's Nightmare, The Forgotten Celtic Fringe
Apr 19, 2017
Water Solved? / All Politics Is Local
Apr 12, 2017
Inside Story - IRA veterans' view of Brexit
Apr 08, 2017
FG-FF deal fraying / Green's Catherine Martin on maternity leave & rebuilding the party
Apr 05, 2017
Jim O'Callaghan on Garda Controversy & Confidence
Mar 29, 2017
Inside Story - Victims on Trial?
Mar 27, 2017
Stephen Donnelly on Brexit, Fianna Fáil & "Phenomenal" Ireland
Mar 22, 2017
The Legacy of Martin McGuinness
Mar 21, 2017
Colm Tóibín's solution for Northern Ireland
Mar 16, 2017
Gerry Adams on Stormont negotiations, a border poll and reaching out to unionism
Mar 15, 2017
Tuam Reaction, Harris Withdraws From FG Race, Enda Goes to Washington
Mar 08, 2017
Bonus Pollcast: Advantage Coveney In Two-Horse Race
Mar 04, 2017
Poll Special: Plurality Want 8th Replaced, Not Repealed
Mar 03, 2017
Finian McGrath on 'Grace' & punishing HSE staff who failed her, Irish Water & Dáil delays
Mar 01, 2017
"A toxic balance of power between FF & FG" - Prime Time's Katie Hannon on a year of New Politics
Feb 24, 2017
"He's not like other politicians" - Varadkar and Coveney supporters make their case
Feb 22, 2017
McCabe Crisis: Kenny Departure Hastened, Our Institutions Exposed, How To Run A Tribunal
Feb 15, 2017
McCabe Controversy Entangles Ministers, Senior Gardaí
Feb 10, 2017
Politicians Under Pressure
Feb 08, 2017
Repeal Campaigners Talk About Strategy, Tone & "Shrillness"
Feb 04, 2017
Brendan Howlin on rebuilding Labour, politics of the left, Trump, & more
Feb 01, 2017
Inside Politics Live with Leo Varadkar, Theresa Reidy, Pat & Hugh
Jan 26, 2017
Mary Lou McDonald on Sinn Féin's 'generational change', the DUP & Stardust
Jan 25, 2017
Inside Story - The Trump Years Begin
Jan 20, 2017
Micheál Martin on Brexit, Donald Trump & Sinn Fein's "arrogance"
Jan 18, 2017
Inside Story - Patrick Freyne's Warrior Mindset
Jan 13, 2017
"The Ugly Scaffolding Of Democracy" - Eamonn McCann & Mick Fealty On NI Politics
Jan 11, 2017
Inside Story - Reaction To An 'Alt-Right' Article
Jan 05, 2017
"We can't fix our own health system"-John Halligan on HSE woe, his position & cosmic Christmas cards
Jan 04, 2017
Inside Story - Ireland '86
Dec 31, 2016
A look ahead to 2017 with Fintan O'Toole, Una Mullally & Pat Leahy
Dec 28, 2016
Inside Story - 2016 In The Newsroom
Dec 23, 2016
2016 Review: A bizarre, sometimes dreadful, year in politics
Dec 21, 2016
Inside Story - Dublin's 21,000 Empty Homes
Dec 17, 2016
Coveney's Rent Gambit, Kenny's Calculus
Dec 14, 2016
Inside Story - Superbugs v Drugs
Dec 10, 2016
Ireland's Permanent Housing Crisis
Dec 07, 2016
Problem solved... or is it? Simon Coveney and Paul Murphy on water
Nov 30, 2016
Inside Story - Carers In Crisis
Nov 24, 2016
"Bread on the table" - Alan Kelly on Labour's future
Nov 23, 2016
Inside Story - Pushing The Limits Of Life
Nov 18, 2016
The Blame Game: Fake News, Social Media and Echo Chambers
Nov 16, 2016
Election Special: President Donald Trump
Nov 09, 2016
Garda strike / Politicians speak out about media, trolling and populism
Nov 02, 2016
Facing a winter of discontent
Oct 26, 2016
What does "middle Ireland" mean?
Oct 19, 2016
Ruadhán Mac Cormaic on how the 8th was passed
Oct 14, 2016
Budget 2017: Eoghan Murphy, Dara Calleary & David Cullinane
Oct 12, 2016
Swan song or dog's dinner? Michael Noonan's "final budget"
Oct 08, 2016
Robert Harris: "It's a miserable life for politicians"
Oct 05, 2016
Budget 2016 / Populist Politics / Labour Pains
Sep 28, 2016
Spotlight's Adams claim / Which party is the real Opposition?
Sep 21, 2016
Fintan O'Toole meets President Higgins
Sep 17, 2016
Yeah baby! Enda's Mojo gets him into trouble
Sep 14, 2016
Inside The Supreme Court / Halligan Hangs Tough
Sep 07, 2016
Apple Tax: A Watershed Moment For Ireland
Aug 31, 2016
Donald Trump And The Conservative Identity Crisis
Aug 17, 2016