Podcast Episodes

'Sorry' doesn’t seem to be the hardest word for Government

Ellen Coyne and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:

·       In the Dáil on Wednesday, Taoiseach Micheál Martin issu…

7 hours ago

Maria Steen: 'If you are in the centre and everybody else moves left, all of a sudden you look right wing'

Campaigner Maria Steen, whose failed bid to launch a run for the presidency last year put the spotlight on the nominations process, talks to Hugh and…

2 days, 6 hours ago

How climate slid down this Government’s agenda

Under this coalition Government Ireland's climate ambitions are colliding with political reality. Hugh talks to Climate and Science Correspondent Car…

3 days, 15 hours ago

School SNA row teaches Government a valuable lesson

Jack Horgan-Jones and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:

·       The sharp criticism that greeted a review of allocatio…

1 week ago

Fintan O'Toole: What would fascism look like in the 2020s?

13 months in, Donald Trump's second term is proving to be a much more radical political project than his first. On today's podcast Hugh is joined by …

1 week, 2 days ago

Are politics students getting too narrow an education?

Disputes over freedom of speech, censorship and the shifting norms of acceptable discourse are part and parcel of modern political debate. Now the de…

1 week, 4 days ago

Have Sinn Féin adopted a populist stance on Ukraine?

Jack Horgan-Jones and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:

·       This week saw the European Parliament approve a € 90…

2 weeks ago

Irish politics shifted left. Why?

How Ireland Voted is a regular publication featuring academic analysis of Irish elections. The latest edition looks at the 2024 general election and …

2 weeks, 2 days ago

John Mearsheimer: Why Europe still needs the USA

John Mearsheimer returns to the podcast to talk to Hugh about his view of geopolitics and global security in 2026.

They talk about Donald Trump's unil…

2 weeks, 4 days ago

Are we now seeing a grumpy electorate demanding action?

Pat Leahy and Ellen Coyne join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:

·       When it comes to the housing crisis or whether to spend the …

3 weeks ago