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What will the Green Party's wipeout mean for climate action in Ireland?
Dr Cara Augustenborg, assistant professor in Environmental Policy at UCD, joins us to look at the fallout from the Green Party's collapse in the 2024…
1 year, 9 months ago
How exactly does Ireland's system of voting work?
With the 2024 general election just around the corner, we're revisiting a valuable episode from earlier this year: Virgin Media's political correspon…
1 year, 9 months ago
Are we about to see a further escalation in the Ukraine war?
It's now more than 1,000 days after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and there are signs that the conflict is taking on a new dimension. The use of West…
1 year, 9 months ago
The general election campaign is now underway — what happens next?
After weeks of what felt like endless speculation, the Taoiseach Simon Harris finally put us out of our misery last week (with a bit of a jump on him…
1 year, 9 months ago
What is AI slop and did it lead to a Halloween parade hoax in Dublin?
You likely saw the images from Dublin city centre last week: hundreds of people lining O’Connell Street on Halloween night, all eagerly awaiting a pr…
1 year, 10 months ago
What will win or lose the US election for Harris and Trump?
We’re joined by our own political columnist, Larry Donnelly who is a law lecturer at the University of Galway, to check in on the final days of the r…
1 year, 10 months ago
Why is Israel targeting peacekeepers in Lebanon?
We're joined by Dr Shelley Deane, researcher at DCU’s School of Law and Government, to examine the deepening crisis in southern Lebanon following Isr…
1 year, 10 months ago
How does Nepal deal with hundreds of landslides every year?
If asked to name some things we know about Nepal, most of us would probably say Mount Everest. The next might actually be landslides. The country is …
1 year, 10 months ago
What does the Strictly scandal mean for the future of British TV?
One of the most successful BBC TV shows, Strictly Come Dancing, is back on air for its 20th year after it was rocked by a summer of in-house scandals…
1 year, 10 months ago
How much of a difference will the Budget really make?
The Budget has been dubbed a giveaway — but will it really make that much of a difference to your pocket? Barra Roantree from TCD's Department of Eco…
1 year, 11 months ago