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Public sector pay deal break through and EU leaders in Dublin for major summit
Parts of Dublin will come to a near standstill this week as security ramps up for two major EU summits in the city centre on Thursday and Friday.
On t…
1 day, 12 hours ago
Are universities echo chambers for the left?
Professor Brian Fanning joins Hugh Linehan to discuss how Catholic thought shaped modern Ireland, the country’s changing attitudes to immigration and…
3 days, 2 hours ago
Are Fine Gael having an identity crisis?
Jack Horgan-Jones and Theresa Reidy join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
5 days, 15 hours ago
Republicans routed as Democrats retake the Senate in style
The US midterm results are in. Keith Duggan reports from Texas where Democratic nominee for US senate James Talarico has declared victory in the usua…
1 week ago
Taoiseach doing some ‘deep thinking’ about Irish unity with creation of new Government body
Pat Leahy and Naomi O’Leary join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
1 week, 5 days ago
Can Israel’s opposition parties oust Netanyahu?
As the day drew to a close in Israel on Tuesday, exit polls in the Knesset election suggested a lead for the bloc of parties opposing prime minister …
2 weeks ago
Can Democrats take the Senate? US midterms special with Galen Druke
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It is one week out from US midterm elections with Democra…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Viral 'hugging grandparents' ad: did Jim O’Callaghan need to intervene?
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Pat Leahy and Sarah Burns join Hugh Linehan to look back …
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Jamie Bryson: Northern Irish unionists 'must go on the offensive'
The scenes at Drumcree in recent weeks revived memories of one of Northern Ireland’s most enduring disputes between unionist and nationalist communit…
3 weeks ago
Is diversity in politics dead?
Democracy rests on the promise that political institutions should reflect the people they serve. But in an era of growing social diversity, persisten…
3 weeks, 3 days ago