Podcast Episodes

'The people who voted no are expected to go under a rock and disappear' - Ronán Mullen on losing the marriage referendum

The tenth anniversary of the marriage equality referendum has prompted some reminiscing about how the vote was the first of two pinnacles for progressivism in Ireland, the other being the abortion r…

Published on 7 months ago

The Public Accounts Committee returns, and is already making headlines

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

·       The Public Accounts Committee returned on Thursday and already it was making headlines with revela…

Published on 7 months ago

Marriage equality: ten years on, has Ireland's progressive optimism disappeared?

It is ten years since the country voted to legalise same-sex marriage. This victory for progressive politics was followed by another when abortion rights were won in 2018. But what is sometimes calle…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Simon Harris: my style of politics is not a problem

Simon Harris had a difficult general election campaign as Fine Gael leader and has since faced criticism that he has not learned from mistakes in his new roles as Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Af…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Are the Government spooked by the consequences of the Occupied Territories Bill?

Pat Leahy and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:

·       On the same day that the US agreed a trade deal with the UK, the European Commission unveiled a second, larger…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Conclave: why this papal election is the hardest to call in decades

The death of Pope Francis has set in train one of the most unique contests in world politics: the Papal conclave. Cardinals will vote again and again until one name achieves a two-thirds majority and…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

What does the surge of Farage's Reform mean for UK politics?

On today’s Inside Politics podcast Irish Times London Correspondent Mark Paul joins Hugh Linehan to discuss what Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is already calling “the beginning of the end of the Cons…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

100 days of Government and very little to show

Pat Leahy and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:

·       Nama chief executive Brendan McDonagh almost became housing ‘tsar’ until Fine Gael blocked his appointment thi…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Can 'technocratic daddy' Mark Carney solve Canada's deep-rooted problems?

Canadian journalist Jen Gerson joins Hugh to talk about the results of Monday's federal election, which confirmed the once-unlikely comeback of the Liberal party led by former central banker Mark Car…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Will there be a teacher’s strike in the autumn?

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

·       Pope Francis passed away on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Thoughts now turn to the election of his su…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago