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Is Trump setting US foreign policy on an irreversible course?
The idea that a country can't increase the size of its territory by taking it over another has been a principle of Western foreign policy for decades…
11 months, 1 week ago
Angry Burkes fail to spoil Taoiseach's Washington trip
Cormac McQuinn and Sarah Burns join Jack Horgan Jones to look back on the week in politics:
· Most analysis of the Taoiseach’s extraordinary me…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Martin survives his close encounter of the Trump kind
Pat Leahy reports from Washington where Taoiseach Micheal Martin met US president Donald Trump this afternoon. How did the Taoiseach do?
In part two, …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Will falling behind on climate cost Ireland billions?
A report last week made a stark forecast: Ireland will be subject to EU fines and costs ranging from from €8 billion to €26 billion for failing to me…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Will Sinn Féin back a left unity candidate for the presidency?
Jack Horgan-Jones and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh to look back on the week in politics:
· Did Simon Harris put his foot in his mouth when he contr…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Can Europe defend itself without the United States?
US president Donald Trump's hard line with allies and his overtures to Russia have upended assumptions about the transatlantic security alliance. So …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Did Brexit make a Border poll inevitable?
How ready are citizens of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland for a border poll? What role would economics play in the debate? And what impa…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
How should Micheál Martin approach his White House visit?
Harry McGee and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan on today’s Inside Politics podcast to discuss the week in politics:
· Micheál Martin will likely have…
1 year ago
Germany's 'it'll be grand' coalition inherits a country in crisis
Hugh talks to Berlin correspondent Derek Scally to find out about the weekend's Bundestag elections, described as the most significant in decades.
Th…
1 year ago
Is Trump's honeymoon period already over?
There’s been lots of noise, threats and bluster. But what has Donald Trump really achieved in his first five weeks in office? And could the non-stop …
1 year ago