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Maria Steen falls at the final hurdle
Ellen Coyne and Pat Leahy join Hugh to talk about how independent candidate Maria Steen came close but ultimately failed to secure a nomination to ru…
1 year ago
What our 'Charlie versus Garret' series got wrong - with Eoin O'Malley
Last year The Irish Times Inside Politics podcast released a three-part series looking back at the political rivalry between Charles Haughey and Garr…
1 year ago
Can Sheridan or Steen get a presidential nomination over the line?
Pat Leahy and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
1 year ago
Charlie Kirk: A conservative's view on the fallout from a momentous crime
Hugh talks to Michael Brendan Dougherty, senior writer at National Review, about the murder of right wing activist and Christian nationalist Charlie …
1 year ago
Leo Varadkar speaks his mind on reunification, Covid, Eoghan Murphy and Phil Hogan
Leo Varadkar's new memoir promises readers an insight into what the former taoiseach really thought about the monumental events - Covid, Brexit, the …
1 year ago
Charlie Kirk shooting another example of escalating political violence in US
Harry McGee and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· The assassination of the conservative activist and inf…
1 year ago
Kelleher's rousing speech isn't enough to overcome Micheál's man
The run-in to October’s presidential election continues to pick up pace this week with the selection of Jim Gavin as Fianna Fáil’s nominee. Jack Horg…
1 year ago
Starmer's Labour in disarray as the UK's divisions deepen
Keir Starmer's Labour government seems to be in big trouble, with opinion polls suggesting the possibility of a dramatic reshaping of British elector…
1 year ago
It’s all systems go for this presidential election
Ellen Coyne and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· With polling day expected to be October 24th, nominatio…
1 year, 1 month ago
The broken UN, and Ireland's role: 'There's cynicism among member states towards our so-called neutrality'
The absence of a coherent international response to the crises in Gaza and Ukraine has raised questions about what used to be called the internationa…
1 year, 1 month ago