Podcast Episodes

As the fight over the next EU budget intensifies, what’s in it for Ireland?

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

Thursday evening in Brussels saw much wrangling over the EU’s …

3 weeks, 5 days ago

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How will the public sector pay dispute end?

Leinster House today was filled with sympathy for Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport Patrick O’Donovan who took ill during an EU presiden…

4 weeks ago

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US midterms: is a 'blue wave' coming?

In less than a month US voters will get a chance to express their feelings about the direction of the country in elections for seats in the House of …

1 month ago

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RTÉ funding snub not a good look for Patrick O’Donovan

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

The fallout from Budget 2027 has been minimal, save for Minister for…

1 month ago

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Budget 2027: buying the  peace by pouring fuel on the fire

Ireland is politically and economically stable, as Simon Harris pointed out in his Budget speech yesterday. But keeping it that way is getting more e…

1 month ago

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'Traitors to creation': Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on the far right's apocalypse alliance

Last year Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor co-authored an essay in The Guardian with a provocative title: The Rise of End Times Fascism. In it they argue…

1 month ago

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Budget drama could go to the wire as ministers wrestle for cash that may not come

The mood music around Leinster House this week is one of “nashing teeth” ahead of what’s expected to be a difficult budget announcement on Tuesday.

On…

1 month, 1 week ago

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Siobhán Fenton worked for Sinn Féin. She explains why it has not won power

Sinn Fein emerged from 2020's general election in pole position to challenge Fine Gael and Fianna Fail and potentially take power next time around. T…

1 month, 1 week ago

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Can we escape the algorithm? Mark Little is still optimistic

Today anxiety over how the digital world has evolved is greater than ever. Trust in information found online is low, the business models driving tech…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Latest poll numbers show neither Government nor Opposition all that popular with electorate

Pat Leahy and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:

In the first Irish Times national poll since February, the lack o…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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