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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 ri…
1 year, 4 months 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…
1 year, 4 months 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,…
1 year, 4 months 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…
1 year, 4 months 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 alr…
1 year, 5 months 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 …
1 year, 5 months 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 L…
1 year, 5 months 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 …
1 year, 5 months ago
How the Dublin Riots can be traced back to the Blueshirts
Cork-based author Pádraig Óg O'Ruairc joins Hugh Linehan to discuss his new book 'Burn Them Out; a history of fascism and the far right in Ireland’. …
1 year, 5 months ago
Naomi Klein on conspiracies, climate and the 'personal brand'
This episode was first published in October 2023.
Naomi Klein shot to fame with her first book, No Logo, which offered an acute critique of how power…
1 year, 5 months ago