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Can Europe fight back against Trump's tariffs?

Wednesday April 2nd is when US president Donald Trump is expected to announce tariffs on a wide range of imports from several countries, probably inc…

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Are Labour getting too close to Sinn Féin for their own good?

Pat Leahy and Sarah Burns join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:

·       The Dáil will enter uncharted territory next Tuesday as a mo…

1 year, 6 months ago

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Sally Hayden on reporting from an Isis prison camp and a Hizbullah leader's funeral

Sally Hayden talks to Hugh Linehan about her experiences reporting from Syria and Lebanon.

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Opposition loses confidence in Verona Murphy as the Lowry deal haunts Government

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Does McGregor matter?

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

Jack reports from Brussels where EU leaders have been meeting …

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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…

1 year, 6 months ago

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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…

1 year, 6 months ago

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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?

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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…

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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…

1 year, 6 months ago

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