Podcast Episodes

Stormont will return: analysis from Belfast, London and Dublin

Pat Leahy, Freya McClements and Mark Paul join Hugh to discuss the DUP's acceptance of a historic deal that allows power-sharing in Northern Ireland to resume.

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Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

As the ICJ rules against Israel, Gaza remains an issue in Irish politics

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

Gaza is proving a persistent issue in Irish politics, and today’s ruling at the International Court of Justice could…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Under pressure: Roderic O'Gorman on tackling the refugee accommodation crisis

Minister for Integration Roderic O’Gorman is the man at the centre of one of the most severe and contentious problems facing the State: how to handle the huge increase in people arriving to seek Inte…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Is the political system starting to bend to asylum seeker protests?

Host Hugh Linehan is joined Cormac McQuinn and Jennifer Bray on this week’s wrap with housing for refugees and asylum seekers, and the lack of alternative accommodation, now a perennial talking point…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Are Britain's media and politics broken? With James O'Brien

British broadcaster and author James O'Brien returns to Inside Politics to talk about his most recent book, How They Broke Britain.

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Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

‘Referendums that won’t grasp the imagination’

There are two referendums around the corner on March 8th, but are they too complex and less immediately understandable than other referendums in recent times? Hugh is joined by Jack Horgan-Jones and …

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Vote! Vote! Vote! A year of election predictions in one podcast

In the first half of 2024 highly consequential elections will take place in India, Pakistan, Indonesia, South Africa and Mexico among others. Things get closer to home later in the year with European…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

‘Irish people love elections!’

Still less than a year in existence, the Electoral Commission is set for a packed 2024 with local and European elections in June, a referendum in March and strong odds of a general election too befor…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Ask us anything, 2023 edition - part two

It's part two of the traditional Inside Politics end-of-year Ask Us Anything podcast. Hugh Linehan, Pat Leahy, Jennifer Bray, Harry McGee and Cormac McQuinn are in celebratory mood as they answer you…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Ask us anything, 2023 edition - part one

It's part one of the traditional Inside Politics end-of-year Ask Us Anything podcast. Hugh Linehan, Pat Leahy, Jennifer Bray, Harry McGee and Cormac McQuinn hit play on a range of listener queries an…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago