Podcast Episodes

The final countdown to the US election

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David McWilliams: Money is humanity's greatest invention - but Ireland lacks the skill to use it

Economist, podcaster and Irish Times columnist David McWilliams joins Hugh to talk about his new book Money: A Story of Humanity. They talk about the…

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Clare Daly throws a cat among the pigeons in Dublin Central

Jennifer Bray and Harry McGee join Hugh to discuss the week in politics:

The Government is completing what it can of its unfinished legislative progra…

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GE24: The battleground constituencies

Now that it is confirmed there will be a general election this year, the Irish Times politics team can finally unleash their predictions - or should …

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Democrats are sweating but nothing is certain in the race for the White House

Trump or Harris? We'll know America's answer in just two weeks, but until then the race is too close to call. With the margins so tight, Democrats an…

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Will Sinn Féin’s recent controversies have an impact in the election?

Host Hugh Linehan is joined by Jack Horgan-Jones and Cormac McQuinn to look back on the week in politics:

·     With a general election now likely a m…

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Election before Christmas? Ok, says Micheál Martin

Tánaiste Micheál Martin sits down with Hugh Linehan and Pat Leahy to talk about the timing of the next general election. For the first time he states…

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Sinn Féin's latest crisis is a disaster for the party at the worst possible time

The resignation from Sinn Féin of Laois TD Brian Stanley on Saturday, and the party's referral to the Gardaí of information it gathered during an int…

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Timing is everything when it comes to general elections

Host Hugh Linehan is joined by Pat Leahy and Cormac McQuinn to look back on the week in politics:

·      With the giveaway budget done, will this gove…

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Trump, Harris and how media and politics merged - with Ben Smith

As the US presidential election nears, Hugh talks to American journalist Ben Smith about the intertwining of media and politics in the United States:…

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