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Sinn Féin gain, no giveaway budget, Leo on Benefits Street
Harry McGee and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan to discuss the week in politics:
2 years, 5 months ago
Why can't more of us vote in Seanad elections?
A constitutional stopwatch is now ticking for the way in which some senators are elected. And it’s finally time for the Seanad reform which successiv…
2 years, 5 months ago
Disturbance at Dáil Éireann
Our Friday wrap of the week returns with the start of the new political season. Jennifer Bray, Jack Horgan-Jones and Pat Leahy join Hugh to discuss t…
2 years, 5 months ago
Can Britain ever come to terms with Brexit?
Peter Foster tells today’s Irish Times Inside Politics podcast that, while polls show a majority of British voters now think it was a mistake to leav…
2 years, 5 months ago
'Sinn Féin have pissed a lot of people off' - Aoife Moore on the struggle to write about Ireland's biggest party
How hard it is it to write a tell-all book about Sinn Féin, a political party known among journalists for its secrecy and its on-message discipline? …
2 years, 5 months ago
Paschal Donohoe on spending v saving, RTÉ's future and Fine Gael's vigour
October 10th is Budget Day, so it is the time of the year for politicians and lobbyists to make their cases for extra spending and tax cuts in 2024.
I…
2 years, 5 months ago
Licence fee revolt, speed solutions, think-ins
Harry McGee and Cormac McQuinn join Pat Leahy to talk about the big political stories of the week:
News that RTÉ licence fee receipts have continued t…
2 years, 5 months ago
More seats and new constituencies: a first look at the redrawn electoral map
The Electoral Commission has published its highly anticipated constituency review which, as expected, recommends an increase in the number of Dáil se…
2 years, 6 months ago
Crime on the public's mind, politicians brace for constituency reform
Pat Leahy and Jennifer Bray join Hugh to discuss the big stories of the past few weeks:
2 years, 6 months ago
The Ahern Years: Crash
The final episode of the series ends with a bang, or rather a crash, as Hugh Linehan and Pat Leahy detail how Bertie’s own finances are under the mic…
2 years, 6 months ago