Podcast Episodes

POLL: Catherine Connolly opens huge lead in presidential race

Catherine Connolly holds a commanding lead in the presidential election with just over a week to go before votes are cast, according to the latest Irish Times/Ipsos B&A opinion poll.

The poll finds th…

Published on 2 months ago

Election Daily: Is Humphreys playing it too safe?

As independent candidate Catherine Connolly and Fine Gael candidate Heather Humphreys enter the final nine days of the campaign, Jack Horgan Jones and Ellen Coyne join Hugh Linehan to launch our dail…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Is this the end of the gay rights revolution?

Hugh talks to Ronan McCrea, professor of constitutional and European law at University College London, about his new book, The End of the Gay Rights Revolution. McCrea believes that the achievements …

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Head-to-head: Presidential election gets confrontational

Ellen Coyne and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:

·      With Jim Gavin gone, the presidential election is now a two-horse race between Catherine Connolly and Heathe…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

'Cooking the books': Is Budget 2026 a 'cynical wheeze'?

Yesterday’s budget spelled out the Government’s tax and spending plans for next year. But what happens after that?

Barra Roantee of Trinity College Dublin’s Department of Economics says it is “shockin…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Calamity for Fianna Fáil as Jim Gavin drops out of the presidential race

Ellen Coyne and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh to talk about the stunning news of Jim Gavin's withdrawal from the presidential race, leaving Heather Humphreys and Catherine Connolly in a head-to-head ba…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Jack Chambers channels 'Margaret Thatcher' as 'big squeeze budget' looms

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

We already know next Tuesday’s budget is going to be a much less generous affair than recent years. Jack and Pat …

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

American carnage: Keith Duggan at the Ryder Cup

Fresh from the hostile grass arena of Bethpage, where supporters of the US Ryder Cup team spent the weekend abusing their European opponents, Washington correspondent Keith Duggan returns to the podc…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Presidential debate: who came out on top and who struggled?

Pat Leahy joins Hugh to talk about the first televised debate of the presidential campaign which took place on Virgin Media Television tonight. Independent Catherine Connolly, Fine Gael’s Heather Hum…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Lea Ypi investigates a family mystery and hidden history

Hugh interviews Albanian academic and author Lea Ypi about her new book Indignity: A Life Reimagined. The book is an exploration of political, historical and philosophical themes through the story of…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago