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Can China's relationship with the West recover?
"After months of rising tensions between Washington and Beijing amid talk of economic decoupling and a new cold war, Joe Biden and Xi Jinping sought in Bali to turn down the heat" wrote Irish Times C…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
How big tech traps consumers and shafts creators
The world’s most powerful media and technology companies use their market power to lock their customers into a relationship they can’t escape, while immiserating the creative people whose work the cu…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Will tech woes remove Ireland's corporate tax cushion?
Jack Horgan-Jones and Pat Leahy join Hugh to look at the week's politics:
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
US midterms: Red wave fails to materialise
In the run up to the US midterm elections, polls and political spectators forecast a landslide for the Republicans, but as the results continue to pour in, a different picture is beginning to emerge.…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Will a new hate speech law impinge on free speech?
New legislation will give extra protection to members of groups affected by crimes motivated by hatred.
But critics say the law will be an unacceptable infringement on freedom of speech.
To dig into …
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Support for Ukraine strong but accommodation worries grow - poll
The latest Irish Times/Ipsos opinion poll shows that despite a strong desire to support Ukraine, 61 per cent of voters are concerned that “too many refugees” are coming here. And more than half of vo…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
What does Sunak's reshuffle mean for Ireland?
“Time to look at the big picture; what does it mean for me?”
Pat Leahy and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan on this week’s Inside Politics to discuss Rishi Sunak’s elevation to PM, his appointments to ca…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Liz Truss and the party leadership problem
The debacle of Liz Truss's short premiership has cast the entire UK political system into crisis. Not least the system used by the Tory party leadership to select its leader, which is now being accel…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Fintan O'Toole on 'Up the 'Ra' and turmoil in Westminster
Many Irish Times readers were talking this week about Fintan O'Toole's column on the subject of the IRA and the appropriateness of chanting "Up the 'Ra'.
Hugh talks to Fintan about his column, the deb…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Ross interview saga, recession risk, crumbling block levy
"A grim agenda" of recession, UK bond crisis and global energy crisis awaits later in today's podcast, so first the team enjoy a relatively light topic: The mini-controversy over Shane Ross's axing f…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago