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Will 'common sense' policies revive Rishi Sunak's Tories?
On today's podcast:
Jack Horgan-Jones on the darkening economic backdrop to next week's delivery of Budget 2024.
Mark Paul reports from the Conservativ…
3 years ago
Naomi Klein on conspiracies, climate and the 'personal brand'
Today’s guest is Canadian academic and author Naomi Klein. Klein shot to fame with her first book, No Logo, which offered an acute critique of how po…
3 years ago
Sinn Féin gain, no giveaway budget, Leo on Benefits Street
Harry McGee and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan to discuss the week in politics:
3 years 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…
3 years 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…
3 years 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…
3 years, 1 month 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? …
3 years, 1 month 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…
3 years, 1 month 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…
3 years, 1 month 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…
3 years, 1 month ago