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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:
3 years, 1 month 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…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Ahern Years: Showtime
In this episode Hugh Linehan and Pat Leahy pore over what comes after Fianna Fáil's successful 2002 general election amid the ongoing boom. The defea…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Ahern years: The tiger roars
In this episode Hugh Linehan and Pat Leahy delve into Bertie Ahern's first government as Taoiseach, a government which oversees unprecedented economi…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Ahern years: Bertie's path to power
His legacy is debated, but there's no denying that Bertie Ahern is one of the most significant figures in Irish political history.
Over the next few …
3 years, 2 months ago
US politics special with Clare Malone of The New Yorker
There’s never a dull moment when it comes to US politics, as proved again today with the announcement of fresh criminal charges against former presid…
3 years, 2 months ago
Inside Sinn Féin
Who are Sinn Féin and what really makes the party different, if anything? Who holds real sway within the party? What role do activists play, and who …
3 years, 2 months ago
The big end of term wrap
The Dáil summer recess has arrived and our political experts Pat Leahy, Jennifer Bray and Cormac McQuinn have convened to look back on the political …
3 years, 2 months ago
Europe's climate is changing. Will European politics change with it?
In a summer heatwave gripping countries including Spain, Italy, France and Greece, Europeans are experiencing temperatures more commonly found in the…
3 years, 3 months ago
Can the Government be generous to RTÉ? Hospital mess, braying donkeys
Pat Leahy and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics including hopefully the final week of RTÉ Oireachtas committee mania…
3 years, 3 months ago