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Europe grapples with Ukraine, food and energy crises
Not without difficulty, EU member states reached an agreement on new sanctions against Russia, this time banning most oil imports. Pat Leahy and Naom…
3 years, 9 months ago
Jon Ronson on the origins of the culture wars
Celebrated author and podcaster Jon Ronson talks to Hugh about his recent BBC podcast series Things Fell Apart which explores the origins of the cult…
3 years, 9 months ago
Sinn Féin and the art of government
If Sinn Féin fulfils its ambition to be the first party other than Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil to form a government in the Republic, what challenges wil…
3 years, 9 months ago
Green light for the National Maternity Hospital / Ripping up the Protocol
Part one: Following two weeks of intense debate and discussion on the relocation of the National Maternity Hospital, the plan has finally been approv…
3 years, 9 months ago
Pandemonium: Jack Horgan-Jones and Hugh O’Connell
Pandemonium: Power, Politics and Ireland’s Pandemic, is the new book by Irish Times political reporter Jack Horgan-Jones and Hugh O’Connell, politica…
3 years, 9 months ago
Stormont election special: Seismic or not, a significant result for Northern Ireland
Freya McClements, Mary Minihan and Pat Leahy join Hugh to analyse the results of last week's Northern Ireland Assembly elections.
The major talking p…
3 years, 9 months ago
Voters go to the polls in Britain and Northern Ireland
Tomorrow Northern Ireland goes to the polls, in what’s been dubbed the most important vote in a generation. For the first time in more than a century…
3 years, 9 months ago
Turf wars, TD numbers and a row over surrogacy
Pat and Jen join Hugh to talk about all the political stories of the past week including tension within the coalition over a proposed ban on the sale…
3 years, 10 months ago
Two very different elections, two defining moments
Next weekend, French voters decide whether Emmanuel Macron should remain president or Marine Le Pen should replace him. The latter result would trans…
3 years, 10 months ago
Poll exclusive: majority favour keeping neutrality
There is overwhelming support for a retention of Ireland’s current model of military neutrality, according to the latest Irish Times/Ipsos poll.
Two-…
3 years, 10 months ago