Podcast Episodes

Pros and cons of helping mortgage holders, President Higgins on economics and King Charles's big day

After yet another ECB rates rise, could we see the reintroduction of mortgage interest relief to take some pressure off homeowners? That was the firs…

3 years, 5 months ago

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Fiona Hill on a global 'proxy war' in Ukraine

Fiona Hill returns to the podcast to talk to Hugh Linehan about how global attitudes to the war in Ukraine have shifted in the year since Russia’s in…

3 years, 5 months ago

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The Tánaiste's Dáil outburst, the patchy provision of abortion care and Leo's tax cuts promise

Tánaiste Micheál Martin's rant in the Dáil was the first point of discussion on the podcast's round-up this week. The rant was aimed at the brand of …

3 years, 5 months ago

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Eamon Ryan: We need to scale up the State to make it fit for purpose

Minister for Transport and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan talks to Hugh Linehan and Harry McGee about policies and politics.

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3 years, 5 months ago

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How to spend it, TDs’ boundary obsession, robust discussions

Cormac McQuinn and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan to discuss the week in politics:

How should the Government use this year's forecast €10 billion budget …

3 years, 6 months ago

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Does the Dowdall connection harm Sinn Féin?

On today’s Inside Politics podcast Hugh Linehan is joined by Harry McGee and Jack Horgan-Jones from our political team to discuss this week’s stories…

3 years, 6 months ago

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Has Biden found the right balance on his Ireland visit?

Irish Times Washington Correspondents past and present, Simon Carswell and Martin Wall, have both been covering US president Joe Biden's visit to Ire…

3 years, 6 months ago

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The politics of Biden's visit

Gerard Howlin and Freya McClements join Pat Leahy to talk about all the politics surrounding US President Joe Biden's visit to Ireland. The four-day …

3 years, 6 months ago

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Why is politics failing to solve problems like housing? With Ben Ansell

The whole world is a series of collective action problems, says Professor Ben Ansell. We want action taken to solve problems, but we want most of the…

3 years, 6 months ago

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Fireworks in the chamber, Defence Forces in crisis, battle of the Irish Times columnists

Cormac McQuinn and Pat Leahy join Hugh to look back at the week in politics:

Bad-tempered Dáil debates on confidence motions this weekDefence Forces i…

3 years, 6 months ago

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