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Was Seán Lemass really Ireland's greatest taoiseach?
Seán Lemass is remembered as the man who changed Ireland.
Several opinion polls have noted Lemass as the country's most admired taoiseach.
He never lef…
3 months, 1 week ago
'In the pocket of US multinationals': How is Ireland seen by Europe?
Eoin Drea is a senior researcher at the Wilfried Martens Centre, the official think tank of the European People’s Party (of which Fine Gael is a memb…
3 months, 1 week ago
In the shadow of the war in Iran, inflation and energy costs look set to climb ever higher
Ellen Coyne and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· Israeli strikes on Iranian natural gas infrastructur…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Taoiseach in the court of the mad king
Taoiseach Michel Martin has been meeting US president Donald Trump as part of the annual St Patrick’s Day pageantry. Martin once again faced the chal…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Taoiseach awaits his next dentist’s appointment at The White House
Ellen Coyne and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s St Patrick’s Day visit to The W…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
How the Iran war is impacting the world's economies
As war in the Middle East rages on, the world's superpowers are making diplomatic representations to end it, and contingencies to protect their econo…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The modern face of Irish America
The Irish-American experience fitted seamlessly into the story of the United States as a “nation of immigrants”. In the Trump era that narrative has …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
How could Donald Trump have thought war with Iran was a good idea?
Naomi O’Leary and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· After six days of US-Israeli attacks on Iran, the con…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Why is the US blocking oil imports to Cuba?
While the world’s attention is focused on the Middle East, Inside Politics looks at the US sphere of influence on Cuba, which is facing ever tighteni…
4 months ago
Is regime change in Iran a realistic possibility?
Denis Staunton, author of The Irish Times Global Briefing newsletter on international affairs, joins Hugh to talk about the escalating war in the Mid…
4 months ago