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Covid, rising energy prices and internal strife spell a difficult winter for the EU - with Naomi O'Leary
Europe correspondent Naomi O'Leary talks to Hugh about the rising Covid numbers in many EU member states, the rising energy prices that are dominatin…
4 years, 4 months ago
Inside ten years as a government advisor - with Ed Brophy
Ed Brophy is a former chief of staff to finance minister Paschal Donohoe and to Labour’s Joan Burton when she was Tánaiste. Recently he stepped away …
4 years, 4 months ago
Noam Chomsky: ‘Ireland has robbed poor working people of tens of trillions of dollars’
Author and academic Noam Chomksy talks to Hugh about the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the morality of Ireland’s tax regime and whether the human r…
4 years, 4 months ago
Budget 2022: Understanding how key decisions were made
Pat Leahy talks to Seamus Coffey, Jack Horgan-Jones and Cliff Taylor about yesterday's budget and how the last-minute news that our economy has recov…
4 years, 4 months ago
National Development Plan: to-do list, or wish list?
The Government’s 10-year National Development Plan announced this week has been greeted with scepticism in some quarters and criticised by the opposi…
4 years, 4 months ago
Pre-budget discussions, Mica redress and a divisive pandemic bonus
Pat Leahy, Jennifer Bray and Jack Horgan-Jones from the Irish Times politics team join Hugh to discuss the major considerations for the government ah…
4 years, 5 months ago
Germany election special: who will replace Angela Merkel?
Berlin correspondent Derek Scally joins Hugh for a deep dive into the most interesting German federal election in decades, which takes place on Sunda…
4 years, 5 months ago
Talking about think-ins
After a turbulent summer break for the coalition, the country’s political parties hunkered down for their respective think-in meetings over the last …
4 years, 5 months ago
The legacy of ‘Celtic Tiger’ housing - with Eoin Ó Broin
Sinn Féin housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin’s latest book, Defects: Living with the legacy of the Celtic Tiger, tells the stories of some of the thou…
4 years, 5 months ago
A new Dáil term's afoot
Hugh is joined by Pat Leahy, Jennifer Bray and Cormac McQuinn from the Irish Times politics team to discuss the Government's roadmap for the easing o…
4 years, 6 months ago