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What can be learned from byelections?
On Thursday July 8th, voters in Dublin Bay South will cast their votes in a byelection, triggered by the resignation of former Fine Gael TD Eoghan Mu…
4 years, 8 months ago
Delta threat looms large, a new DUP leader at the helm
The DUP will have its third leader in the space of two months when Jeffrey Donaldson is officially appointed on Saturday. Can he lead the party out o…
4 years, 8 months ago
Susan McKay on the lives of northern Protestants: "It's a full-blown crisis within Unionism"
21 years on from her book Northern Protestants: An Unsettled People, Susan McKay revisits the lives of that community in her new book Northern Protes…
4 years, 8 months ago
Mother and Baby Homes: “The overall picture is not as it should be”
Five months on from the final report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation, controversy still surrounds the methodology used by th…
4 years, 8 months ago
Niall Ferguson: We’re obsessed with mass disaster, yet surprised when it happens
Historian Niall Ferguson’s new book 'Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe' offers a sweeping compendium of the many appalling catastrophes that have bef…
4 years, 9 months ago
The race for Dublin Bay South
With the Dublin Bay South byelection looking likely to take place in early July, Harry McGee and Jennifer Bray join Hugh for a deep-dive on the compe…
4 years, 9 months ago
Will Sinn Féin lead the next government?
Today the team take a look at what role Sinn Féin will play in forming the next government. Although there is a widespread assumption in political ci…
4 years, 9 months ago
Panic in government as politicians feel the heat over housing
Jennifer Bray, Pat Leahy and Kevin Cunningham join Hugh to talk about how the government is struggling to come up with a coherent response to the ho…
4 years, 9 months ago
How Not To Be Wrong - with James O’Brien
British broadcaster and writer James O’Brien has built a loyal listenership on his LBC radio programme, dissecting the opinions of callers live on ai…
4 years, 9 months ago
Housing crisis overtakes Covid as number one priority
The political focus has shifted from the pandemic to the housing crisis, with Taoiseach Micheal Martin this week declaring it the Government’s “numbe…
4 years, 9 months ago