Podcast Episodes

Covid-19: was this inevitable?

In our first podcast of the year, Hugh talks to The Irish Times health and political editors, Paul Cullen and Pat Leahy, and political analyst and statistician Kevin Cunningham about the social and p…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

AMA 2020, part two: more listener questions answered

It's the second and final instalment of our annual "ask me anything" podcast! Hugh puts your questions, mainly about politics and the media, to Harry, Pat, Jen and Jack.Thanks to everyone who submitt…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

AMA 2020, part one: your questions answered

It's the first instalment of our annual "ask me anything" podcast. Recorded on December 18th. Hugh puts your questions, mainly about politics and the media, to Harry, Pat, Jen and Jack.Part two will …

Published on 5 years ago

It's Level 5 again

Cabinet has agreed to reimpose Level 5 restrictions, with some modifications, due to the rising numbers of Covid-19 cases. Pat Leahy joins Hugh to take us through what that means.

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Published on 5 years ago

Vaccine rollout, political apologies and a Green divide

This week the Irish Government announced details of their national Covid-19 vaccination plan. Vaccines will be rolled out in three phases: an initial roll out followed by a mass ramp-up and finally, …

Published on 5 years ago

Brexit: Another deadline approaches

Following a meeting over dinner this week between Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, it’s clear that very large gaps still remain between the two sides. Negotiators…

Published on 5 years ago

Is Fine Gael versus Sinn Féin the future of Irish politics?

There's been a lot of commentary about the deepening rivalry between Sinn Féin on the left and Fine Gael on the right. Is this dynamic slowly replacing the old two-party struggle between Fine Gael an…

Published on 5 years ago

Brexit: What could scupper a deal?

With just four weeks until the official end of the Brexit transition period on December 31st, we still don’t know if an agreement will be reached. Fishing is one of the few issues still dividing EU …

Published on 5 years ago

How to hold a referendum on Irish unity

The potential for a future referendum on Irish unity is explicit in the Good Friday Agreement, if certain circumstances are met. But how would an Irish unity referendum work in practice? A new report…

Published on 5 years ago

Why talks on the CervicalCheck tribunal have broken down – with Vicky Phelan

The 221-plus group, which represents those affected by the CervicalCheck scandal, has walked away from talks with the Government on a tribunal aimed at providing the women affected with a quicker and…

Published on 5 years ago