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Will the government take any pre-budget action?
Jennifer Bray, Jack Horgan-Jones and Irish Times Economics Correspondent Eoin Burke-Kennedy join Pat Leahy to discuss the long wait until October's b…
4 years, 4 months ago
Brexit wars reignite / Will the cost of living keep rising?
The rising cost of living is the most immediate issue facing governments all over the world. The Central Statistics Office reports Inflation at a 40-…
4 years, 4 months ago
Crèche pressure, GUBU, Johnson survives
Jack Horgan-Jones is one of many parents paying through the nose for childcare. The Government wants to take some of the financial pain out of early …
4 years, 4 months ago
Europe grapples with Ukraine, food and energy crises
Not without difficulty, EU member states reached an agreement on new sanctions against Russia, this time banning most oil imports. Pat Leahy and Naom…
4 years, 4 months ago
Jon Ronson on the origins of the culture wars
Celebrated author and podcaster Jon Ronson talks to Hugh about his recent BBC podcast series Things Fell Apart which explores the origins of the cult…
4 years, 4 months ago
Sinn Féin and the art of government
If Sinn Féin fulfils its ambition to be the first party other than Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil to form a government in the Republic, what challenges wil…
4 years, 4 months ago
Green light for the National Maternity Hospital / Ripping up the Protocol
Part one: Following two weeks of intense debate and discussion on the relocation of the National Maternity Hospital, the plan has finally been approv…
4 years, 5 months ago
Pandemonium: Jack Horgan-Jones and Hugh O’Connell
Pandemonium: Power, Politics and Ireland’s Pandemic, is the new book by Irish Times political reporter Jack Horgan-Jones and Hugh O’Connell, politica…
4 years, 5 months ago
Stormont election special: Seismic or not, a significant result for Northern Ireland
Freya McClements, Mary Minihan and Pat Leahy join Hugh to analyse the results of last week's Northern Ireland Assembly elections.
The major talking p…
4 years, 5 months ago
Voters go to the polls in Britain and Northern Ireland
Tomorrow Northern Ireland goes to the polls, in what’s been dubbed the most important vote in a generation. For the first time in more than a century…
4 years, 5 months ago