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A dramatic week in Covid, Brexit and the US election
Jack Horgan-Jones, Suzanne Lynch and Denis Staunton join Pat to talk about an eventful week in Ireland's Covid-19 response, the Brexit process and Donald Trump and Joe Biden's race to the White House…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
The decisions that led us into Level 5
So what is the national Covid-19 policy now? It seems to be: lockdown now, enjoy Christmas, lockdown again. But even that fairly bleak prospect is contingent on a lot of things going according to pla…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Budget 2021: government go big and "economic jihadis" go home - with David McWilliams
Hugh talks to economist and Irish Times columnist David McWilliams about the massive increase in spending announced in yesterday's budget and why this approach, the correct one as David sees it, won …
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Can America's awful politics be fixed? - with Steven Levitsky
Once both sides in a two-party system start playing hardball - as we see in the battle over the US Supreme Court, for example - it's very difficult for either to stop, with potentially dangerous cons…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Poll: support for Government and coalition party leaders falls
A short episode with analysis of the latest Irish Times / IpsosMRBI poll, which shows that public approval of the coalition Government and its party leaders has fallen, but support has remained relat…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
A look ahead to Budget 2021
In today’s roundup, the team look ahead to next week’s budget. What has Paschal planned for the next twelve months? How can we live with Covid and keep the economy going? Which sectors will be priori…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Two days of Covid controversy that unnerved the country
It's been a significant few days in Ireland's Covid-19 response, with controversy erupting on Sunday over Nphet's recommendation that the country move to Level5 restrictions, much to the Government's…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
A positive test for Trump and the latest Brexit negotiations
President Trump and his wife Melania have tested positive for coronavirus. This opens up a range of questions about how the next four weeks leading up to the election will unfold. If Covid-19 proves …
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Fianna Fail’s big challenge
Following a disappointing election result and worrying trends in recent opinion polls, a huge challenge now lies ahead for Fianna Fail. Can this once all-powerful organisation ever hope to regain its…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Interview: Anne Applebaum, author of "Twilight of Democracy"
"Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism" is the new book by Atlantic magazine journalist Anne Applebaum. In it she writes about the "unbridgeable political chasm" that has open…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago