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Repost: Michael Lewis on Cronyism in The Trump Administration & The Unsung Virtues of Civil Servants
Author Michael Lewis (Moneyball, The Big Short, The Undoing Project)talks to Hugh about his new book 'The Fifth Risk'. The book concerns the Trump Ad…
5 years, 7 months ago
Green list confusion, EU recovery deal and the impending stimulus package
In today’s episode Hugh is joined by Pat Leahy and the newest member of the politics team, Jack Horgan-Jones to dissect the events of this week, incl…
5 years, 7 months ago
How damaged is Micheál Martin's leadership? (Live at The Irish Times Summer Nights Festival)
This week The Irish Times ran its "Summer Nights" online festival, featuring conversations with guests like Samantha Power, Anne Enright, Imelda May,…
5 years, 7 months ago
US politics: is Trump toast? With Fintan O'Toole and Suzanne Lynch
President Donald Trump is clearly behind in the polls, but is it too late for him to claw it back? What kind of campaigns will he and his rival Joe B…
5 years, 7 months ago
FF's shaky start continues, economic dilemmas & Paschal's Eurogroup candidacy
Micheál Martin took hist first leaders' questions as Taoiseach this week, however much of the focus was on Agriculture Minister Barry Cowen and his d…
5 years, 7 months ago
Brexit: what's the latest and will there be a deal?
Brexit is still going and is still as infuriating as ever. With Britain now locked into a complete and final exit from the EU at the end of the year,…
5 years, 8 months ago
Coalition Teething Pains & Sinn Féin's Support
Academic and political analyst Kevin Cunningham joins Pat and Fiach to talk about the first week of the new coalition, new analysis of the source of …
5 years, 8 months ago
New Government: FF, FG and Greens enter coalition
Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party have voted overwhelmingly to enter into government together . Pat Leahy is joined by Jennifer Bray, Harry …
5 years, 8 months ago
Interview: Masha Gessen, author of Surviving Autocracy
Masha Gessen is a Russian-American author, activist and journalist. In their new book, Surviving Autocracy, Gessen provides a punchy and persuasive a…
5 years, 8 months ago
Interview: Green Party Leader Eamon Ryan
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan joins Hugh Linehan and Irish Times political correspondent Harry McGee to discuss yesterday’s marathon Green Party conv…
5 years, 8 months ago