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End of term AMA special / Des O'Malley
With the Dáil term drawn to a close, Pat, Harry and Jen join Hugh to answer our listener's questions about politics. But first, Pat recalls the influ…
5 years, 3 months ago
How Ireland Voted 2020 - with Dr Theresa Reidy
The 2020 election marked the end of an era in Irish politics, with Sinn Féin winning the most votes for the first time ever and the previously domina…
5 years, 3 months ago
Bacik gives Labour a much-needed good day out
Labour’s Ivana Bacik looked on course to top the poll in the Dublin Bay South byelection since tally figures on Friday morning put her on 30%. She we…
5 years, 3 months ago
Delta: more tough decisions for Government
The Government is coming under increasing pressure from all angles, as it wrestles with the toughest decisions for months on how to manage the pandem…
5 years, 3 months ago
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…
5 years, 3 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…
5 years, 4 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…
5 years, 4 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…
5 years, 4 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…
5 years, 4 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…
5 years, 4 months ago