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The end of the beginning
As Ireland moves into the next, more complex phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, how can we hold the authorities to account? Is the current government be…
5 years, 9 months ago
Can we reduce carbon emissions by 7% per year?
The Green Party has demanded that any government it joins implements cuts of 7 per cent each year to our national carbon emissions. Where does that f…
5 years, 10 months ago
Interview: Philippe Sands, author of The Ratline
Phillipe Sands is a barrister, author and broadcaster. His new book The Ratline tells the story of Nazi war criminal and fugitive Otto Wachter, about…
5 years, 10 months ago
Stark economic predictions for the year ahead - with Michael Taft
This week the Government published the worst economic projections since the financial crisis of 2008-11. Finance minister, Paschal Donohue, issued a …
5 years, 10 months ago
Can Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael lure a third party?
This week, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael's historic agreement to form a government together didn't make much of a splash among the distracted public. The…
5 years, 10 months ago
US Politics special with Clare Malone of FiveThirtyEight
Today Hugh talks to American journalist Clare Malone about the upending of US politics in an election year by the outbreak of Covid-19. Clare is seni…
5 years, 10 months ago
Europe's dissonant coronavirus response - with Naomi O'Leary
Europe correspondent Naomi O'Leary joins Hugh and Pat to talk about the EU response to the coronavirus crisis and how differing national memories of …
5 years, 10 months ago
How are we handling this lengthy lockdown? With Jennifer O'Connell and Patrick Freyne
As we approach a sunny bank holiday weekend, and with several weeks of social distancing already under our belts, Hugh talks to Jennifer O'Connell an…
5 years, 10 months ago
Politics in the age of isolation
Politics is still going on, so Jennifer Bray and Harry McGee talk to Hugh about the latest goings-on: government formation, Seanad elections and the …
5 years, 11 months ago
The government's response steps up a gear - with Fiach Kelly
Fiach joins to Hugh to talk about the caretaker government's response to the Covid-19 outbreak, and how the intervention of a civil servant has broug…
5 years, 11 months ago