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The New IRA and Politics in the North
Nearly a fortnight on from the murder of journalist Lyra McKee in Derry, local elections take place in Northern Ireland tomorrow. Will those who come out to vote decide to make an appeal for compromi…
Published on 6 years, 7 months ago
Bret Easton Ellis on US Politics Invading His Apolitical Life
Bret Easton Ellis, best known as a fiction writer of novels including American Psycho and Less Than Zero, has just published his first non-fiction book, White. The collection of eight essays respondi…
Published on 6 years, 7 months ago
Anti-EU Parties in the European Parliament - with Dr Kevin Cunningham
Political scientist and polling expert Dr Kevin Cunningham joins Hugh, Pat and Fiach to discuss a report he co-authored for the think tank, the European Council on Foreign Relations, on the shape of …
Published on 6 years, 7 months ago
"This Is Not A Retirement" - Clare Daly on Running for Europe
Independents 4 Change TD Clare Daly joins Hugh and Fiach to discuss her decision to run for a seat in the European parliament. Why has the TD some see as one of our most accomplished parliamentarian…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
Brexit Day Blues II - with Fintan O'Toole & Denis Staunton
The new October Brexit deadline impacts British politics in myriad ways, obvious and subtle. But it also has implications for politics here in Ireland and across Europe. First Denis Staunton and then…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
Brexit: Ireland's Wasted Opportunity - with David McWilliams & Shana Cohen
As Theresa May waits to find out what Brexit extension EU leaders will offer her, we ask what, if anything, Irish society can gain from Brexit. To do that Hugh is joined by economist David McWilliams…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
Brexit: Can Corbyn and May Strike A Deal? - with Helen Thompson
As Theresa May sends a letter to Brussels seeking another extension, Hugh and London Editor Denis Staunton are joined again by Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge and co-host …
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
Zuckerberg in Dublin, A Green Consensus, The Carbon Tax – with Eamon Ryan
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg made a flying visit to Dublin this week, during which time he met with politicians including Green Party leader Eamon Ryan on the issue of fake news. On today…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
Brexit Day Blues - with Ronan McCrea
It was meant to be the day when "church bells were rung, coins struck, stamps issued and bonfires lit to send beacons of freedom from hilltop to hilltop", to paraphrase Boris Johnson. Instead, UK PM …
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
Indicative Vote Day, or 'Strictly Come Brexit' - with Denis Staunton
First: Later today in the UK House of Commons, 'indicative votes' - designed to show how much support different Brexit options enjoy - will be held, upending the normal, natural state of government-l…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago