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US Politics: The 2020 Democratic Candidates - with Suzanne Lynch
Taking a break from the chaos of Brexit, we turn to a rather chaotic and already crowded field of candidates for the Democratic Party nomination to take on President Trump in next year's US president…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
Brexit: What is The EU's Strategy? / Councillors & Gambling Machines
First: Patrick Smyth in Brussels joins Hugh and Pat to talk about the thinking behind the EU's stance on a potential Brexit delay. Then: Jennifer Bray on why councillors in Donegal, using one of thei…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
David Runciman on Democracy's 21st Century Problems
Western democracies are beset by a variety of problems: fractured legislative bodies, the rise of the far right, the erosion of norms and the dangers posed by technology. But we shouldn't confuse tho…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
Politics Fails Utterly in Westminster - with Fintan O'Toole & Lisa O'Carroll
Prime Minister Theresa May has failed spectacularly in her bid to pass a Brexit deal through the House of Commons. The Guardian's Brexit correspondent Lisa O'Carroll on the fallout in Westminster, th…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
Poll: Northern Ireland Is United in Opposition to A Hard Brexit
The second set of results from the Irish Times / Ipsos MRBI poll reveals attitudes to Brexit and Irish unity across the island of Ireland, north and south. Among the most significant findings: respon…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
Poll: Support Dips for Varadkar and McDonald
Political Editor Pat Leahy is here with the latest Ipsos / MRBI poll which brings bad news for most political groups but especially for Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, support for whom has dipped significant…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
Digestible Truth, The Soc Dems Rift, Unspinnable Brexit - with Peter Foster
First: Fiach Kelly explains what we've learned from a cache of documents featuring exchanges between Solidarity TD Paul Murphy, his party colleagues and an international umbrella organisation for soc…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
Brexit Endgame, Beware The Ides of March, Looking for Ladders
Finally it seems that meaningful moves are being made in Westminster toward some sort of conclusion to the Brexit saga. Denis Staunton and Pat Leahy analyse the public shifts in position made in rece…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
Brexit in The Desert: Progress, or Another Mirage?
The EU-Arab League summit in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, today has been dominated by talk of Brexit. And it has turned out to be a more eventful day than promised, with expectations growing that UK Prime…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
Ready, Steady, Wait: Fianna Fáil, Brexit and The Next Election
At the Fianna Fáil ardfheis in City West, everyone, from the regular delegates on up to the party leader Micheál Martin, wants to take the fight to Fine Gael in a general election. But not right now,…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago