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Children's Hospital: Questions Remain / The Politics of Dissident Republicans
Jennifer Bray and Fiach Kelly join presenter Harry McGee to discuss the big political stories this week: the continuing National Children’s Hospital controversy, the government's Brexit omnibus, UK L…
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
A Short History of Brexit - with Kevin O'Rourke
As a professor of economic history at Oxford University, and an Irishman, Kevin O'Rourke is well placed to explain how the different economic experiences of the UK and Ireland have led both nations t…
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
Children's Hospital 'Learnings', FF-SDLP, Nurses Strike - with Dara Calleary
Amid apologies and ‘learnings’, the row over the massive overspend on the National Children’s Hospital rumbles on. Two big questions remain: What will the final bill be? And, which other projects wil…
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
Life After Brexit: Lives, Livelihoods & Communities At Risk
Simon Carswell has been investigating the potential impact of Brexit on people - their lives, their communities and their businesses. He talks to Hugh Linehan about what he has discovered, including …
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
May's Subtle Backstop Shift / Children's Hospital Blame Game
First: A subtle but deliberate shift was noted in Theresa May's position on the Brexit backstop during a trip to Belfast yesterday. As the two-day Northern Ireland visit draws to a close today, is he…
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
Brexit: What is Theresa May's Strategy?
Theresa May has united Tory MPs behind her plan to go to Brussels to seek legally binding changes to the Brexit withdrawal agreement, exploring 'alternative options' to the Irish backstop. The troubl…
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
Deborah Lipstadt on Antisemitism of The Right And Left
Sunday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day and to mark it Hugh talks to academic and author Deborah Lipstadt about her new book Antisemitism Here and Now. They discuss the growth of antisemiti…
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
Brexit Reality Bites / No Child 2020 with Tanya Ward & Fintan O'Toole
First: Pat Leahy on the comments yesterday by an EU Commission spokesperson suggesting that a hard border will appear in the case of a no deal Brexit, a suggestion flatly rejected by Simon Coveney. …
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
Peadar Tóibín on Building A New Party With 'No Taboo Subjects'
Public meetings to introduce pro-life TD Peadar Tóibín's new, as-yet unnamed political party have been drawing decent crowds around the country in recent weeks. Already 1,400 people have joined the …
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
May's Crushing Commons Defeat
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan joins Hugh and Pat to consider last night's historic House of Commons defeat for Theresa May's Brexit plan. Has the likelihood of a 'no deal' crash out increased? And, h…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago