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Brexit: Rancor in Westminster as EU Hopes Fade - with Nick Gutteridge and Simon Carswell
The Brexit week began with Lady Hale delivering a famous judgement against Prime Minister Boris Johnson. That might have been expected to dominate th…
7 years, 1 month ago
Brexit: A Brutal Defeat for Boris, Green Shoots, A Growing Threat to Journalism
Boris Johnson faces an uncertain future and narrowing options after yesterday’s brutal supreme court ruling that his prorogation of parliament was un…
7 years, 1 month ago
Naomi Klein: We Need Radical Climate Action
Canadian journalist and social activist Naomi Klein is best known for her 1999 book No Logo which exposed corporate malpractice. Two decades on, her …
7 years, 1 month ago
Election Talk, Brexit Back-Channels
The dawning political season in Leinster House is overshadowed by the prospect of a general election and still by the uncertainty over Brexit. Fiach…
7 years, 1 month ago
Brexit: A Backstop In All But Name?
The DUP has publicly rejected proposals for a Northern Ireland-only backstop amid speculation at Westminster that Boris Johnson is considering an all…
7 years, 2 months ago
Brexit: Has Boris Johnson's Visit Changed Anything?
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has visited Taoiseach Leo Varadkar for a "positive, constructive" meeting. But has the Irish government's view of the…
7 years, 2 months ago
Bracing for Johnson's General Election - with Fintan O'Toole
Fintan O'Toole pops in to review the incredible week that has unfolded in Westminster and what we can expect from the election that seems inevitable …
7 years, 2 months ago
Brexit: A Bad Day for Boris, Election Calculations, A Chink of Light? - with Katy Balls
After a day of drama and political upheaval in Westminster, Hugh is joined by our own Pat Leahy and Denis Staunton, and by Katy Balls, deputy politic…
7 years, 2 months ago
Northern Ireland Past, Present and Future - with Professor Brendan O'Leary
Brendan O'Leary, a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, has written a three-book treatise on the entity we call Northern…
7 years, 2 months ago
Brexit: Sit Back and Remain on the Edge of Your Seat – with Lisa O’Carroll
The dust is beginning to settle after British prime minister Boris Johnson’s surprise announcement on Wednesday, that he is to prorogue parliament fo…
7 years, 2 months ago