Podcast Episodes

Decision Time Nears on 8th, Referendum Battle Lines, Sinn Féin's Growing Pains

On the question of the 8th Amendment, there remains in Leinster House a good number of fence sittters. The time for them to jump off is drawing near, say Sarah Bardon and Fiach Kelly. For Sinn Fein T…

Published on 7 years, 11 months ago

Fianna Fáil's Prospects, Homelessness, Property Tax & more

Fianna Fáil Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee joins Hugh, Pat and Harry to discuss why, even after recent opinion polls show Fine Gael's support gathering pace at the expense of Fianna Fáil, Mícheál Mart…

Published on 7 years, 11 months ago

New Year, Old Problems

As 2017 drew to a close political staff did the traditional round of Christmas interviews with senior politicians. Familiar themes emerged: the extremely thorny issue of housing, the popularity conte…

Published on 7 years, 11 months ago

The Year in Politics

Pat Leahy, Fiach Kelly and Michael O'Regan look back at some of the big events of 2017 and speculate about the forces at home and abroad that will shape Irish politics in 2018.

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Published on 7 years, 11 months ago

Senator Catherine Noone

Senator Catherine Noone, chair of the abortion committee that today published its report, talks to Hugh and Pat about how a majority of the group came to the view that the 8th Amendment to the consti…

Published on 8 years ago

Brexit: What's Our Strategy Now? Live at the IIEA

The question of the post-Brexit status of the Border may be settled for now, but broader questions remain. What will Ireland's place in Europe be, once the UK, its traditional partner and ally, has d…

Published on 8 years ago

Poll Special: 8th Amendment, Political Parties & Brexit

This week, there were three Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI opinion polls. This morning's asked respondents whether or not they would vote to change the constitution in relation to the Eighth Amendment. Earli…

Published on 8 years ago

Brexit: High-Stakes Game Playing

The Guardian’s Brexit correspondent Lisa O’Carroll joins Irish Times political editor Pat Leahy, deputy political editor Fiach Kelly and presenter Hugh Linehan to discuss what went wrong in the Brexi…

Published on 8 years ago

Fintan O'Toole: "An act of defiance of Irish democracy" / Britain's Pesky Irish Problem

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar called the Department of Justice 'dysfunctional' yesterday, but it is worse than that, says Fintan O'Toole: the failure by the Department to give the infamous emails at the hea…

Published on 8 years ago

After A Day of Drama, Questions Remain

Pat Leahy and Harry McGee talk to Hugh about the dramatic events of the last week that were capped today with the resignation of Frances Fitzgerald, and the questions that remain. How could such impo…

Published on 8 years ago