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No Hand, Act or Part
This week there proved to be at least one more political sting left in the tail of the McCabe controversy. This latest entanglement involves a dubious legal strategy, a curiously incurious former Min…
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
Exit Adams / Live at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis
Inside Politics returned to the RDS on Saturday for the final stop on our tour of party conferences in what has amounted to a festival season for Irish politics. Louise O'Reilly, TD for Dublin Finga…
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
The Brexit Riddle
As the deadline for completing the first stage of Brexit negotiations draws near, and with the British political establishment in the midst of a nervous breakdown, our Government is fast approaching …
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
The Taoiseach's Speech, Republic of Opportunity, Brexit Realities (Live at FG Conference)
Last month we went to the Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis for a close look at that party's policies, politics and personalities. This weekend it was Fine Gael's turn for their annual get-together, so Minister …
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
Sexual Harassment, Languishing Bills, Alan Shatter
The Houses of Parliament in Westminster have been engulfed by allegations of sexual harassment in the past week. How does the environment in Leinster House compare? Fiach Kelly and Sarah Bardon join …
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
Inside Story - Paradise Papers
Paradise Papers is the name given to a journalistic project organised by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in Washington DC along with 96 media partners around the worl…
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
Interview: Timothy Snyder, Author of "On Tyranny"
Hugh Linehan speaks with American author, historian and academic Timothy Snyder about his book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, in which he makes provocative and unsettling comp…
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
Can Labour Come Back?
Labour is in the doldrums, stuck on five or six per cent in the polls and struggling to have its voice heard. What are its chances of getting back to ten per cent or more by the next election? Is its…
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
Repeal or Replace, Crimes in The National Interest
Hugh and Pat are joined by Social Affairs Correspondent Kitty Holland and columnist Fintan O'Toole to discuss the direction being taken by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil at the Abortion Committee, and why…
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
Interview: Martin O'Malley on Life in Politics, Trump, Running in 2020
Irish-American politician Martin O'Malley is best known for terms as governor of Maryland and mayor of Baltimore, and for his unsuccessful run for the Democratic presidential candidacy in 2016. Earli…
Published on 8 years, 2 months ago