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The modern face of Irish America
The Irish-American experience fitted seamlessly into the story of the United States as a “nation of immigrants”. In the Trump era that narrative has …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
How could Donald Trump have thought war with Iran was a good idea?
Naomi O’Leary and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· After six days of US-Israeli attacks on Iran, the con…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Why is the US blocking oil imports to Cuba?
While the world’s attention is focused on the Middle East, Inside Politics looks at the US sphere of influence on Cuba, which is facing ever tighteni…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Is regime change in Iran a realistic possibility?
Denis Staunton, author of The Irish Times Global Briefing newsletter on international affairs, joins Hugh to talk about the escalating war in the Mid…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
'Sorry' doesn’t seem to be the hardest word for Government
Ellen Coyne and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· In the Dáil on Wednesday, Taoiseach Micheál Martin issu…
7 months ago
Maria Steen: 'If you are in the centre and everybody else moves left, all of a sudden you look right wing'
Campaigner Maria Steen, whose failed bid to launch a run for the presidency last year put the spotlight on the nominations process, talks to Hugh and…
7 months ago
How climate slid down this Government’s agenda
Under this coalition Government Ireland's climate ambitions are colliding with political reality. Hugh talks to Climate and Science Correspondent Car…
7 months, 1 week ago
School SNA row teaches Government a valuable lesson
Jack Horgan-Jones and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· The sharp criticism that greeted a review of allocatio…
7 months, 1 week ago
Fintan O'Toole: What would fascism look like in the 2020s?
13 months in, Donald Trump's second term is proving to be a much more radical political project than his first. On today's podcast Hugh is joined by …
7 months, 1 week ago
Are politics students getting too narrow an education?
Disputes over freedom of speech, censorship and the shifting norms of acceptable discourse are part and parcel of modern political debate. Now the de…
7 months, 2 weeks ago