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Water Refunds, GNI in A Bottle, Brexit Pessimism
Fine Gael have found the money to repay water charges to those who complied back in 2014, marking perhaps the final chapter in a terrible humiliation for the party. The €170 million needed for that i…
Published on 8 years, 5 months ago
End of Term, Paschal's Loose Change, The Observing Taoiseach
The summer break is looming in Leinster House and TDs are rushing to get things legislation through after an underwhelming term. Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe is making his 'Summer Statement' …
Published on 8 years, 5 months ago
Trudeaumania, Bin Ideology & DUP's Desperation
Harry McGee and Pat Leahy talk about the substantive issues addressed by An Taoiseach Leo Vardakar and Justin Trudeau on the occasion of the Canadian PM's visit, issues that were hard to discern with…
Published on 8 years, 5 months ago
Shane Ross's Unloved Bill, NED Talks
Former Irish Times Legal Affairs correspondent and author of The Supreme Court Ruadhan Mac Cormaic joins podcast regulars Sarah Bardon, Pat Leahy and Fiach Kelly to discuss the controversy surroundin…
Published on 8 years, 5 months ago
Cringe Actually, Gender Roles, Nóirín Gets The Third Degree
The grubby appointment of former AG Máire Whelan to the Court of Criminal Appeals, the glaring lack of females in the senior and junior Government ranks and the dropping of Love Actually references i…
Published on 8 years, 6 months ago
Fintan O'Toole on Brexit, English Nationalism and the DUP
Hugh talks to Fintan O'Toole, who has just been awarded the Orwell Prize for Journalism for his writing on Brexit. Fintan explains why the Irish view on subjects like Brexit and the ascent of nationa…
Published on 8 years, 6 months ago
Leo's First Day: What We Learned
After another long day in Dáil Eireann, Irish Times politics team members Pat Leahy, Fiach Kelly and Mary Minihan trooped back to base to chat with Hugh Linehan about the ins and outs of Leo Vardakar…
Published on 8 years, 6 months ago
Political Theatre, Cabinet Forecast, Mary Lou McDonald on Leo The "Tory"
Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald returns to the podcast to share her views on Leo Varadkar and Fine Gael's place on the political spectrum, future coalition possibilities for Sinn Féin ("we will talk to…
Published on 8 years, 6 months ago
It's Leo
Leo Varadkar has prevailed. At just 38, the new leader of Fine Gael is practically guaranteed to become our next Taoiseach. Simon Coveney, meanwhile, salvaged dignity by running him closer than looke…
Published on 8 years, 6 months ago
Interview With Angela Nagle, Author Of 'Kill All Normies'
Academic and author Angela Nagle first came to many Irish Times readers' attention when she penned an opinion piece on the so-called Alt-Right, in response to the publication of a controversial gloss…
Published on 8 years, 6 months ago