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Blood-Red Lines, Brexit Crunch Time, Money in Presidential Politics
The DUP's line on Brexit is "blood red", according to Arlene Foster. Her apocalyptic choice of words might reflect a deep-seated unionist fear of bet…
8 years, 1 month ago
Senator Lynn Ruane on 'People Like Me', Housing Wars & 'Reverse Snobbery'
Today's guest is Senator Lynn Ruane, the author of an excellent new memoir, who insists there is no such thing as 'reverse snobbery'. Or at least it'…
8 years, 1 month ago
Housing Activists 'Take Back the City'
A group of housing activists have been occupying vacant properties in Dublin city centre since early August as part of a protest over the amount of v…
8 years, 1 month ago
Cash for Ash, CervicalCheck, And Then There Were... Five?
Harry McGee is back on the politics beat and back in the Inside Politics studio to tell us about the political problems created by the CervicalCheck …
8 years, 2 months ago
FF and FG Stand-Off, Leo Defends Eoghan, Blimp Incoming
DCU's Jane Suiter joins Hugh and Pat to talk about the exchange of letters between and Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin on the topic o…
8 years, 2 months ago
Paschal Donohoe on Social Change, Conservatism & 'The Radical Centre'
Last week, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe gave a talk at the Collins Institute, a Fine Gael-associated think tank in Dublin. The talk was about…
8 years, 2 months ago
"Unless we set priorities, nothing is a priority" - The State & Social Housing
Ireland's housing crisis is complex and multifaceted, but one key element that the government must address in seeking a solution to it is the social …
8 years, 2 months ago
Craig Unger, 'House of Trump, House of Putin'
Craig Unger's new book, House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia, analyses links between the Russian ma…
8 years, 2 months ago
FF-SDLP Merger, Uncharted Waters for Michael D., Papal Visit
This week UCD professor Diarmaid Ferriter joins Hugh and Fiach to look at some of the issues currently on the civic and political agenda through the …
8 years, 2 months ago
Interview: Cody Keenan, Speechwriter for Barack Obama
Cody Keenan has been a speechwriter for President Barack Obama for more than a decade, rising from a campaign intern in Chicago to Director of Speech…
8 years, 2 months ago