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Inside Eurovision with Patrick Freyne
Eurovision time is here again, and this year it's taking place in Ukraine. Is the tense political context impacting the annual carnival of national p…
8 years, 9 months ago
A Disturbance in the Force, Dáil Decorum, Paschal the Kingmaker
Will Nóirín O'Sullivan eventually be invited to follow sacked FBI director James Comey into early retirement? To discuss that developing story, plus …
8 years, 9 months ago
A Year of Living Independently
The Independent Alliance has been in Government for one year, already longer than many observers predicted at the outset. How has it been doing? Very…
8 years, 9 months ago
What Ails The Dáil? How To Fix Our Lifeless Legislature
What's going on in Leinster House? Not much, but at least we can argue about why that is the case. Today's Irish Times editorial was a little harsh, …
8 years, 9 months ago
Church, State & Hospital / What Next For Anti-Abortion Groups?
The row over ownership of the new Maternity Hospital may be dying down, for now, but it has revealed some interesting things about the politics, peop…
8 years, 10 months ago
Inside Story - Gardaí Struggle With Hostility On Streets
It's been a torrid few months for the institutional reputation of An Garda Síochána. Some members of the force believe the various controversies have…
8 years, 10 months ago
Snap Chat: May's Surprise, Labour's Nightmare, The Forgotten Celtic Fringe
How the forthcoming UK election could leave the Conservatives with a whopping majority and consign Labour to as much as another decade in the politic…
8 years, 10 months ago
Water Solved? / All Politics Is Local
Part one: Could water finally be a political issue of the past? Sarah Bardon has the latest on the negotiations that briefly threatened to topple th…
8 years, 10 months ago
Inside Story - IRA veterans' view of Brexit
Does Brexit threaten peace in Northern Ireland? Simon Carswell asked four ex-IRA men their views. Their answers show that they, like many others, are…
8 years, 10 months ago
FG-FF deal fraying / Green's Catherine Martin on maternity leave & rebuilding the party
The arrangement between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil is getting ropier by the week, with continued disagreements over water and how to deal with the cri…
8 years, 10 months ago