Taoiseach awaits his next dentist’s appointment at The White House
Ellen Coyne and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:· Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s St Patrick’s Day visit to The White House to meet US president Donald Trump could ...
13 Maalis 1h
How the Iran war is impacting the world's economies
As war in the Middle East rages on, the world's superpowers are making diplomatic representations to end it, and contingencies to protect their economies from the knock-on effects, namely oil and natu...
11 Maalis 36min
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 fallen out of favour. Family ties are weakening ove...
9 Maalis 36min
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 conflict is escalating and has spread to Lebanon which...
6 Maalis 54min
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 tightening economic sanctions.Cuban governments have surviv...
4 Maalis 23min
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 Middle East. They talk about how Iran gradually lost i...
2 Maalis 32min
'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 issued an apology on behalf of the State to survivors o...
27 Helmi 53min
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 Ellen Coyne about that campaign. She talks about w...
25 Helmi 1h 1min
