Coveney Blunders, SCU, How To Win A Sports Grant
First up today, Hugh, Pat and Harry discuss Tánaiste Simon Coveney's difficult few days, and the disbandment of the ill-fated Strategic Communications Unit. Then they take a close look at a recent sto...
28 Maalis 201839min
Weaponised Facebook: It Couldn't Happen Here (Yet)
The Inside Politics team look at the harvesting of Facebook user data to target citizens with news, of both the real and fake varieties, to manipulate their opinions and ultimately their votes. It see...
21 Maalis 201831min
Taoiseach Talks Trade with Trump
Leo Varadkar meets Donald Trump for the annual St Patrick’s Day White House visit by an Irish leader tomorrow. How will the encounter differ to that of his predecessor Enda Kenny? Suzanne Lynch joins ...
14 Maalis 201831min
Referendum Obstacle Cleared & Katy Hayward on Brexit
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the government to proceed with plans to hold a referendum on the Eighth Amendment, ruling that the unborn has no constitutional rights outside the right to li...
7 Maalis 201832min
Strategic Communications, Brexit Fudge Hits the Fan
The role of the Strategic Communications Unit has come under the spotlight thanks to this week's controversy over a series of 'advertorials' placed in regional and national newspapers, including The I...
28 Helmi 201836min
Live: Can The Big Three Parties Learn to Work Together?
A special live episode of the podcast featuring Minister for Arts Josepha Madigan, Fianna Fáil TD Thomas Byrne and Sinn Féin TD Louise O'Reilly. They joined Hugh Linehan and Fiach Kelly to discuss the...
24 Helmi 201849min
Michael D's Challengers, FF's Vulture Signalling, Unborn Rights
Michael D Higgins is going to run for a second term. The major parties do not want to put a candidate up against him - but might they have to, for the sake of appearances? Pat Leahy and Sarah Bardon j...
21 Helmi 201827min
Best Laid National Plans & Impasse Remains in Belfast
The government will unveil two key documents mapping out its plans for Ireland’s future this Friday - the €115bn 10-year Development Plan and the National Planning Framework.Previous plans have proved...
14 Helmi 201833min
