UK election special: Labour's leadership crisis and Scotland's referendum mandate
Denis Staunton talks to Hugh about the results of last Friday's local and regional elections in England, Scotland and Wales. The results have thrown up many stories, including how Labour's leader Keir...
10 Touko 202130min
How will global tax reform affect Ireland?
For decades, Ireland has used a low corporation tax rate to attract foreign direct investment. That is now threatened by a major tax reform plan announced by US president Joe Biden, which proposes to ...
5 Touko 202143min
Foster's exit bodes poorly for north-south relations
What led to Arlene Foster's ouster this week, who will succeed her and what will it mean for politics on the island? To find out we talk to Sam McBride of the Belfast Newsletter. Then Pat Leahy and J...
30 Huhti 202144min
Heroes or Zeros? Discussing Ireland's Covid strategy with ISAG's prof Aoife McLysaght
For much of the pandemic, the Independent Scientific Advocacy Group (ISAG) has recommended that Ireland should aggressively suppress virus transmission as part of a zero-Covid policy. That strategy ha...
28 Huhti 202152min
'Politics on the Couch' - with Rafael Behr
To what extent can political beliefs and behaviour be understood through the science of psychology and the study of human cognition? In today’s episode, Hugh talks to award-winning political columnist...
24 Huhti 202146min
Should we worry about the deficit? - with David McWilliams
Since coronavirus, governments around the globe have abandoned traditional concerns about deficits and enacted emergency measures in the interest of saving countries from the devastating effects of lo...
21 Huhti 202148min
US politics special with John Dickerson, CBS reporter and author of "The Hardest Job in the World"
CBS News political reporter, Slate Political Gabfest panelist and proud Irish-American John Dickerson talks to Hugh about the office of President of the United States, which is the subject of his book...
16 Huhti 202145min
A very bad week for the Government's Covid-19 policy
The Government's Covid-19 policy was dealt a double blow this week, as it was forced to pause the mandatory hotel quarantine system and issues with two vaccines threw the planned inoculation programme...
14 Huhti 202141min
