An Ambitious Climate Action Plan
This week the Government published its much-anticipated plan to tackle climate change. It's an ambitious proposal, aiming to cut emissions and make Ireland carbon-neutral by 2050 through new climate l...
19 Kesä 201946min
How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change - with Jared Diamond
Bestselling author, geographer and historian Jared Diamond's latest book, Upheaval, is about how countries come through turmoil while adopting selective changes - a coping mechanism more commonly asso...
14 Kesä 201935min
Brexit, Scotland and Rockall / Fiscal Slap-Down
First: No sooner than it had begun, our new national rivalry with Scotland seems at an end as territorial tensions over Rockall abate. But why did the spat happen, and what does it tell us about Scotl...
12 Kesä 201945min
Brexit And The Problem with British Media - with James O'Brien
British broadcaster and outspoken Remainer James O'Brien has become widely known for the exasperated monologues and heated debates that feature on his daily LBC radio call-in show. He’ll be appearing ...
8 Kesä 201930min
The Tory Leadership & Brexit, Gender Quotas in Local Elections
As the Tory leadership hopefuls compete to succeed outgoing prime minister Theresa May, the party has tightened the rules for the contest amid concerns about the size of the field. Whoever wins, the t...
5 Kesä 201943min
Who is Emmanuel Macron? - with Sophie Pedder
Journalist Sophie Pedder is the Paris bureau chief of the Economist, writing about French politics and economics. The author of “Revolution Française: Emmanuel Macron and the Quest to Reinvent a Natio...
31 Touko 201933min
Exit Polls, The Left, Where's the Electoral Commission? – with Fintan O’Toole
As the dust begins to settle on the local and European elections, we look at why, not for the first time, an exit poll was wide of the mark and whether that’s a cause for concern. We also look at the ...
29 Touko 201955min
Election Special: Sinn Féin in Crisis, A Green-Left Alliance?, Fianna Fáil's Path to Power
Fiach Kelly, Pat Leahy and Jennifer Bray join Hugh to talk about all the results we have so far from the weekend's local and European elections. What is behind Sinn Féin's slump? Could good news for F...
27 Touko 201946min
