The New IRA and Politics in the North
Nearly a fortnight on from the murder of journalist Lyra McKee in Derry, local elections take place in Northern Ireland tomorrow. Will those who come out to vote decide to make an appeal for compromis...
1 Touko 201937min
Bret Easton Ellis on US Politics Invading His Apolitical Life
Bret Easton Ellis, best known as a fiction writer of novels including American Psycho and Less Than Zero, has just published his first non-fiction book, White. The collection of eight essays respondin...
25 Huhti 201938min
Anti-EU Parties in the European Parliament - with Dr Kevin Cunningham
Political scientist and polling expert Dr Kevin Cunningham joins Hugh, Pat and Fiach to discuss a report he co-authored for the think tank, the European Council on Foreign Relations, on the shape of t...
24 Huhti 201946min
"This Is Not A Retirement" - Clare Daly on Running for Europe
Independents 4 Change TD Clare Daly joins Hugh and Fiach to discuss her decision to run for a seat in the European parliament. Why has the TD some see as one of our most accomplished parliamentarians...
17 Huhti 201946min
Brexit Day Blues II - with Fintan O'Toole & Denis Staunton
The new October Brexit deadline impacts British politics in myriad ways, obvious and subtle. But it also has implications for politics here in Ireland and across Europe. First Denis Staunton and then ...
12 Huhti 201943min
Brexit: Ireland's Wasted Opportunity - with David McWilliams & Shana Cohen
As Theresa May waits to find out what Brexit extension EU leaders will offer her, we ask what, if anything, Irish society can gain from Brexit. To do that Hugh is joined by economist David McWilliams,...
10 Huhti 201946min
Brexit: Can Corbyn and May Strike A Deal? - with Helen Thompson
As Theresa May sends a letter to Brussels seeking another extension, Hugh and London Editor Denis Staunton are joined again by Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge and co-host o...
5 Huhti 201929min
Zuckerberg in Dublin, A Green Consensus, The Carbon Tax – with Eamon Ryan
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg made a flying visit to Dublin this week, during which time he met with politicians including Green Party leader Eamon Ryan on the issue of fake news. On today’...
3 Huhti 201939min
