Fresh TDs bring innocent joy as old hands eye the big jobs
It's our final Friday wrap of the year and Jack Horgan-Jones and Jennifer Bray join Hugh to discuss the week in politics:The large influx of fresh TDs has brought a welcome joy and lack of cynicism to...
20 Joulu 202430min
Eoghan Murphy reflects on political failure
Hugh talks to former Minister for Housing and Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South Eoghan Murphy, whose recent memoir Running From Office explores how his once-promising political career went off the rai...
18 Joulu 202449min
Why FF and FG don't relish going in with Independents
Host Hugh Linehan is joined by Jack Horgan-Jones and Pat Leahy to look back on the week in politics:· With Labour set to exit coalition talks with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, the likelihood of Ind...
13 Joulu 202437min
Lewis Goodall: why Keir Starmer has struggled - and how the UK sees Irish politics
British journalist Lewis Goodall is cohost of the UK's most popular news podcast, The News Agents. Today he talks to Hugh about the year in UK politics: why Keir Starmer has struggled to get a grip on...
11 Joulu 202436min
Government formation: Simon Harris warns 'don't take us for granted' while Soc Dems go it alone
Post-election negotiations - or “government formation speed dating” as such discussions are now also known - have been happening throughout the week, and on today’s Inside Politics podcast Jack Horgan...
6 Joulu 202438min
Is there no alternative to the status quo in Irish politics?
When it came to picking an alternative government, it felt to many like there was little real choice in the election just held. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil always looked likely to return to government, ...
4 Joulu 202440min
Election Daily: answering your questions about GE24
The general election is over and talk has turned to the aftermath. For that some means government formation, for others it means new roles in opposition or the painful process of party rebuilding. We'...
3 Joulu 202428min
Election Daily: surprises, upsets and ousters as the final seats are filled
Cormac McQuinn and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh to talk about what has been happening in count centres around the country as the final seats are filled.Plus, Jack brings to life in audio what he is cal...
2 Joulu 202426min
