A Year of Living Independently
The Independent Alliance has been in Government for one year, already longer than many observers predicted at the outset. How has it been doing? Very well, according to its five TDs. Led as ever by Sh...
5 Touko 201720min
What Ails The Dáil? How To Fix Our Lifeless Legislature
What's going on in Leinster House? Not much, but at least we can argue about why that is the case. Today's Irish Times editorial was a little harsh, says Harry McGee - the lack of legislative achievem...
3 Touko 201740min
Church, State & Hospital / What Next For Anti-Abortion Groups?
The row over ownership of the new Maternity Hospital may be dying down, for now, but it has revealed some interesting things about the politics, people, and institutions involved. Mary Minihan and Pat...
26 Huhti 201759min
Inside Story - Gardaí Struggle With Hostility On Streets
It's been a torrid few months for the institutional reputation of An Garda Síochána. Some members of the force believe the various controversies have undermined confidence in, and respect for, the for...
22 Huhti 201714min
Snap Chat: May's Surprise, Labour's Nightmare, The Forgotten Celtic Fringe
How the forthcoming UK election could leave the Conservatives with a whopping majority and consign Labour to as much as another decade in the political wilderness. And in Northern Ireland and Scotland...
19 Huhti 201746min
Water Solved? / All Politics Is Local
Part one: Could water finally be a political issue of the past? Sarah Bardon has the latest on the negotiations that briefly threatened to topple the Government but now seem to have been solved to th...
12 Huhti 201726min
Inside Story - IRA veterans' view of Brexit
Does Brexit threaten peace in Northern Ireland? Simon Carswell asked four ex-IRA men their views. Their answers show that they, like many others, are prepared to contemplate the previously unthinkable...
8 Huhti 201716min
FG-FF deal fraying / Green's Catherine Martin on maternity leave & rebuilding the party
The arrangement between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil is getting ropier by the week, with continued disagreements over water and how to deal with the crisis facing the Gardaí. Pat Leahy has the latest fr...
5 Huhti 201736min
