Support for Ukraine strong but accommodation worries grow - poll
The latest Irish Times/Ipsos opinion poll shows that despite a strong desire to support Ukraine, 61 per cent of voters are concerned that “too many refugees” are coming here. And more than half of vot...
28 Loka 202222min
What does Sunak's reshuffle mean for Ireland?
“Time to look at the big picture; what does it mean for me?”Pat Leahy and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan on this week’s Inside Politics to discuss Rishi Sunak’s elevation to PM, his appointments to cab...
26 Loka 202237min
Liz Truss and the party leadership problem
The debacle of Liz Truss's short premiership has cast the entire UK political system into crisis. Not least the system used by the Tory party leadership to select its leader, which is now being accele...
21 Loka 202231min
Fintan O'Toole on 'Up the 'Ra' and turmoil in Westminster
Many Irish Times readers were talking this week about Fintan O'Toole's column on the subject of the IRA and the appropriateness of chanting "Up the 'Ra'.Hugh talks to Fintan about his column, the deba...
19 Loka 202246min
Ross interview saga, recession risk, crumbling block levy
"A grim agenda" of recession, UK bond crisis and global energy crisis awaits later in today's podcast, so first the team enjoy a relatively light topic: The mini-controversy over Shane Ross's axing fr...
12 Loka 202242min
Macron's talking shop, Brexit machinations
The European Political Community, a new forum for European leaders including wannabe EU members and Brexit Britain, met for the first time yesterday at a summit in Prague. The brainchild of French pr...
7 Loka 202220min
Paying for mica, generations divided, autumn reshuffle
Gerard Howlin, Pat Leahy and Jennifer Bray join Hugh to talk about this week's politics:Who is satisfied or dissatisfied with last week's budget Irish politics and the generational divideThe complicat...
5 Loka 202250min
Concrete plans, UK turmoil
Follow-up analysis of Budget 2023 including childcare measures and the concrete levy, plus a look at the difficult political choices facing UK prime minister Liz Truss after a week of turmoil on the m...
30 Syys 202225min
