How Ireland Voted 2020 - with Dr Theresa Reidy
The 2020 election marked the end of an era in Irish politics, with Sinn Féin winning the most votes for the first time ever and the previously dominant parties reduced to a fraction of their former st...
14 Heinä 202148min
Bacik gives Labour a much-needed good day out
Labour’s Ivana Bacik looked on course to top the poll in the Dublin Bay South byelection since tally figures on Friday morning put her on 30%. She went on to top the first count more than 1,000 votes ...
9 Heinä 202122min
Delta: more tough decisions for Government
The Government is coming under increasing pressure from all angles, as it wrestles with the toughest decisions for months on how to manage the pandemic. The hospitality sector desperately wants indoor...
7 Heinä 202139min
What can be learned from byelections?
On Thursday July 8th, voters in Dublin Bay South will cast their votes in a byelection, triggered by the resignation of former Fine Gael TD Eoghan Murphy. What might the results tell us about the wide...
30 Kesä 202138min
Delta threat looms large, a new DUP leader at the helm
The DUP will have its third leader in the space of two months when Jeffrey Donaldson is officially appointed on Saturday. Can he lead the party out of crisis? Pat Leahy talks to editor of the Slugger ...
23 Kesä 202147min
Susan McKay on the lives of northern Protestants: "It's a full-blown crisis within Unionism"
21 years on from her book Northern Protestants: An Unsettled People, Susan McKay revisits the lives of that community in her new book Northern Protestants: On Shifting Ground. She talks to Hugh about ...
16 Kesä 202146min
Mother and Baby Homes: “The overall picture is not as it should be”
Five months on from the final report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation, controversy still surrounds the methodology used by the three inquiry members, the treatment of witness s...
9 Kesä 202146min
Niall Ferguson: We’re obsessed with mass disaster, yet surprised when it happens
Historian Niall Ferguson’s new book 'Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe' offers a sweeping compendium of the many appalling catastrophes that have befallen mankind, and how we have dealt with their aft...
4 Kesä 202155min
