The Beginning of The End, The UK Votes
The current Dáil is living on borrowed time, but how will its final act play out? To talk about confidence votes, party strategising and, yes, the timing of the next general election, Hugh is joined b...
11 Joulu 201937min
UK Election Update / The Rise of The Political ‘Boomer Meme’
At a Labour press conference this morning, Jeremy Corbyn revealed a confidential Northern Ireland Brexit report, which drives a ‘coach and horses’ through Boris Johnson’s promise of no border in the I...
6 Joulu 201941min
Hope and Disillusionment on the Campaign Trail - with Patrick Freyne & Jennifer O'Connell
In recent months Irish Times journalists Patrick Freyne and Jennifer O'Connell have spent time meeting people across the UK and learning about their thoughts on Brexit, their opinions of their politic...
4 Joulu 201933min
Reading the Byelection Results
Fiach Kelly and Jennifer Bray join Hugh to look at the results of four byelections in Wexford, Cork North-Central, Dublin Mid-West and Dublin Fingal. How good a day was Saturday for Fianna Fail, Sinn ...
2 Joulu 201931min
The Strange World of The DUP - with Sam McBride
What makes the DUP tick? The big beast of unionism has played an outside role in politics across Ireland and the UK over the past few years, yet understanding of the party south of the border or on th...
29 Marras 201957min
The Toy Show Elections
Four constituencies, four battles for four seats in Dáil Éireann. On Friday (which is the same day as the Toy Show, as Leo Varadkar pointed out while canvassing with Verona Murphy in Wexford) voters ...
27 Marras 201939min
UK Election: Can Anything Stop Boris Johnson? - with Dr Kevin Cunningham
First-past-the-post, tactical voting, Labour leavers, Tory remainers... it all ads up to a a formidable task for pollsters to call the outcome of GE19. But the numbers we have so far strongly suggest...
22 Marras 201924min
O'Devaney Gardens, Verona Murphy In Hot Water and A Remainer's Perspective on the General Election
Dublin Editor, Olivia Kelly gives us the low down on what's happening with O'Devaney Gardens. Last week City Councillors approved a deal which would see more than 800 new homes developed on the site, ...
20 Marras 201948min
