Inside Leinster House: The unspoken rules of a really odd place to work
It’s the country’s most high-profile workplace, but is Leinster House actually designed to get anything done? What does a week in Irish politics actually look like? This week, we examine what life in ...
28 Touko 202538min
James Browne: struggling with housing, excelling at celebrating the Normans
Minister James Browne has been in the housing hot seat for four months — and with not much to show for it, he's now facing intense criticism. Is it justified, or just a symptom of political impatience...
21 Touko 202531min
The big difference between Keir and Jim on immigration
This week, we look across the Irish Sea to Keir Starmer's decision to lean Labour into much blunter rhetoric around immigration. Back home, a similar policy shift is happening, but behind a much quiet...
15 Touko 202531min
Ireland has a voice on Gaza, but no real power
Ireland’s position on Israel and Gaza is clearer than ever, with strong condemnation and urgent calls for action. Although the country remains at the forefront of calls for the destruction to end, the...
7 Touko 202535min
Kneecap get the scrutiny Netanyahu doesn't
Kneecap have never been strangers to controversy, but they have now been pushed firmly into the political spotlight. The Belfast rap group's Coachella protest, resurfaced footage of older live perform...
30 Huhti 202532min
Be careful asking when an Irish infrastructure project might be ready
Cork is getting a Luas. When? Well... you know how these things go...Christine Bohan, Christina Finn, Jane Matthews, and Rónán Duffy look at why big infrastructure projects in Ireland move so slowly a...
17 Huhti 202532min
Fine Gael wants the one job it’s never had
We're still months out from the actual vote, but the presidential election machine is slowly spinning up (despite McGregor's efforts to jump-start it proving fruitless so farit so). Some potential can...
9 Huhti 202535min
Wait, is this going to be like 2008 all over again?
In a long, rambling press conference in the White House's Rose Garden on Wednesday evening, Donald Trump launched a historic global trade war - and Ireland is in the crosshairs.There's a real sense of...
3 Huhti 202525min
