Election Daily: Simon Harris tells us why he won't call an early election despite good news for Coalition
As the count continues on this busy election weekend, it is delight for Taoiseach Simon Harris and Fine Gael as the local election picture becomes clearer, but the final results, particularly in the E...
9 Jun 202425min
Election Daily: The first winners and losers emerge
It is Saturday afternoon of a busy election weekend and while it is still far too early to draw conclusions about many aspects of the local and European contests, some trends are beginning to emerge. ...
8 Jun 202426min
Election Daily: Who will top the poll and who will get sucked into 'the bear pit'?
As voters go to the polls, Hugh Linehan, Pat Leahy, and Jack Horgan-Jones make some final predictions about how the weekend will play out. Which European candidates should be safe in their constituenc...
7 Jun 202431min
Election Daily: Tempers flare among candidates as polling day approaches
Hugh Linehan is joined by Jennifer Bray and Sarah Burns to discuss Thursday on the campaign trail:With polling day almost upon us, some running in the European elections have been engaging in a ‘war o...
6 Jun 202423min
Election Daily: Small parties versus independents, nitrate debate, Soc Dem criticism
Hugh Linehan is joined by Jennifer Bray and Pat Leahy to discuss Wednesday on the campaign trail:Independent candidates are “wolves in sheep’s clothing”, warned People Before Profit at a campaign even...
5 Jun 202417min
Election Daily: A dogfight in Dublin, Aontú's hopes, Sinn Féin's numbers
The run-in to Friday's local, European and Limerick mayoral elections is now underway and so is the daily elections podcast from The Irish Times. Hugh Linehan is joined by Jack Horgan-Jones and Harry ...
4 Jun 202420min
Will Trump’s conviction derail his reelection?
Hugh is joined by Pat Leahy and Cormac McQuinn to look back on the week in politics:The conviction of former US president Donald Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to an alleged...
31 Mai 202443min
Do rural voters really hate the Greens?
Hugh Linehan is joined by Harry McGee, Cormac McQuinn and Jennifer Bray who, after weeks travelling the highways and byways of Ireland in the company of hopeful local and European election candidates,...
29 Mai 202448min
