"No clear idea what to do next"
Once again, too many people are getting sick, and there aren't enough hospital beds. The Government is struggling to come up with a convincing plan to turn the Covid-19 situation around. Jack Horgan-J...
17 Nov 202145min
The UK pulls back from triggering Article 16 - for now
For days now politicians in Ireland and the EU have been expecting UK Brexit negotiator David Frost to trigger Article 16, pausing the Northern Ireland protocol and creating a fresh crisis for EU-UK r...
10 Nov 202139min
Sinn Fein: a party preparing for government
At Sinn Féin’s ardfheis in Dublin last weekend, a motion in support of the non-jury Special Criminal Court was passed, representing a considerable shift in position and removing a significant hurdle t...
3 Nov 202140min
Covid, rising energy prices and internal strife spell a difficult winter for the EU - with Naomi O'Leary
Europe correspondent Naomi O'Leary talks to Hugh about the rising Covid numbers in many EU member states, the rising energy prices that are dominating the news and the row between Brussels and Poland ...
27 Okt 202142min
Inside ten years as a government advisor - with Ed Brophy
Ed Brophy is a former chief of staff to finance minister Paschal Donohoe and to Labour’s Joan Burton when she was Tánaiste. Recently he stepped away from politics after ten years in the corridors of p...
20 Okt 202151min
Noam Chomsky: ‘Ireland has robbed poor working people of tens of trillions of dollars’
Author and academic Noam Chomksy talks to Hugh about the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the morality of Ireland’s tax regime and whether the human race can avoid the twin catastrophes of global warmi...
15 Okt 202139min
Budget 2022: Understanding how key decisions were made
Pat Leahy talks to Seamus Coffey, Jack Horgan-Jones and Cliff Taylor about yesterday's budget and how the last-minute news that our economy has recovered more than expected played into spending decisi...
13 Okt 202141min
National Development Plan: to-do list, or wish list?
The Government’s 10-year National Development Plan announced this week has been greeted with scepticism in some quarters and criticised by the opposition as more of a wish-list than a to-do list. The ...
6 Okt 202136min
