Poll: support for Government and coalition party leaders falls
A short episode with analysis of the latest Irish Times / IpsosMRBI poll, which shows that public approval of the coalition Government and its party leaders has fallen, but support has remained relati...
8 Okt 202011min
A look ahead to Budget 2021
In today’s roundup, the team look ahead to next week’s budget. What has Paschal planned for the next twelve months? How can we live with Covid and keep the economy going? Which sectors will be priorit...
7 Okt 202043min
Two days of Covid controversy that unnerved the country
It's been a significant few days in Ireland's Covid-19 response, with controversy erupting on Sunday over Nphet's recommendation that the country move to Level5 restrictions, much to the Government's ...
6 Okt 202029min
A positive test for Trump and the latest Brexit negotiations
President Trump and his wife Melania have tested positive for coronavirus. This opens up a range of questions about how the next four weeks leading up to the election will unfold. If Covid-19 proves s...
2 Okt 202044min
Fianna Fail’s big challenge
Following a disappointing election result and worrying trends in recent opinion polls, a huge challenge now lies ahead for Fianna Fail. Can this once all-powerful organisation ever hope to regain its ...
30 Sep 202045min
Interview: Anne Applebaum, author of "Twilight of Democracy"
"Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism" is the new book by Atlantic magazine journalist Anne Applebaum. In it she writes about the "unbridgeable political chasm" that has opene...
25 Sep 202032min
Yet another blunder to add to the long list of blunders
It’s been another eventful week in politics with the reduction of the pandemic unemployment payment coinciding with the announcement of ten new advisors for junior ministers. All the while, four minis...
23 Sep 202036min
The far right in Ireland: who are they and what are their aims? - with Conor Gallagher
Ireland has long been notable for its lack of a successful "far right" political movement. But the lack of political success has not been for the want of trying by a small number of activist groups. N...
21 Sep 202035min
