EU presidency hits Wicklow next week and Burnham nixes talk of a Border poll
Ellen Coyne and Jack Power join Pat Leahy to look back on the week in politics:· All 27 EU foreign ministers will gather in Druids Glen in Wicklow next week for a “Gymnich” meeting. What is that ...
28 Aug 48min
Government stalls on fuel excise duty; politics reacts to M9 tragedy
Inside Politics Live is coming to Cork on September 30th. Get your tickets here. Harry McGee and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:Today the Government announced...
21 Aug 55min
Why does Ireland support Palestine and does anti-Semitism play a role?
There is deep support in Ireland for the Palestinian cause. But why? And is Ireland truly an outlier in its attitudes to Palestine and Israel? Academics Miceal Canavan and Liam Kneafsey surveyed over ...
19 Aug 44min
Tradwife guidance, truthfulness and 'clever' politics in Limerick
Jack Horgan-Jones and Ellen Coyne join Hugh to look back on the week in politics:Simon Harris has lobbied the European Commission over the prospect of Ireland's Central Bank once again being responsib...
14 Aug 51min
From boom to bust: how the PDs unravelled - Dessie Can Do It, part three
Hugh Linehan and Pat Leahy close their series on the PDs. In 1997 the party runs a disastrous campaign, falling from 10 seats to four. But they still enter government with Fianna Fáil, with Mary Harne...
12 Aug 58min
How the PDs broke the mould of Irish politics - Dessie Can Do It, part two
In the second of three episodes on the rise and fall of the Progessive Democrats, Hugh and Pat pick up the story on the eve of the 1987 general election with the PDs riding a wave of energy and Fianna...
7 Aug 59min
Dessie Can Do It, part one: the birth of a new political force
Today Hugh and Pat embark on a deep dive into the history of a political party that, despite its small size, had an enormous and lasting impact on Ireland.Born of the dire economic and political reali...
5 Aug 55min
