Fintan O'Toole: What would fascism look like in the 2020s?
13 months in, Donald Trump's second term is proving to be a much more radical political project than his first. On today's podcast Hugh is joined by Fintan O'Toole to talk about whether the Trump admi...
18 Feb 58min
Are politics students getting too narrow an education?
Disputes over freedom of speech, censorship and the shifting norms of acceptable discourse are part and parcel of modern political debate. Now the debate has come to the Leaving Cert. A review of cont...
16 Feb 27min
Have Sinn Féin adopted a populist stance on Ukraine?
Jack Horgan-Jones and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:· This week saw the European Parliament approve a € 90 billion package to support Ukraine in its defensiv...
13 Feb 53min
Irish politics shifted left. Why?
How Ireland Voted is a regular publication featuring academic analysis of Irish elections. The latest edition looks at the 2024 general election and features an essay by Gail McElroy and Stefan Müller...
11 Feb 55min
John Mearsheimer: Why Europe still needs the USA
John Mearsheimer returns to the podcast to talk to Hugh about his view of geopolitics and global security in 2026.They talk about Donald Trump's unilateralism, the security architecture of Europe, the...
9 Feb 40min
Are we now seeing a grumpy electorate demanding action?
Pat Leahy and Ellen Coyne join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:· When it comes to the housing crisis or whether to spend the exchequer surplus, the results from the latest Iris...
6 Feb 54min
Should Ireland keep the Triple Lock?
Last week the Government confirmed it will push ahead with legislation to change how the Defence Forces are deployed overseas, including the removal of the Triple Lock when Irish troops are part of an...
4 Feb 42min
A wet week in Irish politics
Harry McGee and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:· The floods brought by Storm Chandra earlier this week devastated eastern parts of the country, and once ag...
30 Jan 45min
