Can 'technocratic daddy' Mark Carney solve Canada's deep-rooted problems?
Canadian journalist Jen Gerson joins Hugh to talk about the results of Monday's federal election, which confirmed the once-unlikely comeback of the Liberal party led by former central banker Mark Carn...
30 Apr 202540min
Will there be a teacher’s strike in the autumn?
Pat Leahy and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: · Pope Francis passed away on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Thoughts now turn to the election of his suc...
25 Apr 202545min
How the Dublin Riots can be traced back to the Blueshirts
Cork-based author Pádraig Óg O'Ruairc joins Hugh Linehan to discuss his new book 'Burn Them Out; a history of fascism and the far right in Ireland’. He argues a line can be drawn directly between the ...
23 Apr 202556min
Naomi Klein on conspiracies, climate and the 'personal brand'
This episode was first published in October 2023. Naomi Klein shot to fame with her first book, No Logo, which offered an acute critique of how powerful corporations in the 1990s had profited off expl...
21 Apr 202544min
Fine Gael slumps as Sinn Féin returns to top spot in our poll
Pat Leahy and Harry McGee analyse the latest Irish Times / Ipsos B&A poll results, which show that Sinn Féin has regained its position as the most popular party in the Republic while Fine Gael has slu...
17 Apr 202518min
Will Europe cave to Trump's trade demands?
Cliff Taylor joins Pat Leahy to assess the latest developments in the trade war initiated by US president Donald Trump that threatens to upend the global economy. Would you like to receive daily insig...
16 Apr 202522min
How Morgan McSweeney put Keir Starmer in power
As the head of an organisation called Labour Together, which despite its name '"was all about dividing the Labour party and defeating the left", Irishman Morgan McSweeney handpicked Keir Starmer as th...
14 Apr 202536min
Micheál Martin interview: Ireland will ‘resist’ EU tech tax
On Friday afternoon Taoiseach Micheál Martin talked to Hugh and Pat about a range of issues: On tariffs, the Taoiseach says he "suspects" a US decision on pharmaceuticals may be incorporated into over...
12 Apr 202556min
