‘Irish people love elections!’
Still less than a year in existence, the Electoral Commission is set for a packed 2024 with local and European elections in June, a referendum in March and strong odds of a general election too before...
3 Jan 202435min
Ask us anything, 2023 edition - part two
It's part two of the traditional Inside Politics end-of-year Ask Us Anything podcast. Hugh Linehan, Pat Leahy, Jennifer Bray, Harry McGee and Cormac McQuinn are in celebratory mood as they answer your...
29 Des 202342min
Ask us anything, 2023 edition - part one
It's part one of the traditional Inside Politics end-of-year Ask Us Anything podcast. Hugh Linehan, Pat Leahy, Jennifer Bray, Harry McGee and Cormac McQuinn hit play on a range of listener queries and...
27 Des 202342min
A closer look at attitudes to reunification
North and South, how open are citizens to constitutional changes in order to make a United Ireland work? How much economic pain would they be willing to bear? What level of short-term pain would be fe...
22 Des 202349min
Mary Lou McDonald on house prices, migration policy, defamation cases and more
Sinn Féin party leader and Dublin Central TD Mary Lou McDonald sat down with Pat Leahy to talk about a range of policy areas, from housing to migration and reunification. They also discussed the pract...
20 Des 202338min
Summit surprises, wrapping the year
Jennifer Bray and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan for the final weekly politics wrap of 2023.Jennifer Bray is dialling in from Brussels, where the EU Council summit has been taking place, with national le...
15 Des 202337min
Cop 28, the geopolitics of Net Zero and the future of energy - with Helen Thompson
An agreement has been reached at Cop 28 that includes a commitment to phasing out the use of fossil fuels, with some hailing it as an historic moment in the struggle to mitigate climate change. But an...
13 Des 202349min
Sinn Féin lose confidence in their own motion
On today’s Inside Politics podcast, Cormac McQuinn and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:There’s been a lukewarm reception to Cabinet-approved plans for referendums to a...
8 Des 202335min
