Repost: Michael Lewis on Cronyism in The Trump Administration & The Unsung Virtues of Civil Servants
Author Michael Lewis (Moneyball, The Big Short, The Undoing Project)talks to Hugh about his new book 'The Fifth Risk'. The book concerns the Trump Administration and what Lewis says are astounding lev...
24 Jul 202034min
Green list confusion, EU recovery deal and the impending stimulus package
In today’s episode Hugh is joined by Pat Leahy and the newest member of the politics team, Jack Horgan-Jones to dissect the events of this week, including the mixed messages surrounding the newly publ...
22 Jul 202048min
How damaged is Micheál Martin's leadership? (Live at The Irish Times Summer Nights Festival)
This week The Irish Times ran its "Summer Nights" online festival, featuring conversations with guests like Samantha Power, Anne Enright, Imelda May, Paul O'Connell, Dermot Bannon and David McWilliams...
17 Jul 20201h
US politics: is Trump toast? With Fintan O'Toole and Suzanne Lynch
President Donald Trump is clearly behind in the polls, but is it too late for him to claw it back? What kind of campaigns will he and his rival Joe Biden need to run to secure victory? To talk about t...
15 Jul 202047min
FF's shaky start continues, economic dilemmas & Paschal's Eurogroup candidacy
Micheál Martin took hist first leaders' questions as Taoiseach this week, however much of the focus was on Agriculture Minister Barry Cowen and his drink driving apology. Jen Bray has the latest devel...
8 Jul 202036min
Brexit: what's the latest and will there be a deal?
Brexit is still going and is still as infuriating as ever. With Britain now locked into a complete and final exit from the EU at the end of the year, London editor Denis Staunton updates us on the slo...
3 Jul 202042min
Coalition Teething Pains & Sinn Féin's Support
Academic and political analyst Kevin Cunningham joins Pat and Fiach to talk about the first week of the new coalition, new analysis of the source of Sinn Féin's support in #GE2020 and the difficult ne...
1 Jul 202045min
New Government: FF, FG and Greens enter coalition
Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party have voted overwhelmingly to enter into government together . Pat Leahy is joined by Jennifer Bray, Harry McGee and Fiach Kelly to discuss this historic thre...
26 Jun 202018min
