How a legal challenge could unravel the EU - with Ronan McCrea
"Once taboos are broken, it's quite hard to reinstate them".A German court ruling challenging the primacy of European Court of Justice in EU matters poses a threat to the EU that even it can't fudge. ...
22 Mai 202027min
A Green Heave?
A move to challenge Eamon Ryan as Green leader is under way among a cohort within the party, with deputy leader Catherine Martin being urged to stand against him. That's the first topic on today's pod...
20 Mai 202035min
Eamon Ryan's long road back to power
It's been a difficult path for Eamon Ryan and the Green Party since the dark period following 2011, when the party lost all its seats and state funding. His stewardship of the party has earned him res...
15 Mai 202029min
Relaxing the lockdown
Different countries are taking different approaches at different speeds as they move to reopen their economies. London Editor Denis Staunton and Berlin Correspondent Derek Scally talk to Hugh Linehan ...
13 Mai 202036min
The end of the beginning
As Ireland moves into the next, more complex phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, how can we hold the authorities to account? Is the current government being transparent enough about the decisions it is ma...
6 Mai 202044min
Can we reduce carbon emissions by 7% per year?
The Green Party has demanded that any government it joins implements cuts of 7 per cent each year to our national carbon emissions. Where does that figure come from, and is it achievable? We ask clima...
30 Apr 202043min
Interview: Philippe Sands, author of The Ratline
Phillipe Sands is a barrister, author and broadcaster. His new book The Ratline tells the story of Nazi war criminal and fugitive Otto Wachter, about whom Sands has already produced a popular podcast,...
24 Apr 202048min
Stark economic predictions for the year ahead - with Michael Taft
This week the Government published the worst economic projections since the financial crisis of 2008-11. Finance minister, Paschal Donohue, issued a bleak warning that Ireland is now in “severe recess...
22 Apr 202045min
