Election Daily - On Board The Battle Bus, FF's Spending Pledge, SF on Defensive

Election Daily - On Board The Battle Bus, FF's Spending Pledge, SF on Defensive

On day three of the election campaign Jennifer Bray spent the afternoon aboard the Fine Gael 'battle bus' as Taoiseach Leo Varadkar visited Longford, shook some hands and avoided some bolshy locals. Fiach Kelly attended the launch of Fianna Fail's economic strategy, an event light on detail but which confirmed that public spending would be a key part of its campaign. Plus, a mini-controversy over a Sinn Fein councillor's remarks about Leo Varadkar that put his party on the back foot.

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Sunday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day and to mark it Hugh talks to academic and author Deborah Lipstadt about her new book Antisemitism Here and Now. They discuss the growth of antisemitis...

25 Jan 201941min

Brexit Reality Bites / No Child 2020 with Tanya Ward & Fintan O'Toole

Brexit Reality Bites / No Child 2020 with Tanya Ward & Fintan O'Toole

First: Pat Leahy on the comments yesterday by an EU Commission spokesperson suggesting that a hard border will appear in the case of a no deal Brexit, a suggestion flatly rejected by Simon Coveney. B...

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May's Crushing Commons Defeat

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16 Jan 201939min

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