Election Daily - Varadkar Visits Drogheda & Labour Seeks Commuter Vote

Election Daily - Varadkar Visits Drogheda & Labour Seeks Commuter Vote

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar & Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan met with senior Garda in Drogheda today as gang wars escalate in the town. Simon Carswell was following the action and spoke to Hugh Linehan and Pat Leahy about how locals reacted to the political presence. Plus Labour were also in Drogheda for the launch of their campaign 'Getting Ireland Moving'.

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POLL: Who Leads in the Race for Europe?

POLL: Who Leads in the Race for Europe?

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Plebiscites and Populism and Broadband, Oh My

It's the topic none of you has been asking us to cover: the forthcoming plebiscites in Limerick, Cork and Waterford to see if those cities should have a directly-elected mayor. On the ground, journali...

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Our guest today is Irish-American writer Michael Brendan Dougherty, who is a journalist with the New York-based conservative magazine National Review. His new book 'My Father Left Me Ireland' examines...

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Nearly a fortnight on from the murder of journalist Lyra McKee in Derry, local elections take place in Northern Ireland tomorrow. Will those who come out to vote decide to make an appeal for compromis...

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Bret Easton Ellis, best known as a fiction writer of novels including American Psycho and Less Than Zero, has just published his first non-fiction book, White. The collection of eight essays respondin...

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Anti-EU Parties in the European Parliament - with Dr Kevin Cunningham

Anti-EU Parties in the European Parliament - with Dr Kevin Cunningham

Political scientist and polling expert Dr Kevin Cunningham joins Hugh, Pat and Fiach to discuss a report he co-authored for the think tank, the European Council on Foreign Relations, on the shape of t...

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"This Is Not A Retirement" - Clare Daly on Running for Europe

"This Is Not A Retirement" - Clare Daly on Running for Europe

Independents 4 Change TD Clare Daly joins Hugh and Fiach to discuss her decision to run for a seat in the European parliament. Why has the TD some see as one of our most accomplished parliamentarians...

17 Apr 201946min

Brexit Day Blues II - with Fintan O'Toole & Denis Staunton

Brexit Day Blues II - with Fintan O'Toole & Denis Staunton

The new October Brexit deadline impacts British politics in myriad ways, obvious and subtle. But it also has implications for politics here in Ireland and across Europe. First Denis Staunton and then ...

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