Election Daily - Policies, Pensions & Polls

Election Daily - Policies, Pensions & Polls

For Fine Gael, week two of #GE2020 opens under the shadow of a poll in a Sunday newspaper that put them 12 points behind Fianna Fail. The Irish Times will publish our own poll soon. Meanwhile, Harry McGee and Mary Minihan join Hugh to talk about the eruption of pensions as an election issue, Sinn Fein's strength on the housing issue and the head to head debate between Micheal Martin and Leo Varadkar.

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Politicians Under Pressure

Politicians Under Pressure

Donald Trump begins his day at 5am by watching "lies" about him on TV, while new Fianna Fáil TD Stephen Donnelly is being told "everyone hates you" on Twitter. Minister for Health Simon Harris is "as...

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Repeal Campaigners Talk About Strategy, Tone & "Shrillness"

Repeal Campaigners Talk About Strategy, Tone & "Shrillness"

The campaign to repeal the 8th amendment enjoys popular support in opinion polls and the dedicated efforts of progressives, but some have criticised how the campaign is communicating its message to th...

4 Feb 201745min

Brendan Howlin on rebuilding Labour, politics of the left, Trump, & more

Brendan Howlin on rebuilding Labour, politics of the left, Trump, & more

After a catastrophic performance in the 2016 general election, the Labour party must rebuild from its roots and reconnect with working class voters, according to its leader Brendan Howlin.The Wexford ...

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Inside Politics Live with Leo Varadkar, Theresa Reidy, Pat & Hugh

Inside Politics Live with Leo Varadkar, Theresa Reidy, Pat & Hugh

The first ever episode of Inside Politics recorded in from of a live audience features a stellar line-up of old friends Hugh Linehan, Pat Leahy and Theresa Reidy, plus a first-timer for the podcast, M...

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Mary Lou McDonald on Sinn Féin's 'generational change', the DUP & Stardust

Mary Lou McDonald on Sinn Féin's 'generational change', the DUP & Stardust

Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald says her party needs to have "a conversation" once again about whether it would go into government as a junior coalition partner.Speaking to the Inside Politics Podcast t...

25 Jan 201745min

Inside Story - The Trump Years Begin

Inside Story - The Trump Years Begin

It's here: Trump inauguration day. We talk to our foreign affairs correspondent Ruadhan Mac Cormaic about some of the issues this historic presidency presents: - How Trump and those to whom he has gra...

20 Jan 201724min

Micheál Martin on Brexit, Donald Trump & Sinn Fein's "arrogance"

Micheál Martin on Brexit, Donald Trump & Sinn Fein's "arrogance"

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin says he is worried the Government has not been prudent enough to prepare us for a Brexit economic storm, but insists any rainy-day fund can't come at the expense of s...

18 Jan 201741min

Inside Story - Patrick Freyne's Warrior Mindset

Inside Story - Patrick Freyne's Warrior Mindset

"When did businesspeople become such hippies?" Patrick Freyne went to Pendulum, the “world’s leading business and self-empowerment summit”, run by the former Ireland rugby star Frankie Sheahan (taglin...

13 Jan 201716min

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