Brexit: Ireland's Wasted Opportunity - with David McWilliams & Shana Cohen
As Theresa May waits to find out what Brexit extension EU leaders will offer her, we ask what, if anything, Irish society can gain from Brexit. To do that Hugh is joined by economist David McWilliams,...
10 Apr 201946min
Brexit: Can Corbyn and May Strike A Deal? - with Helen Thompson
As Theresa May sends a letter to Brussels seeking another extension, Hugh and London Editor Denis Staunton are joined again by Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge and co-host o...
5 Apr 201929min
Zuckerberg in Dublin, A Green Consensus, The Carbon Tax – with Eamon Ryan
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg made a flying visit to Dublin this week, during which time he met with politicians including Green Party leader Eamon Ryan on the issue of fake news. On today’...
3 Apr 201939min
Brexit Day Blues - with Ronan McCrea
It was meant to be the day when "church bells were rung, coins struck, stamps issued and bonfires lit to send beacons of freedom from hilltop to hilltop", to paraphrase Boris Johnson. Instead, UK PM T...
29 Mar 201930min
Indicative Vote Day, or 'Strictly Come Brexit' - with Denis Staunton
First: Later today in the UK House of Commons, 'indicative votes' - designed to show how much support different Brexit options enjoy - will be held, upending the normal, natural state of government-le...
27 Mar 201945min
US Politics: The 2020 Democratic Candidates - with Suzanne Lynch
Taking a break from the chaos of Brexit, we turn to a rather chaotic and already crowded field of candidates for the Democratic Party nomination to take on President Trump in next year's US presidenti...
21 Mar 201931min
Brexit: What is The EU's Strategy? / Councillors & Gambling Machines
First: Patrick Smyth in Brussels joins Hugh and Pat to talk about the thinking behind the EU's stance on a potential Brexit delay. Then: Jennifer Bray on why councillors in Donegal, using one of their...
20 Mar 201939min
David Runciman on Democracy's 21st Century Problems
Western democracies are beset by a variety of problems: fractured legislative bodies, the rise of the far right, the erosion of norms and the dangers posed by technology. But we shouldn't confuse thos...
15 Mar 201941min
