Does it matter what Sinn Féin calls Ireland? - with Newton Emerson

Does it matter what Sinn Féin calls Ireland? - with Newton Emerson

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar lambasted Sinn Féin this week for “burning a Tricolour before our eyes” by referring to the Republic of Ireland as "the Southern State". He's wasting his time if he expects Sinn Féin to change in this respect, but he's also missing a more important point, says Irish Times columnist Newton Emerson. Southern politicians should learn from the peace process in Northern Ireland that Sinn Féin can be encouraged to respect democratic and political norms when brought into the fold. Hugh and Newton also discuss the DUP's "evolving" position on the Northern Ireland protocol (the agreement between the UK and the EU that Northern Ireland will remain more closely aligned with the EU post-Brexit, requiring checks on goods crossing the Irish Sea). Having missed a chance to support Theresa May's "best of all worlds" deal, are they now getting ready to spin their satisfaction with Boris Johnson's "worst of all worlds" compromise, having no other choice?

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Plebiscites and Populism and Broadband, Oh My

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Nationalism & The Irish-American Identity - with Michael Brendan Dougherty

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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 on US Politics Invading His Apolitical Life

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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...

25 Apr 201938min

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...

24 Apr 201946min

"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 ...

12 Apr 201943min

Brexit: Ireland's Wasted Opportunity - with David McWilliams & Shana Cohen

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

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