Charlie Kirk shooting another example of escalating political violence in US
Harry McGee and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: · The assassination of the conservative activist and influencer Charlie Kirk on stage at a college campus i...
12 Sep 202551min
Kelleher's rousing speech isn't enough to overcome Micheál's man
The run-in to October’s presidential election continues to pick up pace this week with the selection of Jim Gavin as Fianna Fáil’s nominee. Jack Horgan-Jones brings us behind the scenes at Fianna Fáil...
10 Sep 202543min
Starmer's Labour in disarray as the UK's divisions deepen
Keir Starmer's Labour government seems to be in big trouble, with opinion polls suggesting the possibility of a dramatic reshaping of British electoral politics in favour of Nigel Farage's Reform UK. ...
8 Sep 202539min
It’s all systems go for this presidential election
Ellen Coyne and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:· With polling day expected to be October 24th, nominations are now open for the office of president and to ...
5 Sep 202552min
The broken UN, and Ireland's role: 'There's cynicism among member states towards our so-called neutrality'
The absence of a coherent international response to the crises in Gaza and Ukraine has raised questions about what used to be called the international rules-based order. Does it still exist at all, or...
3 Sep 202541min
Does the Presidency matter? Live at Electric Picnic
Today we bring you a recording of a live episode that took place yesterday in the Mindfield area of Electric Picnic. Hugh talked to Ellen Coyne, Jack Horgan-Jones and Pat Leahy about the meaning of th...
1 Sep 202535min
Does Jim Gavin have what it takes for a presidential campaign?
Jack Horgan-Jones and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: · It seems highly likely that former Dublin football manager Jim Gavin has the blessing of Taoiseach Micheá...
29 Aug 202543min
Are we still living in De Valera's Ireland?
Éamon De Valera died on August 29th, 1975. Fifty years on, the Ireland of today would hardly be recognisable to the revolutionary leader, taoiseach and president who famously extolled the simple virtu...
27 Aug 202546min
