Angry Burkes fail to spoil Taoiseach's Washington trip
Cormac McQuinn and Sarah Burns join Jack Horgan Jones to look back on the week in politics: · Most analysis of the Taoiseach’s extraordinary meeting with US president Donald Trump this week has ...
14 Mar 202546min
Martin survives his close encounter of the Trump kind
Pat Leahy reports from Washington where Taoiseach Micheal Martin met US president Donald Trump this afternoon. How did the Taoiseach do?In part two, Harry McGee talks to political scientist Dr Kevin C...
12 Mar 202553min
Will falling behind on climate cost Ireland billions?
A report last week made a stark forecast: Ireland will be subject to EU fines and costs ranging from from €8 billion to €26 billion for failing to meet its 2030 climate goals. So why are we not taking...
10 Mar 202539min
Will Sinn Féin back a left unity candidate for the presidency?
Jack Horgan-Jones and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh to look back on the week in politics: · Did Simon Harris put his foot in his mouth when he contradicted the US account of a phone call between him ...
7 Mar 202538min
Can Europe defend itself without the United States?
US president Donald Trump's hard line with allies and his overtures to Russia have upended assumptions about the transatlantic security alliance. So where does it leave Europe and Ireland? Hugh talks ...
5 Mar 202551min
Did Brexit make a Border poll inevitable?
How ready are citizens of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland for a border poll? What role would economics play in the debate? And what impact has Brexit had? The Irish Question, a new docume...
3 Mar 202547min
How should Micheál Martin approach his White House visit?
Harry McGee and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan on today’s Inside Politics podcast to discuss the week in politics:· Micheál Martin will likely have taken notes following the visits of Emmanuel Macro...
28 Feb 202551min
Germany's 'it'll be grand' coalition inherits a country in crisis
Hugh talks to Berlin correspondent Derek Scally to find out about the weekend's Bundestag elections, described as the most significant in decades. The centre-right CDU will lead a new coalition, with ...
25 Feb 202533min
