Is there real pressure on Sinn Féin to win at least one seat in upcoming byelections?
Ellen Coyne and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:· The posters are going up, and candidates are preparing their pitch, but could Sinn Féin come up empty-h...
24 Apr 59min
What the fuel protests meant
The country is moving on from the protests that dominated the national discussion over Easter, even as what the protests actually meant continues to generate debate.Leo Varadkar poured more fuel on th...
22 Apr 51min
Another Fianna Fáil heave that wasn’t
Cormac McQuinn and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:· There were renewed questions about the future of Micheál Martin’s leadership in the aftermath of the fuel pr...
17 Apr 45min
Healy-Raes' departure caps a terrible week for the Government
Hugh, Pat and Ellen are joined by columnist Gerard Howlin to talk about a tumultuous day in Leinster House that capped a terrible week for the governing coalition:The Government faced down a confidenc...
15 Apr 42min
The end of the Orbán model
All agree that the scale of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán’s defeat in yesterday’s general election is hugely significant, for Hungary, Europe and beyond. But what exactly does the result mean?...
13 Apr 39min
How the Government bungled its response to fuel protests
Ellen Coyne and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:It was becoming clear towards the end of last week that protests over the price of fuel were coming. But the sc...
10 Apr 53min
Could Labour have done anything to avoid electoral wipeout in 2016? Collapse, part three
In the final instalment of our series on Labour’s time in government from 2011 to 2016, things get darker as it becomes clear economic progress will not be enough for voters to forgive the party for i...
8 Apr 51min
Pressure builds on Labour as austerity bites: Collapse, part two
Inside Politics is coming to Galway in May for a live recording. Get your tickets here.In part two of this three-part series on Labour's harrowing experience in government from 2011 to 2016, Pat Leahy...
6 Apr 43min
