Election Talk, Brexit Back-Channels
The dawning political season in Leinster House is overshadowed by the prospect of a general election and still by the uncertainty over Brexit. Fiach Kelly and Pat Leahy join Hugh to talk about factor...
18 Sep 201930min
Brexit: A Backstop In All But Name?
The DUP has publicly rejected proposals for a Northern Ireland-only backstop amid speculation at Westminster that Boris Johnson is considering an all-Ireland solution for the Border after Brexit. But ...
11 Sep 201934min
Brexit: Has Boris Johnson's Visit Changed Anything?
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has visited Taoiseach Leo Varadkar for a "positive, constructive" meeting. But has the Irish government's view of the Brexit stalemate changed at all? Pat Leahy is here...
9 Sep 201917min
Bracing for Johnson's General Election - with Fintan O'Toole
Fintan O'Toole pops in to review the incredible week that has unfolded in Westminster and what we can expect from the election that seems inevitable now. Will it be the dirtiest political campaign we'...
5 Sep 201939min
Brexit: A Bad Day for Boris, Election Calculations, A Chink of Light? - with Katy Balls
After a day of drama and political upheaval in Westminster, Hugh is joined by our own Pat Leahy and Denis Staunton, and by Katy Balls, deputy political editor with The Spectator magazine, to ask:- Wha...
4 Sep 201935min
Northern Ireland Past, Present and Future - with Professor Brendan O'Leary
Brendan O'Leary, a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, has written a three-book treatise on the entity we call Northern Ireland that is both accessible and erudite. He ta...
30 Aug 201935min
Brexit: Sit Back and Remain on the Edge of Your Seat – with Lisa O’Carroll
The dust is beginning to settle after British prime minister Boris Johnson’s surprise announcement on Wednesday, that he is to prorogue parliament for five weeks in order to bring forward his Governme...
29 Aug 201928min
Can a Capitalist Economy Solve the Climate Crisis?
Is it possible to run a capitalist economy and also address climate change? Or, is the greed-driven system destined to destroy itself? Hugh is joined by Green Party leader Eamon Ryan and People Before...
28 Aug 201945min
