How big tech traps consumers and shafts creators
The world’s most powerful media and technology companies use their market power to lock their customers into a relationship they can’t escape, while immiserating the creative people whose work the cus...
12 Nov 202245min
Will tech woes remove Ireland's corporate tax cushion?
Jack Horgan-Jones and Pat Leahy join Hugh to look at the week's politics:A Supreme Court ruling creates a headache for GovernmentHow a stricken tech sector could change the political landscapeStill se...
11 Nov 202229min
US midterms: Red wave fails to materialise
In the run up to the US midterm elections, polls and political spectators forecast a landslide for the Republicans, but as the results continue to pour in, a different picture is beginning to emerge. ...
9 Nov 202231min
Will a new hate speech law impinge on free speech?
New legislation will give extra protection to members of groups affected by crimes motivated by hatred. But critics say the law will be an unacceptable infringement on freedom of speech. To dig into a...
2 Nov 202242min
Support for Ukraine strong but accommodation worries grow - poll
The latest Irish Times/Ipsos opinion poll shows that despite a strong desire to support Ukraine, 61 per cent of voters are concerned that “too many refugees” are coming here. And more than half of vot...
28 Okt 202222min
What does Sunak's reshuffle mean for Ireland?
“Time to look at the big picture; what does it mean for me?”Pat Leahy and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan on this week’s Inside Politics to discuss Rishi Sunak’s elevation to PM, his appointments to cab...
26 Okt 202237min
Liz Truss and the party leadership problem
The debacle of Liz Truss's short premiership has cast the entire UK political system into crisis. Not least the system used by the Tory party leadership to select its leader, which is now being accele...
21 Okt 202231min
Fintan O'Toole on 'Up the 'Ra' and turmoil in Westminster
Many Irish Times readers were talking this week about Fintan O'Toole's column on the subject of the IRA and the appropriateness of chanting "Up the 'Ra'.Hugh talks to Fintan about his column, the deba...
19 Okt 202246min
