Watt in the spotlight / State of the parties
Part one: The political controversy over the appointment of Dr Tony Holohan to a position in Trinity College has raised some awkward questions for Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly and his departme...
13 Apr 202245min
What is neoliberalism - and is it over?
Neoliberalism means different things to different people. As a set of economic policies it is mainly associated with reducing state intervention in commerce and society. In the course of its late 20th...
8 Apr 202253min
Zelenskiy’s historic address to Oireachtas, carbon tax increase, Seanad by-election
Hugh is joined by Jennifer Bray, Cormac McQuinn and Harry McGee to discuss the big political stories of the week, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s historic address to a joint sittin...
6 Apr 202239min
Ivana Bacik on Labour’s past, present and future
Ivana Bacik’s uncontested election as Labour Party leader came after the swift removal of Alan Kelly from the role and her own relatively recent appointment as a TD in the Dublin Bay South by-election...
30 Mar 202248min
A disappointing Patrick’s Day for the Taoiseach, Covid’s resurgence, inflation bites
Hugh catches up with Pat Leahy, fresh from his trip to Washington for Micheál Martin’s ill-fated St Patrick’s Day visit. They’re also joined by Jennifer Bray to discuss the future of the coalition and...
23 Mar 202240min
Lionel Barber on Putin and how the West should deal with him
As Russia’s brutal assault on Ukraine enters its fourth week, with little sign of an outcome, the question of what an endgame of this war might look like is increasingly the subject of international d...
16 Mar 202237min
Helen Thompson, author of Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century
In her new book Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century, Helen Thompson, a professor of political economy at Cambridge University, gets to grips with the overlapping geopolitical, economic, and polit...
11 Mar 202258min
Pearse Doherty on Sinn Féin’s policies, a united Ireland and issues of security and neutrality
Sinn Féin finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty joins Hugh and Pat to discuss what his party's priorities and policies would be, if they were to lead the next government. They also discuss Ireland’s neu...
9 Mar 202257min
