Johnson's No Deal Cabinet, Varadkar's Determination - with Lisa O'Carroll
Buckle up: it's going to be a bumpy ride between now and the end of October. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's cabinet purge and appointment of hard Brexiteers to key positions looks to be setting the...
25 Jul 201928min
Boris Johnson's in Charge, Maria Bailey's Punishment, End of Dáil Review
The front pages are dominated by two stories today: Boris Johnson’s Tory leadership and Fine Gael TD Maria Bailey’s punishment for her claim against Dublin’s Dean Hotel for falling off a swing. Pat Le...
24 Jul 201938min
Brexit: What is Boris Johnson's Strategy? - with James Forsyth
Both contenders for the Tory leadership, Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, mades news on the hustings the other day by stating that even a time-limit to the backstop would not be enough: the backstop sim...
17 Jul 201937min
Ailbhe Smyth's Life of Activism - Live at Body & Soul
Everyone at Inside Politics was shocked and saddened to learn of the death this week of our colleague and friend, Noel Whelan. Our condolences to his wife Sinéad, his son Séamus and the rest of his fa...
12 Jul 201947min
Is No-Deal Brexit Now Inevitable? With Fintan O'Toole, Lisa Chambers, Katy Hayward
Is a no-deal Brexit inevitable? What will happen at the border if the UK crashes out of the EU without a deal? And how will our own political system deal with such a crisis? To discuss, Pat Leahy is ...
10 Jul 201954min
Mercosur Adds to Govt Woes, President Von Der Leyen, EU Dealmaking
As Dáil term nears a close, the government is creaking a bit under the pressure of a growing number of fronts: agriculture, broadband, Brexit and hard budgetary choices to come. Pat Leahy, Jennifer Br...
3 Jul 201939min
A United Ireland? Live at Body & Soul with Mary Lou McDonald, Sophie Long & Simon Carswell
After several years of turmoil in the UK over Brexit, there is a feeling that the union is under strain like never before. But are we really any closer to a united Ireland? To talk about this, Hugh wa...
28 Jun 201953min
'Fake News' Comes to Ireland, Govt Plans Brexit Budget
An investigation by the Digital Forensic Research Laboratory at Washington-based think tank, the Atlantic Council, found that Ireland was one of several Western countries targeted by a Russian-based i...
26 Jun 201941min
