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
Michael Wolff on the Trump Presidency, Journalism & Politics Without Ideas
American journalist Michael Wolff has written a follow up to 'Fire and Fury', his infamous bestseller detailing the chaos of the Trump White House. He talks to Hugh about his work, the decline of the ...
21 Jun 201931min
An Ambitious Climate Action Plan
This week the Government published its much-anticipated plan to tackle climate change. It's an ambitious proposal, aiming to cut emissions and make Ireland carbon-neutral by 2050 through new climate l...
19 Jun 201946min
