Brexit in The Desert: Progress, or Another Mirage?
The EU-Arab League summit in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, today has been dominated by talk of Brexit. And it has turned out to be a more eventful day than promised, with expectations growing that UK Prime ...
25 Feb 201913min
Ready, Steady, Wait: Fianna Fáil, Brexit and The Next Election
At the Fianna Fáil ardfheis in City West, everyone, from the regular delegates on up to the party leader Micheál Martin, wants to take the fight to Fine Gael in a general election. But not right now, ...
23 Feb 201938min
Children's Hospital: Questions Remain / The Politics of Dissident Republicans
Jennifer Bray and Fiach Kelly join presenter Harry McGee to discuss the big political stories this week: the continuing National Children’s Hospital controversy, the government's Brexit omnibus, UK La...
20 Feb 201942min
A Short History of Brexit - with Kevin O'Rourke
As a professor of economic history at Oxford University, and an Irishman, Kevin O'Rourke is well placed to explain how the different economic experiences of the UK and Ireland have led both nations to...
15 Feb 201940min
Children's Hospital 'Learnings', FF-SDLP, Nurses Strike - with Dara Calleary
Amid apologies and ‘learnings’, the row over the massive overspend on the National Children’s Hospital rumbles on. Two big questions remain: What will the final bill be? And, which other projects will...
13 Feb 201942min
Life After Brexit: Lives, Livelihoods & Communities At Risk
Simon Carswell has been investigating the potential impact of Brexit on people - their lives, their communities and their businesses. He talks to Hugh Linehan about what he has discovered, including t...
8 Feb 201934min
May's Subtle Backstop Shift / Children's Hospital Blame Game
First: A subtle but deliberate shift was noted in Theresa May's position on the Brexit backstop during a trip to Belfast yesterday. As the two-day Northern Ireland visit draws to a close today, is her...
6 Feb 201947min
Brexit: What is Theresa May's Strategy?
Theresa May has united Tory MPs behind her plan to go to Brussels to seek legally binding changes to the Brexit withdrawal agreement, exploring 'alternative options' to the Irish backstop. The trouble...
30 Jan 201937min
