May Digs Her Heels In
Today's podcast focusses on Brexit and the Sinn Fein party's fortunes. London Editor Denis Staunton explains why UK Prime Minister Theresa May is unlikely to lose a confidence vote called by her own b...
12 Des 20180s
Historic Times in Westminster, Peadar's Party, Paschal's Reprimand
With Hugh to appraise all this week's political news (including high drama in Westminster, the personalised abortion legislation debate, Peadar Tóibín's new political movement and the Fiscal Advisory ...
5 Des 20180s
Bill Browder on Putin's Kleptocracy & A "Cold War Against Crime"
"Putin and his regime are going to become more hostile, malicious and deadly to the rest fo the world, and we need to understand this".Since the murder in Russia of his lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, Bill B...
30 Nov 20180s
What Really Caused Brexit? With Fintan O'Toole & Professor Helen Thompson
As we wait for UK parliament to vote on Theresa May's deal, Hugh talks to two people with thought-provoking and divergent ideas about what brought about Brexit in the first place: Irish Times columnis...
28 Nov 20180s
Abortion Bill Hurdles, Leo's Tax Promise, Brexit Rubber Stamp
Concerns are growing that the Government’s proposed abortion legislation will not pass through the Oireachtas in time for its planned introduction date in January. Was Minister Simon Harris naive in s...
21 Nov 20180s
Simon Coveney on Brexit, the DUP & No Deal Contingencies / Leo's Big Tax Cut
On the floor at the Fine Gael National Conference, the Inside Politics team interviews Tanaiste Simon Coveney about Brexit, what happens if the deal is not approved by UK parliamentarians and the role...
17 Nov 20180s
The Audacity of Theresa May
With a Brexit deal agreed between Britain and the EU, now all eyes turn to Westminster. Will Prime Minister Theresa May be able to bounce her cabinet, the Commons and the EU into a deal that nobody li...
14 Nov 20180s
Michael Lewis on Cronyism in The Trump Administration & The Unsung Virtues of Civil Servants
Author Michael Lewis (Moneyball, The Big Short, The Undoing Project)talks to Hugh about his new book 'The Fifth Risk'. The book concerns the Trump Administration and what Lewis says are astounding lev...
12 Nov 20180s
