Budget kites flying high (but don’t mention the election date)
Host Hugh Linehan is joined by Jennifer Bray and Cormac McQuinn to look back on the week in politics:· Political parties are eagerly pitching eye-catching measures ahead of Budget 2025 with 50 pe...
20 Sep 202431min
Fine Gael has the momentum as Sinn Féin's slide continues - poll
Support for Fine Gael has increased, according to the latest Irish Times/Ipsos B&A opinion poll, with approval ratings for Taoiseach Simon Harris surging since the last poll in early summer.Support fo...
19 Sep 202417min
EU’s uneasy centre holds for now as flood waters rise
Jack Power and Derek Scally join Hugh Linehan to discuss developments in European politics:Michael McGrath was handed the EU Commission's justice portfolio when commission president Ursula von der Ley...
18 Sep 202438min
Childcare is now a battleground issue ahead of general election
This week’s host Pat Leahy is joined by Harry McGee and Jack Horgan-Jones to look back on the week in politics:· The fallout from Apple’s tax case continues with what to with decision on what to ...
13 Sep 202441min
US debate, Apple bonanza, Fine Gael get thinking
Jack Horgan-Jones and Cormac McQuinn join Pat Leahy to talk about three big political stories of the day. First they analyse last night's debate between US presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Do...
11 Sep 202439min
Simon Harris visits Ukraine to reaffirm Irish support
This week’s host, Pat Leahy, is joined on the line by Irish Times Europe Correspondent Jack Power to discuss Taoiseach Simon Harris’s visit to Ukraine earlier this week.Taoiseach Simon Harris met with...
6 Sep 202434min
How has the Government responded to the schools abuse report?
This week’s host, Pat Leahy, is joined by Jack Horgan-Jones and Harry McGee to discuss the big political stories of the week.Following Tuesday’s publication of the scoping report into sexual abuse at ...
4 Sep 202445min
Charlie versus Garrett redux: Listener questions answered
What was it about Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s that a man like Charles Haughey could become its leader? Did he improve the country, despite the corruption? And how did Garrett FitzGerald make such a...
30 Aug 202447min
