Naomi Klein on conspiracies, climate and the 'personal brand'
Today’s guest is Canadian academic and author Naomi Klein. Klein shot to fame with her first book, No Logo, which offered an acute critique of how powerful corporations in the 1990s had profited off e...
2 Okt 202344min
Sinn Féin gain, no giveaway budget, Leo on Benefits Street
Harry McGee and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan to discuss the week in politics:The latest Irish Times / Ipsos opinion poll shows Sinn Féin continuing to gain. Other poll results foreshadow the potential ...
29 Sep 202333min
Why can't more of us vote in Seanad elections?
A constitutional stopwatch is now ticking for the way in which some senators are elected. And it’s finally time for the Seanad reform which successive governments have promised but failed to deliver. ...
27 Sep 202335min
Disturbance at Dáil Éireann
Our Friday wrap of the week returns with the start of the new political season. Jennifer Bray, Jack Horgan-Jones and Pat Leahy join Hugh to discuss the week in politics: What should we call the ugly s...
22 Sep 202349min
Can Britain ever come to terms with Brexit?
Peter Foster tells today’s Irish Times Inside Politics podcast that, while polls show a majority of British voters now think it was a mistake to leave the European Union, it is unlikely any UK governm...
20 Sep 202346min
'Sinn Féin have pissed a lot of people off' - Aoife Moore on the struggle to write about Ireland's biggest party
How hard it is it to write a tell-all book about Sinn Féin, a political party known among journalists for its secrecy and its on-message discipline? Aoife Moore, author of The Long Game, a new book on...
15 Sep 202339min
Paschal Donohoe on spending v saving, RTÉ's future and Fine Gael's vigour
October 10th is Budget Day, so it is the time of the year for politicians and lobbyists to make their cases for extra spending and tax cuts in 2024.It will be a year when Ireland is forecast to run a ...
13 Sep 202344min
Licence fee revolt, speed solutions, think-ins
Harry McGee and Cormac McQuinn join Pat Leahy to talk about the big political stories of the week:News that RTÉ licence fee receipts have continued to plummet will be of concern when the Cabinet meets...
6 Sep 202339min
