More seats and new constituencies: a first look at the redrawn electoral map
The Electoral Commission has published its highly anticipated constituency review which, as expected, recommends an increase in the number of Dáil seats to let representation keep pace with population...
30 Aug 202339min
Crime on the public's mind, politicians brace for constituency reform
Pat Leahy and Jennifer Bray join Hugh to discuss the big stories of the past few weeks: Is Minister for Media Catherine Martin at risk of seeming too passive in her handling of the RTÉ payments contro...
23 Aug 202336min
The Ahern Years: Crash
The final episode of the series ends with a bang, or rather a crash, as Hugh Linehan and Pat Leahy detail how Bertie’s own finances are under the microscope as he faces into his last general election ...
18 Aug 202353min
The Ahern Years: Showtime
In this episode Hugh Linehan and Pat Leahy pore over what comes after Fianna Fáil's successful 2002 general election amid the ongoing boom. The defeats in local and European elections in 2004, the twi...
16 Aug 202341min
The Ahern years: The tiger roars
In this episode Hugh Linehan and Pat Leahy delve into Bertie Ahern's first government as Taoiseach, a government which oversees unprecedented economic growth as the Celtic Tiger years begin. And Berti...
11 Aug 202352min
The Ahern years: Bertie's path to power
His legacy is debated, but there's no denying that Bertie Ahern is one of the most significant figures in Irish political history. Over the next few episodes Pat Leahy tells the story of the life and ...
9 Aug 202359min
US politics special with Clare Malone of The New Yorker
There’s never a dull moment when it comes to US politics, as proved again today with the announcement of fresh criminal charges against former president Donald Trump. In this episode, Staff writer at ...
2 Aug 202352min
Inside Sinn Féin
Who are Sinn Féin and what really makes the party different, if anything? Who holds real sway within the party? What role do activists play, and who are its up-and-coming stars? Freya McClements and P...
26 Jul 202345min
