The big end of term wrap
The Dáil summer recess has arrived and our political experts Pat Leahy, Jennifer Bray and Cormac McQuinn have convened to look back on the political season:The relative political fortunes of Micheál M...
21 Jul 202348min
Europe's climate is changing. Will European politics change with it?
In a summer heatwave gripping countries including Spain, Italy, France and Greece, Europeans are experiencing temperatures more commonly found in the Sahara desert. The consequences for human health, ...
19 Jul 202340min
Can the Government be generous to RTÉ? Hospital mess, braying donkeys
Pat Leahy and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics including hopefully the final week of RTÉ Oireachtas committee mania and the spiralling cost of delivering the National...
14 Jul 202343min
'No-one likes us and we don't care' - taking Unionism's temperature on the Twelfth
It's the Twelfth and to mark Unionism and Loyalism's day of celebration, Hugh talks to Dr Aaron Edwards, author of A People Under Siege: The Unionists of Northern Ireland from Partition to Brexit and ...
12 Jul 202343min
Not another week of RTÉgate, summer statement, hate bill queasiness
On today’s Inside Politics podcast Hugh Linehan is joined by Pat Leahy and Jennifer Bray to discuss the week in politics:The crisis at RTÉ is entering its third week but, with appearances by Ryan Tubr...
7 Jul 202337min
The Social Democrats are different, says Holly Cairns - but how?
Under the leadership of Holly Cairns, the Cork South-West TD who took over from Catherine Murphy and Roisin Shortall in March, the Social Democrats are riding high among the smaller political parties ...
5 Jul 202349min
'Nobody's brave enough to put their name to it' - Helen McEntee on maternity leave criticism and retaking the reins at Justice
In a wide-ranging interview in today's Irish Times, Minister for Justice Helen McEntee talks about remarks critical of her taking maternity leave while in office, the stint by Cabinet colleague Simon ...
1 Jul 202333min
RTÉ still struggling with fallout from Tubridy’s secret pay deal
Hosting Inside Politics in Hugh Linehan’s absence, Pat Leahy is joined by Current Affairs Editor of The Irish Times, Arthur Beesley and Professor Jane Suiter from DCU’s School of Communications to dis...
28 Jun 202334min
