Covid, rising energy prices and internal strife spell a difficult winter for the EU - with Naomi O'Leary
Europe correspondent Naomi O'Leary talks to Hugh about the rising Covid numbers in many EU member states, the rising energy prices that are dominating the news and the row between Brussels and Poland ...
27 Okt 202142min
Inside ten years as a government advisor - with Ed Brophy
Ed Brophy is a former chief of staff to finance minister Paschal Donohoe and to Labour’s Joan Burton when she was Tánaiste. Recently he stepped away from politics after ten years in the corridors of p...
20 Okt 202151min
Noam Chomsky: ‘Ireland has robbed poor working people of tens of trillions of dollars’
Author and academic Noam Chomksy talks to Hugh about the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the morality of Ireland’s tax regime and whether the human race can avoid the twin catastrophes of global warmi...
15 Okt 202139min
Budget 2022: Understanding how key decisions were made
Pat Leahy talks to Seamus Coffey, Jack Horgan-Jones and Cliff Taylor about yesterday's budget and how the last-minute news that our economy has recovered more than expected played into spending decisi...
13 Okt 202141min
National Development Plan: to-do list, or wish list?
The Government’s 10-year National Development Plan announced this week has been greeted with scepticism in some quarters and criticised by the opposition as more of a wish-list than a to-do list. The ...
6 Okt 202136min
Pre-budget discussions, Mica redress and a divisive pandemic bonus
Pat Leahy, Jennifer Bray and Jack Horgan-Jones from the Irish Times politics team join Hugh to discuss the major considerations for the government ahead of Budget day on October 12th. They also look a...
29 Sep 202147min
Germany election special: who will replace Angela Merkel?
Berlin correspondent Derek Scally joins Hugh for a deep dive into the most interesting German federal election in decades, which takes place on Sunday. How did Angela Merkel's centre-right CDU, now un...
22 Sep 202139min
Talking about think-ins
After a turbulent summer break for the coalition, the country’s political parties hunkered down for their respective think-in meetings over the last two weeks, before the return of the Dáil. Pat Leahy...
15 Sep 202137min
