Coronavirus: are we losing control?
Health editor Paul Cullen joins Hugh, Jennifer Bray and Jack Horgan-Jones to talk about an eventful week in Ireland's Covid-19 battle. Does the outbreak in the Midlands signal a major problem and a fa...
12 Aug 202035min
Lifting the lid on paid-for politics - with Peter Geoghegan
Hugh talks to journalist Peter Geoghegan about the murky world of political think-tanks and pressure groups that he writes about in a new book, Democracy for Sale.Would you like to receive daily insig...
7 Aug 202044min
Remembering John Hume - with Claire Hanna
SDLP MP for South Belfast Claire Hanna joins Hugh to look back on the life and legacy of John Hume, who died on Sunday.Would you like to receive daily insights into world events delivered to your inbo...
5 Aug 202030min
Government stumbles toward the recess
It's been another extraordinary week for the new government and a very uncomfortable one for Micheal Martin and some of his ministers, as stumbles over Pandemic Unemployment Payments and ministerial p...
29 Jul 202035min
Repost: Michael Lewis on Cronyism in The Trump Administration & The Unsung Virtues of Civil Servants
Author Michael Lewis (Moneyball, The Big Short, The Undoing Project)talks to Hugh about his new book 'The Fifth Risk'. The book concerns the Trump Administration and what Lewis says are astounding lev...
24 Jul 202034min
Green list confusion, EU recovery deal and the impending stimulus package
In today’s episode Hugh is joined by Pat Leahy and the newest member of the politics team, Jack Horgan-Jones to dissect the events of this week, including the mixed messages surrounding the newly publ...
22 Jul 202048min
How damaged is Micheál Martin's leadership? (Live at The Irish Times Summer Nights Festival)
This week The Irish Times ran its "Summer Nights" online festival, featuring conversations with guests like Samantha Power, Anne Enright, Imelda May, Paul O'Connell, Dermot Bannon and David McWilliams...
17 Jul 20201h
US politics: is Trump toast? With Fintan O'Toole and Suzanne Lynch
President Donald Trump is clearly behind in the polls, but is it too late for him to claw it back? What kind of campaigns will he and his rival Joe Biden need to run to secure victory? To talk about t...
15 Jul 202047min
