Poll findings lay down a challenge to advocates of unity
"Loser's consent" could be a critical concept in the event of a referendum on Irish reunification. Will the losing side accept the results? We got some idea of attitudes from new poll results publishe...
7 Dec 202248min
North and South, Ireland is divided on the unity question
When should a referendum on Irish unity be held, and how would citizens north and south vote? The answer to those questions are the subject of the first instalment of a series on Irish reunification, ...
3 Dec 202243min
December reshuffle: What to expect?
Next month Fianna Fáil's Micheal Martin will hand over the office of Taoiseach to Fine Gael's Leo Varadkar.The switch will necessitate a big reshuffle of cabinet positions. Or will it? Our political t...
30 Nov 202242min
Trial evidence embarrassment for Sinn Féin, housing discontent, Greens take stock
On the podcast today:How much of the East Wall refugee protest story is really an outworking of the housing shortage? With Russia's targeting of energy infrastructure in Ukraine likely to accelerate t...
25 Nov 202227min
East Wall protests: Government grapples with immigration and housing crises
Political correspondents Harry McGee and Jennifer Bray join Pat Leahy to discuss how the Government is grappling with some disquiet over immigration, as evidenced by protests against the arrival of re...
23 Nov 202240min
Bad days in Blackrock, Fine Gael prepare for Varadkar's return as Taoiseach, Florida man
Non-political stories have dominated the news agenda this week, but each has a political dimension. Cormac McQuinn and Pat Leahy join Hugh to discuss the week's events.Would you like to receive daily...
18 Nov 202231min
Can China's relationship with the West recover?
"After months of rising tensions between Washington and Beijing amid talk of economic decoupling and a new cold war, Joe Biden and Xi Jinping sought in Bali to turn down the heat" wrote Irish Times Ch...
16 Nov 202238min
How big tech traps consumers and shafts creators
The world’s most powerful media and technology companies use their market power to lock their customers into a relationship they can’t escape, while immiserating the creative people whose work the cus...
12 Nov 202245min
