Stormont election special: Seismic or not, a significant result for Northern Ireland
Freya McClements, Mary Minihan and Pat Leahy join Hugh to analyse the results of last week's Northern Ireland Assembly elections. The major talking point is Sinn Féin taking the largest number of seat...
9 Maj 202248min
Voters go to the polls in Britain and Northern Ireland
Tomorrow Northern Ireland goes to the polls, in what’s been dubbed the most important vote in a generation. For the first time in more than a century, there is the prospect of a nationalist being elec...
4 Maj 202241min
Turf wars, TD numbers and a row over surrogacy
Pat and Jen join Hugh to talk about all the political stories of the past week including tension within the coalition over a proposed ban on the sale of turf, the prospect of an increased number of TD...
27 Apr 202244min
Two very different elections, two defining moments
Next weekend, French voters decide whether Emmanuel Macron should remain president or Marine Le Pen should replace him. The latter result would transform France and Europe. Next month, Northern Irish ...
20 Apr 202243min
Poll exclusive: majority favour keeping neutrality
There is overwhelming support for a retention of Ireland’s current model of military neutrality, according to the latest Irish Times/Ipsos poll. Two- thirds of voters do not want to see any change in ...
15 Apr 202220min
Watt in the spotlight / State of the parties
Part one: The political controversy over the appointment of Dr Tony Holohan to a position in Trinity College has raised some awkward questions for Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly and his departme...
13 Apr 202245min
What is neoliberalism - and is it over?
Neoliberalism means different things to different people. As a set of economic policies it is mainly associated with reducing state intervention in commerce and society. In the course of its late 20th...
8 Apr 202253min
Zelenskiy’s historic address to Oireachtas, carbon tax increase, Seanad by-election
Hugh is joined by Jennifer Bray, Cormac McQuinn and Harry McGee to discuss the big political stories of the week, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s historic address to a joint sittin...
6 Apr 202239min
