Is meaningful climate action possible in a democracy?
In a new book coauthored with fellow political scientists, UCD’s Aidan Regan argues that the three goals of democracy, economic growth and effective climate action are at odds with one another, and th...
10 Juni 37min
Inside Politics Meets GD Politics: A crossover episode with Galen Druke
For a special crossover episode of Inside Politics Hugh Linehan welcomes US podcaster Galen Druke, the host of GD Politics and formerly of the FiveThirtyEight politics podcast, for a discussion of the...
8 Juni 1h 9min
Rotunda row pits public against private health care
Pat Leahy and Ellen Coyne join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:· Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has come out this week to demand the Rotunda maternity hospital w...
5 Juni 54min
Darragh O'Brien on Ireland's missed climate targets, new help to buy EVs and Fianna Fáil's leadership
Pat joins Hugh after interviewing Fianna Fáil's Darragh O'Brien about major issues related to his twin ministries, Transport and Climate, Energy and the Environment. They listen back to the interview ...
3 Juni 43min
Are Sinn Féin drifting away from an uneasy left-wing alliance?
Ellen Coyne and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:· The left-wing alliance that was formed during Catherine Connolly’s presidential campaign is already strain...
29 Maj 53min
Why do these men want to strip women of the right to vote?
Journalist and author Helen Lewis has built a reputation for sharp analysis of politics, culture and the forces reshaping public life.In one piece for The Atlantic she unpicks policies, and the figure...
25 Maj 32min
Winners and losers: What we’ve learned from the byelections
Pat Leahy and Harry McGee join Hugh to talk about the results of the Dublin Central and Galway West byelections: As the day began Fine Gael were confident that their man, Senator Sean Kyne, would win ...
24 Maj 36min
