
Trump's visit was grubby, weird, but apparently a success
Donald Trump came to Ireland for 36 hours, watched a lot of golf, charmed the crowds at Doonbeg, promised to scrap tariffs on Irish whiskey and unexpectedly declared that he'd love to see a united Ire...
17 Sep 30min

Jim O'Callaghan on the M9 collision, migration, and wanting to lead Fianna Fáil
Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan joins us in studio for a sit-down interview. We asked him what needs to change after the M9 collision, whether the State is failing the small group of young people its...
25 Aug 47min

The politicians who thrived this term, and the ones who had a nightmare
The Dáil has risen, Leinster House is quiet, and TDs are all off doing constituency work (as they tell us every year), so it's time for our political awards. Christine Bohan, Jane Matthews and Sinéad ...
23 Juli 46min

Farage wanted a coronation. He got Count Binface.
Nigel Farage resigned as an MP on Tuesday to trigger a byelection in which he's going to run in, and waited for the establishment to line up against him. They didn't. A handful of minor parties have p...
9 Juli 27min

More houses in rural Ireland sounds great until you ask about the buses
Housing Minister James Browne has announced the biggest shake-up to rural planning rules in two decades. It should be easier for people to build homes in the countryside, but there's no target for how...
2 Juli 20min

Parking Wars and parking the War on Drugs
An Oireachtas committee spent years researching drug policy in Ireland and came back with a clear recommendation: decriminalise possession of all drugs for personal use, a shift from treating drug use...
25 Juni 23min

The surprise abortion vote that broke government ranks
Something unusual happened in the Dáil this week when a Sinn Féin proposal to scrap the three-day waiting period for abortion passed. An opposition bill getting through is rare enough, but this one ca...
18 Juni 25min



















