Bracing for Johnson's General Election - with Fintan O'Toole

Bracing for Johnson's General Election - with Fintan O'Toole

Fintan O'Toole pops in to review the incredible week that has unfolded in Westminster and what we can expect from the election that seems inevitable now. Will it be the dirtiest political campaign we've ever seen?

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Disturbance at Dáil Éireann

Disturbance at Dáil Éireann

Our Friday wrap of the week returns with the start of the new political season. Jennifer Bray, Jack Horgan-Jones and Pat Leahy join Hugh to discuss the week in politics: What should we call the ugly s...

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Can Britain ever come to terms with Brexit?

Can Britain ever come to terms with Brexit?

Peter Foster tells today’s Irish Times Inside Politics podcast that, while polls show a majority of British voters now think it was a mistake to leave the European Union, it is unlikely any UK governm...

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'Sinn Féin have pissed a lot of people off' - Aoife Moore on the struggle to write about Ireland's biggest party

'Sinn Féin have pissed a lot of people off' - Aoife Moore on the struggle to write about Ireland's biggest party

How hard it is it to write a tell-all book about Sinn Féin, a political party known among journalists for its secrecy and its on-message discipline? Aoife Moore, author of The Long Game, a new book on...

15 Sep 202339min

Paschal Donohoe on spending v saving, RTÉ's future and Fine Gael's vigour

Paschal Donohoe on spending v saving, RTÉ's future and Fine Gael's vigour

October 10th is Budget Day, so it is the time of the year for politicians and lobbyists to make their cases for extra spending and tax cuts in 2024.It will be a year when Ireland is forecast to run a ...

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Licence fee revolt, speed solutions, think-ins

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Harry McGee and Cormac McQuinn join Pat Leahy to talk about the big political stories of the week:News that RTÉ licence fee receipts have continued to plummet will be of concern when the Cabinet meets...

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More seats and new constituencies: a first look at the redrawn electoral map

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The Electoral Commission has published its highly anticipated constituency review which, as expected, recommends an increase in the number of Dáil seats to let representation keep pace with population...

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Crime on the public's mind, politicians brace for constituency reform

Crime on the public's mind, politicians brace for constituency reform

Pat Leahy and Jennifer Bray join Hugh to discuss the big stories of the past few weeks: Is Minister for Media Catherine Martin at risk of seeming too passive in her handling of the RTÉ payments contro...

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The Ahern Years: Crash

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The final episode of the series ends with a bang, or rather a crash, as Hugh Linehan and Pat Leahy detail how Bertie’s own finances are under the microscope as he faces into his last general election ...

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