Will Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin abstain from the presidential race?
Ellen Coyne and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:· With Independent TD Catherine Connolly and former MEP Mairead McGuinness having declared their candidacy, there...
25 Juli 202540min
Will the Government's big projects survive the next downturn?
The Government’s updated National Development Plan (NDP) proposes to spend a vast sum of money on capital infrastructure. But beyond three ‘mega projects’ there is little detail and the vagueness of t...
23 Juli 202536min
Do Sinn Féin need to change tack after slump in the polls?
Cormac McQuinn and Jack Horgan-Jones join Pat Leahy to look back on the week in politics: · The latest Irish Times/Ipsos B&A opinion poll shows Sinn Féin on 22 per cent (down four), with Fianna ...
18 Juli 202538min
Tariffs: Why has Donald Trump threatened the EU again?
EU negotiators thought a deal with their US counterparts on trade and tariffs was near. Then US president Donald Trump ended those feelings of optimism by threatening to apply 30% tariffs from August ...
16 Juli 202547min
Is Mary Lou McDonald about to enter the presidential race?
Ellen Coyne and Harry McGee join Pat Leahy to look back on the week in politics: · When Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald was asked on Monday if she was ruling herself out of this year’s contes...
11 Juli 202541min
Srebrenica genocide: Why Bosnia is still divided 30 years on
This month marks 30 years since the Srebrenica genocide, when more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys were massacred by Serb forces in Bosnia. In today’s episode, Irish Times Eastern Europe Correspondent ...
9 Juli 202539min
What's gone wrong for Keir Starmer - and can he get things back on track?
It is just over a year since Keir Starmer’s Labour Party won a huge majority and took power in London, but Starmer’s political capital is already at a low ebb. It hasn’t all been bad: most noticeably ...
7 Juli 202535min
Why does Ireland's presidential race still have no one at the starting line?
Jack Horgan-Jones and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: · The drive to inject some impetus into the Irish presidential race has not yielded anything of note jus...
4 Juli 202542min
