Stormont will return: analysis from Belfast, London and Dublin
Pat Leahy, Freya McClements and Mark Paul join Hugh to discuss the DUP's acceptance of a historic deal that allows power-sharing in Northern Ireland to resume. Would you like to receive daily insights...
31 Jan 202446min
As the ICJ rules against Israel, Gaza remains an issue in Irish politics
Jack Horgan-Jones and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan to discuss the week in politics: Gaza is proving a persistent issue in Irish politics, and today’s ruling at the International Court of Justice could ...
26 Jan 202444min
Under pressure: Roderic O'Gorman on tackling the refugee accommodation crisis
Minister for Integration Roderic O’Gorman is the man at the centre of one of the most severe and contentious problems facing the State: how to handle the huge increase in people arriving to seek Inter...
24 Jan 202451min
Is the political system starting to bend to asylum seeker protests?
Host Hugh Linehan is joined Cormac McQuinn and Jennifer Bray on this week’s wrap with housing for refugees and asylum seekers, and the lack of alternative accommodation, now a perennial talking point,...
19 Jan 202448min
Are Britain's media and politics broken? With James O'Brien
British broadcaster and author James O'Brien returns to Inside Politics to talk about his most recent book, How They Broke Britain. Would you like to receive daily insights into world events delivered...
17 Jan 202444min
‘Referendums that won’t grasp the imagination’
There are two referendums around the corner on March 8th, but are they too complex and less immediately understandable than other referendums in recent times? Hugh is joined by Jack Horgan-Jones and J...
12 Jan 202440min
Vote! Vote! Vote! A year of election predictions in one podcast
In the first half of 2024 highly consequential elections will take place in India, Pakistan, Indonesia, South Africa and Mexico among others. Things get closer to home later in the year with European ...
10 Jan 202456min
‘Irish people love elections!’
Still less than a year in existence, the Electoral Commission is set for a packed 2024 with local and European elections in June, a referendum in March and strong odds of a general election too before...
3 Jan 202435min
