Inside Eurovision with Patrick Freyne
Eurovision time is here again, and this year it's taking place in Ukraine. Is the tense political context impacting the annual carnival of national pop? And more importantly, why can't Ireland pick th...
12 Maj 201714min
A Disturbance in the Force, Dáil Decorum, Paschal the Kingmaker
Will Nóirín O'Sullivan eventually be invited to follow sacked FBI director James Comey into early retirement? To discuss that developing story, plus the new tradition of silence in the Dáil, Leo Varad...
10 Maj 201728min
A Year of Living Independently
The Independent Alliance has been in Government for one year, already longer than many observers predicted at the outset. How has it been doing? Very well, according to its five TDs. Led as ever by Sh...
5 Maj 201720min
What Ails The Dáil? How To Fix Our Lifeless Legislature
What's going on in Leinster House? Not much, but at least we can argue about why that is the case. Today's Irish Times editorial was a little harsh, says Harry McGee - the lack of legislative achievem...
3 Maj 201740min
Church, State & Hospital / What Next For Anti-Abortion Groups?
The row over ownership of the new Maternity Hospital may be dying down, for now, but it has revealed some interesting things about the politics, people, and institutions involved. Mary Minihan and Pat...
26 Apr 201759min
Inside Story - Gardaí Struggle With Hostility On Streets
It's been a torrid few months for the institutional reputation of An Garda Síochána. Some members of the force believe the various controversies have undermined confidence in, and respect for, the for...
22 Apr 201714min
Snap Chat: May's Surprise, Labour's Nightmare, The Forgotten Celtic Fringe
How the forthcoming UK election could leave the Conservatives with a whopping majority and consign Labour to as much as another decade in the political wilderness. And in Northern Ireland and Scotland...
19 Apr 201746min
Water Solved? / All Politics Is Local
Part one: Could water finally be a political issue of the past? Sarah Bardon has the latest on the negotiations that briefly threatened to topple the Government but now seem to have been solved to th...
12 Apr 201726min
