Paschal Donohoe on Social Change, Conservatism & 'The Radical Centre'
Last week, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe gave a talk at the Collins Institute, a Fine Gael-associated think tank in Dublin. The talk was about the political centre, how it is weakening in other...
3 Sep 201839min
"Unless we set priorities, nothing is a priority" - The State & Social Housing
Ireland's housing crisis is complex and multifaceted, but one key element that the government must address in seeking a solution to it is the social housing sector. Two-thirds of all social housing in...
29 Aug 201852min
Craig Unger, 'House of Trump, House of Putin'
Craig Unger's new book, House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia, analyses links between the Russian mafia, Vladimir Putin and the Trump Organisation. On ...
25 Aug 201823min
FF-SDLP Merger, Uncharted Waters for Michael D., Papal Visit
This week UCD professor Diarmaid Ferriter joins Hugh and Fiach to look at some of the issues currently on the civic and political agenda through the lens of history. First it’s Fiach’s story that a F...
22 Aug 201840min
Interview: Cody Keenan, Speechwriter for Barack Obama
Cody Keenan has been a speechwriter for President Barack Obama for more than a decade, rising from a campaign intern in Chicago to Director of Speechwriting at the White House. Keenan has helped craft...
17 Aug 201835min
Labour's Leadership, Presidential Potentials
It’s a quiet week on the political front, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing happening. Brendan Howlin’s Labour leadership has come into question of late, with a number of councillors calling for h...
15 Aug 201836min
Breaking Down a Border Poll
Former Northern Ireland first minister Peter Robinson was criticised for telling the MacGill Summer School last month that he did not think the North would vote to leave the UK in a Border poll but it...
8 Aug 201842min
Amnesty and "Foreign Money" in Politics / Colm O'Gorman on Pope Francis's Visit
First we look at the news that broke yesterday that Amnesty International Ireland has won its challenge to an order made by the Standards in Public Office Commission, or Sipo. Sipo ordered Amnesty to ...
1 Aug 201841min
