Presidential debate: who came out on top and who struggled?
Pat Leahy joins Hugh to talk about the first televised debate of the presidential campaign which took place on Virgin Media Television tonight. Independent Catherine Connolly, Fine Gael’s Heather Hump...
29 Sep 202517min
Lea Ypi investigates a family mystery and hidden history
Hugh interviews Albanian academic and author Lea Ypi about her new book Indignity: A Life Reimagined. The book is an exploration of political, historical and philosophical themes through the story of ...
29 Sep 202547min
And then there were three – the presidential candidates set off on the campaign trail
Ellen Coyne and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: · Catherine Connolly, Heather Humphreys and Jim Gavin got their campaigns into full swing this week as they...
26 Sep 202539min
Maria Steen falls at the final hurdle
Ellen Coyne and Pat Leahy join Hugh to talk about how independent candidate Maria Steen came close but ultimately failed to secure a nomination to run for the presidency. Why did the coalition that su...
24 Sep 202537min
What our 'Charlie versus Garret' series got wrong - with Eoin O'Malley
Last year The Irish Times Inside Politics podcast released a three-part series looking back at the political rivalry between Charles Haughey and Garret Fitzgerald.That series helped to inspire DCU’s E...
22 Sep 202549min
Can Sheridan or Steen get a presidential nomination over the line?
Pat Leahy and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:The nomination process for presidential candidates rumbles on. At the time of recording independent Gareth Sherid...
19 Sep 202554min
Charlie Kirk: A conservative's view on the fallout from a momentous crime
Hugh talks to Michael Brendan Dougherty, senior writer at National Review, about the murder of right wing activist and Christian nationalist Charlie Kirk and the vociferous reaction that has exposed a...
17 Sep 202544min
Leo Varadkar speaks his mind on reunification, Covid, Eoghan Murphy and Phil Hogan
Leo Varadkar's new memoir promises readers an insight into what the former taoiseach really thought about the monumental events - Covid, Brexit, the housing crisis - that he was centrally involved in....
15 Sep 20251h
