Is there any such thing as a political genius? With Helen Lewis
This episode was first published in July 2025. You can tell an awful lot about a society by who it labels a genius. You can also learn from who it excludes from that category, who it enables and what ...
29 Dec 202539min
Ask us anything: presidential nominations, a Minister for Defence and the centre holding
Hugh is joined by Jack Horgan Jones, Cormac McQuinn and Ellen Coyne for part one of our traditional festive AMA. This year listeners asked about the presidential nomination process, the influence of p...
24 Dec 202526min
What do Irish voters really want? Live at the IFI with Dr Kevin Cunningham
Dr Kevin Cunningham of TUD is one of Ireland’s most insightful political scientists and pollsters. At the Inside Politics live show in early December he joined Hugh, Pat, Cormac and Ellen on stage at ...
22 Dec 202520min
Why the EU's climbdown on Ukraine aid matters
It was a difficult week for Micheal Martin and FIanna Fáil with the delivery of the report on the party's failed presidential campaign. Martin's position as leader is safe for now, but questions and d...
19 Dec 202540min
Was Jim Gavin's campaign implosion the political moment of the year?
Earlier this month Hugh, Ellen, Cormac and Pat got on stage at the IFI in Dublin for our annual end of year live show. Today we’re bringing you an excerpt from the show as the panel discuss their choi...
17 Dec 202530min
Jim O'Callaghan: We made a bad decision on the presidency
Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan talks to Hugh and Pat about antisemitism after the Bondi beach attack, the progress of the Occupied Territories Bill, Ireland's security needs, why and how the Gov...
16 Dec 202548min
That interview, Fianna Fáil's review and thorny issues for the Government
Ellen Coyne and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh to look back on the week in politics:Next week Fianna Fáil will get the long-awaited review into the circumstances around Jim Gavin's disastrous presidentia...
12 Dec 202553min
Eoin Lenihan on how Ireland was 'vandalised'
Eoin Lenihan joins Hugh to discuss his bestselling book Vandalising Ireland. In the book Lenihan sets out his argument that the choices made by successive governments, on issues from migration to the ...
10 Dec 20251h 3min
