The broken UN, and Ireland's role: 'There's cynicism among member states towards our so-called neutrality'
The absence of a coherent international response to the crises in Gaza and Ukraine has raised questions about what used to be called the international rules-based order. Does it still exist at all, or...
3 Sep 202541min
Does the Presidency matter? Live at Electric Picnic
Today we bring you a recording of a live episode that took place yesterday in the Mindfield area of Electric Picnic. Hugh talked to Ellen Coyne, Jack Horgan-Jones and Pat Leahy about the meaning of th...
1 Sep 202535min
Does Jim Gavin have what it takes for a presidential campaign?
Jack Horgan-Jones and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: · It seems highly likely that former Dublin football manager Jim Gavin has the blessing of Taoiseach Micheá...
29 Aug 202543min
Are we still living in De Valera's Ireland?
Éamon De Valera died on August 29th, 1975. Fifty years on, the Ireland of today would hardly be recognisable to the revolutionary leader, taoiseach and president who famously extolled the simple virtu...
27 Aug 202546min
Heather Humphreys is the likely Fine Gael candidate, but Fianna Fáil are yet to show their hand in this presidential race
Harry McGee and Ellen Coyne look back on the week in politics:· The presidential race is the only show in town with Fine Gael recovering remarkably well from the news last week that Mairead McGu...
22 Aug 202536min
Ukraine: Possibility and peril as Trump pushes for Putin-Zelenskiy meeting
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomed Monday’s summit at the White House with US president Donald Trump as a “major step forward” towards ending Europe’s deadliest conflict in 80 years and ...
19 Aug 202544min
Crash, part three: Ireland hits rock bottom and politics changes forever
Pat Leahy and Hugh Linehan bring the story of Brian Cowen’s ill-fated 2008-2011 government to its conclusion.Following Cowen’s embarrassing appearance on Morning Ireland in late 2010, many in the coun...
18 Aug 202542min
McGuinness's shock withdrawal throws the presidential race wide open
The surprise withdrawal from the presidential election race of Fine Gael candidate Mairead McGuinness on health grounds has introduced even more uncertainty to an already unpredictable contest. On tod...
15 Aug 202547min
