The Blame Game: Fake News, Social Media and Echo Chambers
New and old media are themselves in the firing line as liberals point the finger at fake news, Facebook algorithms and social media bubbles to help explain the painful reality of President Donald Trum...
16 Nov 201659min
Election Special: President Donald Trump
Donald Trump has pulled off one of the greatest upsets in political history by beating Hillary Clinton to the White House. How did he do it, and how did the pundits get it so wrong? And what can we ex...
9 Nov 201624min
Garda strike / Politicians speak out about media, trolling and populism
On this week's politics podcast, Political Editor Stephen Collins talks to Fiach Kelly about the looming garda strike action and Taoiseach Enda Kenny's all-Ireland Brexit forum. And down at Leinster H...
2 Nov 201627min
Facing a winter of discontent
We face the prospect of the most disruptive period of industrial unrest the country has seen in over a decade. Planned strike actions by teachers and gardaí are expected to sorely test the resilience ...
26 Okt 201641min
What does "middle Ireland" mean?
Who are the under-represented "squeezed middle" in Ireland and how do they vote? Minister for Finance Michael Noonan defined them as "those earning between €30,000 and €70,000", when in fact the truth...
19 Okt 201642min
Ruadhán Mac Cormaic on how the 8th was passed
"One of the most poisonous debates witnessed in twentieth century Ireland" is how historian Diarmaid Ferriter described the run-up to the passing of the 8th Amendment in 1983. Against a backdrop of in...
14 Okt 201633min
Budget 2017: Eoghan Murphy, Dara Calleary & David Cullinane
Eoghan Murphy of Fine Gael, Dara Calleary of Fianna Fáil and David Cullinane of Sinn Féin are in studio with Pat Leahy and Hugh Linehan to debate the worth of the measures outlined in yesterday's budg...
12 Okt 201640min
Swan song or dog's dinner? Michael Noonan's "final budget"
On Tuesday we will find out what is in Paschal Donohoe’s first budget, and possibly Michael Noonan’s last. But, given the fiscal and political realities, hopes are not high for a day of landmark annou...
8 Okt 201625min
