US Politics: The 2020 Democratic Candidates - with Suzanne Lynch
Taking a break from the chaos of Brexit, we turn to a rather chaotic and already crowded field of candidates for the Democratic Party nomination to take on President Trump in next year's US presidenti...
21 Mars 201931min
Brexit: What is The EU's Strategy? / Councillors & Gambling Machines
First: Patrick Smyth in Brussels joins Hugh and Pat to talk about the thinking behind the EU's stance on a potential Brexit delay. Then: Jennifer Bray on why councillors in Donegal, using one of their...
20 Mars 201939min
David Runciman on Democracy's 21st Century Problems
Western democracies are beset by a variety of problems: fractured legislative bodies, the rise of the far right, the erosion of norms and the dangers posed by technology. But we shouldn't confuse thos...
15 Mars 201941min
Politics Fails Utterly in Westminster - with Fintan O'Toole & Lisa O'Carroll
Prime Minister Theresa May has failed spectacularly in her bid to pass a Brexit deal through the House of Commons. The Guardian's Brexit correspondent Lisa O'Carroll on the fallout in Westminster, the...
13 Mars 201937min
Poll: Northern Ireland Is United in Opposition to A Hard Brexit
The second set of results from the Irish Times / Ipsos MRBI poll reveals attitudes to Brexit and Irish unity across the island of Ireland, north and south. Among the most significant findings: respond...
7 Mars 201929min
Poll: Support Dips for Varadkar and McDonald
Political Editor Pat Leahy is here with the latest Ipsos / MRBI poll which brings bad news for most political groups but especially for Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, support for whom has dipped significantl...
7 Mars 201919min
Digestible Truth, The Soc Dems Rift, Unspinnable Brexit - with Peter Foster
First: Fiach Kelly explains what we've learned from a cache of documents featuring exchanges between Solidarity TD Paul Murphy, his party colleagues and an international umbrella organisation for soci...
6 Mars 201949min
Brexit Endgame, Beware The Ides of March, Looking for Ladders
Finally it seems that meaningful moves are being made in Westminster toward some sort of conclusion to the Brexit saga. Denis Staunton and Pat Leahy analyse the public shifts in position made in recen...
27 Feb 201938min
