The Separation of Church & State
As the country moves on from the resounding Yes vote in the referendum to repeal the Eighth amendment and with plans for another referendum on removing the offence of blasphemy from the Constitution i...
13 Juni 20180s
The Political Landscape after The Referendum
Thousands of women and young people mobilised for the referendum campaign, but will many remain politically active in its aftermath? Sinead Gibney, the new Dún Laoghaire candidate for the Social Democ...
6 Juni 20180s
Referendum Debrief with Una Mullally, Pat Leahy, Jane Suiter & Sarah Bardon
One final Friday referendum podcast. Columnist Una Mullally and DCU political scientist Jane Suiter join Hugh, Pat and Sarah to debate what really happened. How did the media fulfil its role? What wer...
1 Juni 20180s
"A Lot of My Colleagues Didn't Show Leadership" - One Fianna Fáil TD's Blunt Assessment
It will take a few podcasts to digest the historic referendum results of last weekend. Today we begin by looking at what lies behind the divergence between opinion polls and the final result. Then Mic...
30 Maj 20180s
Referendum Special with Kitty Holland, Fintan O'Toole, Sarah Bardon & Pat Leahy
The count is underway but the result is not in doubt. Social Affairs correspondent Kitty Holland, columnist Fintan O'Toole and Sarah Bardon and Pat Leahy from our politics team talk to Hugh about the ...
26 Maj 20180s
Exit Poll: A Landslide for Repeal
The people have voted to repeal the 8th Amendment. But not only that. If the results of The Irish Times exit poll are borne out when the final vote is counted, the scale of the victory for Yes in this...
25 Maj 20180s
The Story of The 8th with Ruadhán Mac Cormaic (October 2016)
"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 int...
24 Maj 20180s
Debate Drama, Pat v Sarah, Mick Heaney on Referendum Radio
Which side won last night's referendum debate on RTÉ? Pat Leahy sees it as a tie, while Sarah Bardon calls it for Yes. The deciding vote is cast by our radio critic Mick Heaney, who also tells us abou...
23 Maj 20180s
