How should Ireland navigate the return of Trump?
On the day Donald Trump returns to office as president of the United States, Hugh and Pat are joined by journalists Paul Colgan and Liz Carolan and Pat Leahy to look at what his administration might m...
20 Jan 20250s
The numbers game: ministers, junior ministers and technical groups as the next government beds in
Pat Leahy and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan on today’s Inside Politics podcast to discuss the week in politics: · As the process of ratifying the Programme for Government continues, will the w...
17 Jan 20250s
Does a junior ministry dilute the Healy-Rae brand?
Jack Horgan-Jones and Jennifer Bray join Hugh to talk about the composition of the new Government and what we now know about the policies that will form the Programme for Government. They also discuss...
15 Jan 20250s
Should President Higgins speak for Ireland on Nato?
Pat Leahy and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan on today’s Inside Politics podcast to discuss the week in politics:· The panel started by teasing out the convoluted and somewhat undemocratic Seanad e...
10 Jan 20250s
Government formation: what's happening behind the scenes
Government formation talks have ramped up since Christmas. What are the key points being discussed between Fine Gael and Fianna Fail? And what demands are Independent TDs making for their cooperation?...
8 Jan 20250s
Back catalogue: what is neoliberalism - and is it over?
In case you missed it: in 2023 Hugh spoke to American historian Gary Gerstle about his book The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order. Neoliberalism means different things to different people. As a se...
4 Jan 20250s
Back catalogue: coming to terms with Ireland's religious past
In case you missed it: back in March 2021 Hugh talked to Irish Times Berlin correspondent Derek Scally about his book The Best Catholics in the World. In the book Derek embarks on a quest to unravel t...
2 Jan 20250s
Back catalogue: Clare Malone on politics, media and class in America
In case you missed it: back in August 2023 Hugh talked to New Yorker magazine writer Clare Malone about the US presidential election, still then in its early stages. They also discussed the role of le...
31 Dec 20240s
