A Brexit bombshell and a breach of trust - with Denis Staunton and Naomi O'Leary
The UK government will intentionally break international law with new legislation designed to let it off the hook for certain aspects of the Northern Ireland protocol, a part of last year's Brexit dea...
9 Sep 202051min
How "the special relationship" shaped the world for the worse - with Jeremy Green
It's one of the defining relationships of the western world, but it is largely misunderstood - the special relationship between the UK and the US is not built on shared language, foreign policy goals,...
4 Sep 202031min
As the Dáil returns, can the Government regroup?
The Dáil returns today, earlier than scheduled due to the Golfgate scandal. Can the fractiousness of the Government's first few months be put behind it? It will need to be if ministers are to handle t...
2 Sep 202044min
Interview: Elif Shafak, author of How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division
Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist, women’s rights advocate and political theorist. In her new book, How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division, Shafak reflects on the anger and anxi...
28 Aug 202030min
Phil Hogan "hangs on by his fingertips"
Will he stay or will he go? While we wait for EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen to decide Phil Hogan's fate, Naomi O'Leary joins Pat and Hugh to discuss the factors at play in her decision....
26 Aug 202048min
The public is incensed; the Government is in danger
Pat Leahy and Jack Horgan Jones discuss the latest, and so far the worst, scandal to hit the Government: the attendance of Minister for Agriculture Dara Calleary and other politicians at a golf societ...
21 Aug 202032min
How behavioural science informs the pandemic response - with Pete Lunn
In today’s episode, Hugh talks to Pete Lunn, a behavioural economist with the Economic and Social Research Institute. Lunn is also part of the behavioural change sub group of NPHET, which provides vit...
19 Aug 202040min
US Politics special with Michael Brendan Dougherty
Today Hugh speaks to Michael Brendan Dougherty, a senior writer with New York-based conservative magazine National Review. Dougherty is also the author of the 2019 memoir, My Father Left Me Ireland. I...
14 Aug 202050min
