What not to say to adults forced to move home
A video aimed at young people moving back in with their parents, shared by the Department of Housing, was meant to be helpful... but it didn't land like that. At all. No sir. Christine Bohan, Jane Mat...
11 Dec 202523min
A careful visit with an even more careful message
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s first visit to Ireland was smooth, symbolic, and tightly stage-managed. Christine Bohan, Christina Finn, and Jane Matthews unpack the carefully curated optics of the visit, and e...
4 Dec 202524min
Twenty people stall a €9.5 billion project
A judicial review filed against the long awaited MetroLink has sparked a backlash from both government and a public fed up with delays. Ministers are treading carefully, defending the right to object ...
27 Nov 202528min
Simon Harris keeps Finance for himself
In a move that has raised some eyebrows across Leinster House, Simon Harris has made himself the country's new Minister for Finance. This meant skipping over the entire Fine Gael front bench team in h...
20 Nov 202529min
The presidential inauguration needs an overhaul
Catherine Connolly’s first speech as president was careful, critical, calm, with just a few pointed lines that hinted at how she’ll approach the role. But for such a major democratic moment, it felt s...
12 Nov 202525min
When political training becomes a political problem
Fianna Fáil’s hiring of Ivan Yates to help prep Jim Gavin for grillings during the presidential election rate has sparked (or perhaps fanned) tensions with Fine Gael. Then there's the broader question...
5 Nov 202527min
John Collison’s tech-bro idea: be a little more Haughey
John Collison, billionaire Stripe co-founder, lobbed a political bombshell in the direction of Kildare Street with a 2,500-word Irish Times think piece (manifesto, perhaps). Is it a bold vision or sim...
30 Okt 202525min
A landslide for Connolly - but the story of this election is protest
Catherine Connolly’s presidential victory was more than decisive (but we're not going to call it stonking because Christine hates that word).In this post-election episode, the team unpack what went so...
25 Okt 202538min
