'Traitors to creation': Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on the far right's apocalypse alliance
Last year Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor co-authored an essay in The Guardian with a provocative title: The Rise of End Times Fascism. In it t...
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20 of 1,077 episodesBudget drama could go to the wire as ministers wrestle for cash that may not come
The mood music around Leinster House this week is one of “nashing teeth” ahead of what’s expected to be a difficult budget announcement on T...
Siobhán Fenton worked for Sinn Féin. She explains why it has not won power
Sinn Fein emerged from 2020's general election in pole position to challenge Fine Gael and Fianna Fail and potentially take power next time...
Can we escape the algorithm? Mark Little is still optimistic
Today anxiety over how the digital world has evolved is greater than ever. Trust in information found online is low, the business models dri...
Latest poll numbers show neither Government nor Opposition all that popular with electorate
Pat Leahy and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: In the first Irish Times national poll since February,...
What to watch as Xi visits Washington
Chinese leader Xi Jinping lands in Washington later this evening for a three-day state visit, his first to Washington since 2015. The Trump...
Where Anthony Scaramucci and America went wrong
Anthony Scaramucci is a successful Wall Street financier, a recovering Republican, a famously short-lived communications director in the fir...
What is driving the abuse and intimidation of politicians here?
Ellen Coyne and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: The unprovoked attack on Kerry TD Michael Healy-Ra...
Sweden's political shift and Germany's electoral shock
Derek Scally talks to Hugh about the aftermath of two elections that have recently taken place: the Swedish general election and regional el...
What's the best way to make Ireland more equal?
Left-leaning think-tank Tasc has published a new report to mark its 25th year. the report (The State We Are In - Inequality in Ireland 2026)...
Trump's support for reunification grabs the headlines on a colourful day
President Trump and his vast, costly entourage have rolled through Dublin on the way to his golf course, meeting with the Taoiseach and Pres...
Why has Occupied Territories legislation taken so long?
Inside Politics Live is coming to Cork on September 30th. Get your tickets here . Pat Leahy and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to look back o...
'Disruptive' Jack Chambers talks tough on HSE overspending and budget negotiations
Inside Politics Live is coming to Cork on September 30th. Get your tickets here . Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers talks to Jac...
P aul Mason on communism, China and the crisis of the left
British journalist Paul Mason talks to Hugh about his new book Reds: A Global History of Communism. The book traces communism’s story from e...
What will President Connolly say to president Trump?
Inside Politics Live is coming to Cork on September 30th. Get your tickets here . Pat Leahy and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look bac...
'Equal-opportunities satirist' Paul Howard takes aim at Irish reunification
In his new novel A Nation Once Again, Paul Howard, best known for the Ross O'Carroll Kelly series, turns his satirical eye from wealthy Sout...
Where next for Simon, Micheál and Mary Lou?
Hugh, Pat, Ellen and Jack took to the stage at Electric Picnic on Saturday to discuss politics and take some uestions from the audience. The...
EU presidency hits Wicklow next week and Burnham nixes talk of a Border poll
Ellen Coyne and Jack Power join Pat Leahy to look back on the week in politics: · All 27 EU foreign ministers will gather in Druids Glen in...
M9 crash aftermath: can the Government bring social media under control?
Inside Politics Live is coming to Cork on September 30th. Get your tickets here . Pat Leahy is joined by Ellen Coyne and Liz Carolan to talk...
Government stalls on fuel excise duty; politics reacts to M9 tragedy
Inside Politics Live is coming to Cork on September 30th. Get your tickets here . Harry McGee and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to loo...