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)...
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20 of 1,068 episodesTrump'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...
Why does Ireland support Palestine and does anti-Semitism play a role?
There is deep support in Ireland for the Palestinian cause. But why? And is Ireland truly an outlier in its attitudes to Palestine and Israe...
Tradwife guidance, truthfulness and 'clever' politics in Limerick
Jack Horgan-Jones and Ellen Coyne join Hugh to look back on the week in politics: Simon Harris has lobbied the European Commission over the...
From boom to bust: how the PDs unravelled - Dessie Can Do It, part three
Hugh Linehan and Pat Leahy close their series on the PDs. In 1997 the party runs a disastrous campaign, falling from 10 seats to four. But t...
How the PDs broke the mould of Irish politics - Dessie Can Do It, part two
In the second of three episodes on the rise and fall of the Progessive Democrats, Hugh and Pat pick up the story on the eve of the 1987 gene...
Dessie Can Do It, part one: the birth of a new political force
Today Hugh and Pat embark on a deep dive into the history of a political party that, despite its small size, had an enormous and lasting imp...
The spiralling projected cost of the Metrolink brings the NCH to mind
Ellen Coyne and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: It was revealed this week that the planned Dublin...
Could India’s ‘Gen Z’ protests bring down Narendra Modi?
Narendra Modi’s 12 year rule of India has never looked so fragile. Weeks of protests have engulfed the country following the leak of a medic...
All signs point to Budget 2027 not having much room to manoeuvre
Ellen Coyne and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: Budget season has already started with the Summer Eco...
Does salesman Andy Burnham have a product to sell?
Returning to the podcast today is UK political commentator, broadcaster and author Iain Dale to talk to Hugh about the arrival of Andy Burnh...