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Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
The best analysis of the Irish political scene featuring Irish Times journalists, political thinkers and the occasional politician. Hosted by Hugh Linehan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Eruption of violence in Northern Ireland echoes the Troubles
Cormac McQuinn and Harry McGee join Hugh to discuss the week in politics:
The disorder in Northern Ireland since a knife attack in Belfast on Mo...
Is meaningful climate action possible in a democracy?
In a new book coauthored with fellow political scientists, UCD’s Aidan Regan argues that the three goals of democracy, economic growth and effective c...
Inside Politics Meets GD Politics: A crossover episode with Galen Druke
For a special crossover episode of Inside Politics Hugh Linehan welcomes US podcaster Galen Druke, the host of GD Politics and formerly of the FiveThi...
Rotunda row pits public against private health care
Pat Leahy and Ellen Coyne join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has come...
Darragh O'Brien on Ireland's missed climate targets, new help to buy EVs and Fianna Fáil's leadership
Pat joins Hugh after interviewing Fianna Fáil's Darragh O'Brien about major issues related to his twin ministries, Transport and Climate, Energy and t...
Are Sinn Féin drifting away from an uneasy left-wing alliance?
Ellen Coyne and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· The left-wing alliance that was formed during Cat...
Shane Ross: Why politicians won't fix RTÉ - or let it fail
RTÉ has been in the news again lately thanks to renewed controversy over payments to presenters. So it is a timely moment for the release of a new boo...
The rise of anti-feminism with Helen Lewis
Journalist and author Helen Lewis has built a reputation for sharp analysis of politics, culture and the forces reshaping public life.
In one pi...
Winners and losers: What we’ve learned from the byelections
Pat Leahy and Harry McGee join Hugh to talk about the results of the Dublin Central and Galway West byelections:
As the day began Fine Gael wer...
Ennis and Kyne in poll position on a bad day for big parties
A picture is emerging in the byelection counts. Hugh is joined by Pat Leahy, Harry McGee and Jack Horgan-Jones to discuss what we have learned so far:...
Taoiseach has Gaza on his mind amid European tour
Pat Leahy and Naomi O’Leary join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· Taoiseach Micheál Martin arrived in Italy on Friday,...
Byelections: campaign trail stories and final predictions
Cormac McQuinn and Harry McGee join Hugh for a final look at the Dublin Central and Galway West byelections before voting takes place on Friday.
What's wrong with Ireland? Sinead O'Sullivan has an answer
Economist and author Sinead O'Sullivan ruffled some feathers recently with her analysis of Ireland’s deficits in infrastructure and services. Her crit...
Keir Starmer finds himself in office without power
Jack Horgan-Jones and Mark Paul join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· The findings of the Irish Times and TG4 by Ipsos...
Two-way race for Sinn Féin and Soc Dems in Dublin Central byelection
The Irish Times and TG4 by Ipsos B&A poll shows Sinn Féin’s Janice Boylan leads the byelection race in Dublin Central with first preference votes at 2...
Who will win Dublin Central?
With just over a week until two by elections, host Hugh Linehan unpicks the race for Dublin Central in today’s Inside Politics.
Political Corres...
How Fianna Fáil was formed - with Ronan McGreevy
In the week of Fianna Fail’s centenary Hugh and Pat are joined by reporter and historian Ronan McGreevy to trace the party’s origins and assess its le...
Polls suggest three-way shootout in Galway West byelection
Pat Leahy and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· The findings of the Irish Times/TG4 opinion poll...
Inside Politics Live in Galway: Who can win the Galway West byelection?
Hugh Linehan hosts a live Inside Politics show in Galway’s Róisín Dubh with Pat Leahy, Ellen Coyne and Galway native Harry McGee ahead of the May 22nd...
Byelection candidates are confirmed as campaigns ramp up
Ellen Coyne and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· There are now 14 candidates confirmed as running in Du...
Fintan O'Toole: 100 years on, Fianna Fáil is flailing
Fintan O’Toole talks to Hugh Linehan about Fianna Fáil as the party’s 100th birthday draws near. Fintan credits the party with helping create a vibran...
Another violent attack on Trump brings a short-lived truce in his battle with the media
Hugh is joined by Irish Times Washington correspondent Keith Duggan to talk about the dramatic events at the White House Correspondents' Association d...
Is there real pressure on Sinn Féin to win at least one seat in upcoming byelections?
Ellen Coyne and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· The posters are going up, and candidates are p...
What the fuel protests meant
The country is moving on from the protests that dominated the national discussion over Easter, even as what the protests actually meant continues to g...
Another Fianna Fáil heave that wasn’t
Cormac McQuinn and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· There were renewed questions about the future of Mi...
Healy-Raes' departure caps a terrible week for the Government
Hugh, Pat and Ellen are joined by columnist Gerard Howlin to talk about a tumultuous day in Leinster House that capped a terrible week for the governi...
The end of the Orbán model
All agree that the scale of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán’s defeat in yesterday’s general election is hugely significant, for Hungary, Europe...
How the Government bungled its response to fuel protests
Ellen Coyne and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
Could Labour have done anything to avoid electoral wipeout in 2016? Collapse, part three
In the final instalment of our series on Labour’s time in government from 2011 to 2016, things get darker as it becomes clear economic progress will n...
Pressure builds on Labour as austerity bites: Collapse, part two
Inside Politics is coming to Galway in May for a live recording. Get your tickets here.
In part two of this three-part series on Labour's harrow...
Collapse: How Labour went from boom to bust
Inside Politics is coming to Galway in May for a live recording. Get your tickets here.
When Labour came to power in 2011 Ireland was in the dep...
Is Ireland taking anti-Semitism seriously enough?
Oliver Sears, founder of Holocaust Awareness Ireland, joins Hugh to talk about his growing alarm at the rise of anti-Semitism in Ireland and what he s...
Government can't help helping as fuel costs soar; and how many TDs are too many?
This week the Government decided to unveil a €250 million package to help citizens meet the elevated cost of fuel. And this could be just the start of...
Was Seán Lemass really Ireland's greatest taoiseach?
Seán Lemass is remembered as the man who changed Ireland.
Several opinion polls have noted Lemass as the country's most admired taoiseach.
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'In the pocket of US multinationals': How is Ireland seen by Europe?
Eoin Drea is a senior researcher at the Wilfried Martens Centre, the official think tank of the European People’s Party (of which Fine Gael is a membe...
In the shadow of the war in Iran, inflation and energy costs look set to climb ever higher
Ellen Coyne and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· Israeli strikes on Iranian natural gas infrast...
The Taoiseach in the court of the mad king
Taoiseach Michel Martin has been meeting US president Donald Trump as part of the annual St Patrick’s Day pageantry. Martin once again faced the chall...
Taoiseach awaits his next dentist’s appointment at The White House
Ellen Coyne and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s St Patrick’s Day visit to...
How the Iran war is impacting the world's economies
As war in the Middle East rages on, the world's superpowers are making diplomatic representations to end it, and contingencies to protect their econom...
The modern face of Irish America
The Irish-American experience fitted seamlessly into the story of the United States as a “nation of immigrants”. In the Trump era that narrative has f...