Episodes

  • UK election: If the Tories implode, what then? With Rafael Behr

    UK election: If the Tories implode, what then? With Rafael Behr
    Jul 3 2024
    Political commentator with The Guardian Rafael Behr returns to the podcast to talk about the UK general election. By Friday we will know if the widely-expected Tory implosion and Labour majority have materialised. But what comes next?

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    37 mins
  • Will Biden step aside after a disastrous debate?

    Will Biden step aside after a disastrous debate?
    Jun 28 2024

    Washington correspondent Keith Duggan joins this week's wrap to discuss what could turn out to be one of the year's most consequential political developments: US president Joe Biden's disastrous performance at Thursday's debate with former president and Republican candidate Donald Trump. In a debate format that accentuated Biden's weaknesses, he handed the momentum to his rival and prompted intense debate about whether he should remain the Democratic candidate.


    After that Jennifer Bray looks at the big Irish political stories of the week, including the outcome of a mini Fianna Fáil reshuffle that saw junior ministries assigned, the latest from the Green party leadership contest and the fallout from the Cathal Crotty sentencing controversy.


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    38 mins
  • Is Jack Chambers ready for Finance?

    Is Jack Chambers ready for Finance?
    Jun 26 2024
    Hugh Linehan is joined by Irish Times columnist Gerard Howlin and political editor Pat Leahy to discuss the appointment of Jack Chambers as Minister of Finance and other political news.

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    45 mins
  • Will a summer of cancelled flights harm Harris?

    Will a summer of cancelled flights harm Harris?
    Jun 21 2024

    Pat Leahy is joined by Harry McGee and Cormac McQuinn to look back at the week in politics:


    • The latest in the race to succeed Eamon Ryan as Green party leader.


    • What is behind Micheal Martin's decision to name Jack Chambers deputy leader of Fianna Fail?


    • Industrial action at Aer Lingus means holidaymakers face a summer of discontent. Will it bounce back on the Government?


    Plus the panel pick their favourite Irish Times pieces of the week:


    • Jack Power's profile of the young leader of France's far-right


    • What should be an unnecessary warning: do not feed fizzy drinks to deer


    • A piece by Diane Ihirwe highlighting the importance of inclusion.





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    32 mins
  • Who will replace Eamon Ryan? / Northern Ireland votes

    Who will replace Eamon Ryan? / Northern Ireland votes
    Jun 19 2024

    First we focus on political upheaval following the announcement that Eamon Ryan is stepping down as leader of the Greens. Political correspondent Cormac McQuinn provides updates on the frontrunners to succeed him, including Minister for Children Roderic O'Gorman and Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Pippa Hackett.


    Then we turn to Northern Ireland, where voters will select their 18 Westminster MPs next month. Can the DUP hold onto its seats in the aftermath of the crisis surrounding Jeffrey Donaldson? Mark Hennessy and Freya McClements look at what really matters to voters in these elections and whether the issue of Irish unity is on the radar.


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    43 mins
  • Will the by-elections ever take place?

    Will the by-elections ever take place?
    Jun 13 2024
    Hugh Linehan is joined by Pat Leahy and Harry McGee to look back at the week in politics. With our recent obsession on the local and European elections winding down, today we take a look at the week's Dáil debates and at the "guillotining through" of the huge piece of legislation that is the Planning Bill into its final stage. The panel also discuss whether Dáil vacancies arising as a result of TDs becoming MEPs will ever be filled in the lifetime of this Government. The panel also pick their Irish Times articles of the week.

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    27 mins
  • Election Daily: Taking stock as the election winds down

    Election Daily: Taking stock as the election winds down
    Jun 12 2024
    With some European seats still to be filled but the overall picture of these elections now fairly clear, Pat Leahy joins Hugh for a final episode of Election Daily to answer some outstanding questions. How did small parties including the Greens, the Social Democrats and Labour do in the end? And with counts dragging on, is it too easy for unserious candidates to get on the European ballot?

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    23 mins
  • A rightward shift in European politics

    A rightward shift in European politics
    Jun 12 2024

    Citizens of the EU used their votes in last week's elections to maintain centre-right control of the European Parliament, while shifting the overall makeup of the legislature a little further to the right.


    Brussels correspondent Jack Power joins Hugh to explore how the EU parliament has just changed, whether the new right will be able to form a voting bloc, and what the new Parliament means for EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen's hope's of a second term.


    And Berlin correspondent Derek Scally looks at the success of formerly fringe parties like the far-right AfD in Germany's European election. Could the taboo of far-right involvement in German national governance be nearing an end?


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    36 mins