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Inside Politics

The best analysis of the Irish political scene featuring Irish Times journalists, political thinkers and the occasional politician. Hosted by Arts & Culture Editor Hugh Linehan. Hosted on Acast. S... Read more

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Patrick Radden Keefe on Murder, Memory and Denial in Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe on Murder, Memory and Denial in Northern Ireland

New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe has written a book about the killing of mother-of-ten Jean McConville by th... Read more

9 Nov 2018

49mins

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Inside Story - Superbugs v Drugs

Inside Story - Superbugs v Drugs

When we talk about health and medicine, the immediate problems tend to crowd out the important ones, says our correspond... Read more

10 Dec 2016

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Fintan O'Toole on "Pre-Fascism" & The Yeats Test

Fintan O'Toole on "Pre-Fascism" & The Yeats Test

Fintan O'Toole's recent column about the characteristics of the Trump Administration, entitled 'Trial runs for fascism a... Read more

27 Jul 2018

46mins

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Sinn Féin and The IRA: Anything to Worry About?

Sinn Féin and The IRA: Anything to Worry About?

Sinn Féin is poised to take power in the next Dáil after winning a strong mandate in #GE2020, but for many people questi... Read more

12 Feb 2020

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#8thRef, Labour's Hopes, Public Sector Pay, Paschal's Test - with guest Brendan Howlin

#8thRef, Labour's Hopes, Public Sector Pay, Paschal's Test - with guest Brendan Howlin

Labour leader and former Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin joins Hugh, Sarah and Harry on today'... Read more

25 Apr 2018

39mins

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The Transformative Election of 1918

The Transformative Election of 1918

This day 100 years ago, citizens (including, for the first time, women) across the entire island of Ireland voted togeth... Read more

14 Dec 2018

42mins

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POLL: With Most Minds Made Up, Repeal Maintains Its Lead

POLL: With Most Minds Made Up, Repeal Maintains Its Lead

As the referendum campaign intensifies, the latest Irish Times / IpsosMRBI poll is here. 47% of respondents to this poll... Read more

20 Apr 2018

16mins

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The New IRA and Politics in the North

The New IRA and Politics in the North

Nearly a fortnight on from the murder of journalist Lyra McKee in Derry, local elections take place in Northern Ireland ... Read more

1 May 2019

37mins

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Craig Unger, 'House of Trump, House of Putin'

Craig Unger, 'House of Trump, House of Putin'

Craig Unger's new book, House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia, analyses... Read more

25 Aug 2018

23mins

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FG Taking Hits as Housing Crisis Intensifies, Budget Business, Pugilistic Peter Casey

FG Taking Hits as Housing Crisis Intensifies, Budget Business, Pugilistic Peter Casey

Hugh is joined by Fiach Kelly and Harry McGee for a bonus Friday episode of Inside Politics. On the agenda: - It was ano... Read more

5 Oct 2018

19mins

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Spotlight's Adams claim / Which party is the real Opposition?

Spotlight's Adams claim / Which party is the real Opposition?

After Michael Noonan and Paschal Donohoe deliver their budget in a few weeks' time, which party - Fianna Fáil or Sinn Fé... Read more

21 Sep 2016

52mins

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US Politics: The 2020 Democratic Candidates - with Suzanne Lynch

US Politics: The 2020 Democratic Candidates - with Suzanne Lynch

Taking a break from the chaos of Brexit, we turn to a rather chaotic and already crowded field of candidates for the Dem... Read more

21 Mar 2019

31mins

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Labour's Leadership, Presidential Potentials

Labour's Leadership, Presidential Potentials

It’s a quiet week on the political front, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing happening. Brendan Howlin’s Labour leade... Read more

15 Aug 2018

36mins

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Does it matter what Sinn Féin calls Ireland? - with Newton Emerson

Does it matter what Sinn Féin calls Ireland? - with Newton Emerson

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar lambasted Sinn Féin this week for “burning a Tricolour before our eyes” by referring to the Repub... Read more

6 Mar 2020

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Nationalism & The Irish-American Identity - with Michael Brendan Dougherty

Nationalism & The Irish-American Identity - with Michael Brendan Dougherty

Our guest today is Irish-American writer Michael Brendan Dougherty, who is a journalist with the New York-based conserva... Read more

3 May 2019

36mins

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Interview: Martin O'Malley on Life in Politics, Trump, Running in 2020

Interview: Martin O'Malley on Life in Politics, Trump, Running in 2020

Irish-American politician Martin O'Malley is best known for terms as governor of Maryland and mayor of Baltimore, and fo... Read more

20 Oct 2017

36mins

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