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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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Is this the end of the gay rights revolution?
Hugh talks to Ronan McCrea, professor of constitutional and European law at University College London, about his new book, The End of the Gay Rights R...
Head-to-head: Presidential election gets confrontational
Ellen Coyne and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· With Jim Gavin gone, the presidential electio...
'Cooking the books': Is Budget 2026 a 'cynical wheeze'?
Yesterday’s budget spelled out the Government’s tax and spending plans for next year. But what happens after that?
Barra Roantee of Trinity Coll...
Calamity for Fianna Fáil as Jim Gavin drops out of the presidential race
Ellen Coyne and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh to talk about the stunning news of Jim Gavin's withdrawal from the presidential race, leaving Heather Hump...
Jack Chambers channels 'Margaret Thatcher' as 'big squeeze budget' looms
Pat Leahy and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to talk about the week in politics:
We already know next Tuesday’s budget is going to be a mu...
American carnage: Keith Duggan at the Ryder Cup
Fresh from the hostile grass arena of Bethpage, where supporters of the US Ryder Cup team spent the weekend abusing their European opponents, Washingt...
Presidential debate: who came out on top and who struggled?
Pat Leahy joins Hugh to talk about the first televised debate of the presidential campaign which took place on Virgin Media Television tonight. Indepe...
Lea Ypi investigates a family mystery and hidden history
Hugh interviews Albanian academic and author Lea Ypi about her new book Indignity: A Life Reimagined. The book is an exploration of political, histori...
And then there were three – the presidential candidates set off on the campaign trail
Ellen Coyne and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· Catherine Connolly, Heather Humphreys and...
Maria Steen falls at the final hurdle
Ellen Coyne and Pat Leahy join Hugh to talk about how independent candidate Maria Steen came close but ultimately failed to secure a nomination to run...
What our 'Charlie versus Garret' series got wrong - with Eoin O'Malley
Last year The Irish Times Inside Politics podcast released a three-part series looking back at the political rivalry between Charles Haughey and Garre...
Can Sheridan or Steen get a presidential nomination over the line?
Pat Leahy and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
...
Charlie Kirk: A conservative's view on the fallout from a momentous crime
Hugh talks to Michael Brendan Dougherty, senior writer at National Review, about the murder of right wing activist and Christian nationalist Charlie K...
Leo Varadkar speaks his mind on reunification, Covid, Eoghan Murphy and Phil Hogan
Leo Varadkar's new memoir promises readers an insight into what the former taoiseach really thought about the monumental events - Covid, Brexit, the h...
Charlie Kirk shooting another example of escalating political violence in US
Harry McGee and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· The assassination of the conservative act...
Kelleher's rousing speech isn't enough to overcome Micheál's man
The run-in to October’s presidential election continues to pick up pace this week with the selection of Jim Gavin as Fianna Fáil’s nominee. Jack Horga...
Starmer's Labour in disarray as the UK's divisions deepen
Keir Starmer's Labour government seems to be in big trouble, with opinion polls suggesting the possibility of a dramatic reshaping of British electora...
It’s all systems go for this presidential election
Ellen Coyne and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· With polling day expected to be October 24th, nom...
The broken UN, and Ireland's role: 'There's cynicism among member states towards our so-called neutrality'
The absence of a coherent international response to the crises in Gaza and Ukraine has raised questions about what used to be called the international...
Does the Presidency matter? Live at Electric Picnic
Today we bring you a recording of a live episode that took place yesterday in the Mindfield area of Electric Picnic. Hugh talked to Ellen Coyne, Jack...
Does Jim Gavin have what it takes for a presidential campaign?
Jack Horgan-Jones and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· It seems highly likely that former Dublin...
Are we still living in De Valera's Ireland?
Éamon De Valera died on August 29th, 1975. Fifty years on, the Ireland of today would hardly be recognisable to the revolutionary leader, taoiseach an...
Heather Humphreys is the likely Fine Gael candidate, but Fianna Fáil are yet to show their hand in this presidential race
Harry McGee and Ellen Coyne look back on the week in politics:
· The presidential race is the only show in town with Fine Gael recovering...
Ukraine: Possibility and peril as Trump pushes for Putin-Zelenskiy meeting
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomed Monday’s summit at the White House with US president Donald Trump as a “major step forward” towards e...
Crash, part three: Ireland hits rock bottom and politics changes forever
Pat Leahy and Hugh Linehan bring the story of Brian Cowen’s ill-fated 2008-2011 government to its conclusion.
Following Cowen’s embarrassing app...
McGuinness's shock withdrawal throws the presidential race wide open
The surprise withdrawal from the presidential election race of Fine Gael candidate Mairead McGuinness on health grounds has introduced even more uncer...
Crash, part two: austerity bites and Cowen’s Morning Ireland humiliation
In part two of a three-part series on Brian Cowen’s ill-fated 2008-2011 government, Pat Leahy and Hugh Linehan continue the story.
After the fat...
Crash, part one: Brian Cowen and the unravelling of Ireland
Brian Cowen became Taoiseach in 2008, just as Ireland’s economy was going into free-fall. For the next three years he struggled to lead the country th...
Is Dublin one of the most dangerous cities in Europe? No.
Pat Leahy and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· Fox News and its standard of journalism were h...
What lessons does the Irish Boundary Commission hold for how borders are made – and unmade – in contested spaces?
In today’s episode, Hugh is joined by historian Dr Cormac Moore to discuss one of the most consequential but little-known episodes in modern Irish his...
Labour backs Connolly, and Flatley jumps the shark
Cormac McQuinn and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· The Labour Party has backed Indepen...
'Will we live to see a Taoiseach not in Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil?' More listener questions answered
It's part two of our summer Ask Me Anything, with the panel tackling questions sent to politicspodcast@irishtimes.com by listeners. Hugh, Pat, Jack,...
'Why are there no pro-Israel voices in the Dáil?' Listener questions answered
It's summer holiday season and that means it's time to open the floor to questions from the Inside Politics audience. Hugh, Pat, Jack, Ellen and Corma...
Will Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin abstain from the presidential race?
Ellen Coyne and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· With Independent TD Catherine Connolly and former MEP...
Will the Government's big projects survive the next downturn?
The Government’s updated National Development Plan (NDP) proposes to spend a vast sum of money on capital infrastructure. But beyond three ‘mega proje...
Do Sinn Féin need to change tack after slump in the polls?
Cormac McQuinn and Jack Horgan-Jones join Pat Leahy to look back on the week in politics:
· The latest Irish Times/Ipsos B&A opini...
Tariffs: Why has Donald Trump threatened the EU again?
EU negotiators thought a deal with their US counterparts on trade and tariffs was near. Then US president Donald Trump ended those feelings of optimis...
Is Mary Lou McDonald about to enter the presidential race?
Ellen Coyne and Harry McGee join Pat Leahy to look back on the week in politics:
· When Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald was ask...
Srebrenica genocide: Why Bosnia is still divided 30 years on
This month marks 30 years since the Srebrenica genocide, when more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys were massacred by Serb forces in Bosnia. In today’s...
What's gone wrong for Keir Starmer - and can he get things back on track?
It is just over a year since Keir Starmer’s Labour Party won a huge majority and took power in London, but Starmer’s political capital is already at a...