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How will Ireland navigate the EU presidency?
Jun 24, 2026
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Ireland gears up for EU presidency and Andy Burnham sweeps Makerfield byelection
Jun 19, 2026
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Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales believes the crisis of trust is still fixable
Jun 17, 2026
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Eruption of violence in Northern Ireland echoes the Troubles
Jun 12, 2026
53m 59s
Is meaningful climate action possible in a democracy?
Jun 10, 2026
37m 43s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/24/26 |  How will Ireland navigate the EU presidency? | Next week Ireland takes over the presidency of the EU Council. But what does that mean? What exactly is the EU Council anyway? How does this council and this presidency fit in among the numerous other European councils and presidents? And how is Ireland going to approach the challenges and opportunities the six-month position brings? To find out Pat Leahy talks to Jack Horgan-Jones and Jack Power. Would you like to receive daily insights into world events delivered to your inbox? Sign up for Denis Staunton's Global Briefing newsletter here: irishtimes.com/newsletters/global-briefing/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/19/26 | Ireland gears up for EU presidency and Andy Burnham sweeps Makerfield byelection | Jack Horgan-Jones and Mark Paul join Harry McGee to look back on the week in politics:· Taoiseach Micheál Martin is in Brussels for the EU summit this week, also in attendance is Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy who is pushing for serious peace negotiations with Russia. Will Vladimir Putin come to the negotiation table? And could Ukraine’s EU membership be fast-tracked during Ireland’s upcoming EU presidency? · Security, competitiveness and the EU budget are some of the issues that will come into focus as Ireland becomes a deal maker and parks parochial affairs for the duration of its six-month presidency starting July 1st.· And with Andy Burnham justifying the hype by crushing Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in the Makerfield byelection, will prime minister Keir Starmer go quietly or hang around for a leadership battle he stands little chance of winning?Plus, the panel picks their favourite Irish Times pieces of the week:Produced by John Casey with JJ Vernon on sound.Would you like to receive daily insights into world events delivered to your inbox? Sign up for Denis Staunton's Global Briefing newsletter here: irishtimes.com/newsletters/global-briefing/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/17/26 | Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales believes the crisis of trust is still fixable | Jimmy Wales founded Wikipedia in January 2001, and almost nobody thought that an encyclopedia that anyone in the world was allowed to edit would actually work. But a quarter of a century later, Wikipedia is still one of the most visited websites on Earth and one of the few large-scale online institutions that people across the political spectrum broadly trust. In his new book, The Seven Rules of Trust, Wales argues that what made Wikipedia work was a set of principles encompassing human nature, reciprocity, purpose, civility, independence and transparency. He joins Hugh to talk about where Wikipedia came from, what those principles are and whether they offer any way out of the crisis of trust that is currently shaping politics across the democratic world. Would you like to receive daily insights into world events delivered to your inbox? Sign up for Denis Staunton's Global Briefing newsletter here: irishtimes.com/newsletters/global-briefing/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/12/26 | Eruption of violence in Northern Ireland echoes the Troubles✨ | Northern Irelandpolitics+4 | Cormac McQuinnHarry McGee | Police Service of Northern IrelandFootball Association of Ireland | Northern IrelandBelfast+1 | Northern Irelandviolence+6 | — | 53m 59s | |
| 6/10/26 | Is meaningful climate action possible in a democracy?✨ | climate actiondemocracy+5 | Aidan Regan | University College DublinThe New Trilemma of Advanced Capitalism: Democracy, Growth and Effective Climate Action | — | climate actiondemocracy+7 | — | 37m 43s | |
| 6/8/26 | Inside Politics Meets GD Politics: A crossover episode with Galen Druke✨ | Irish politicsUS politics+4 | Galen Druke | FiveThirtyEightABC News | IrelandAmerica | politicspopulist right+5 | — | 1h 09m 56s | |
| 6/5/26 | Rotunda row pits public against private health care✨ | health carepolitics+4 | Pat LeahyEllen Coyne | RusalRadio Kerry+1 | IrelandCo Limerick | Rotunda maternity hospitalpublic-only contracts+5 | — | 54m 57s | |
| 6/3/26 | Darragh O'Brien on Ireland's missed climate targets, new help to buy EVs and Fianna Fáil's leadership✨ | climate targetselectric vehicles+3 | Darragh O'Brien | Fianna FáilThe Irish Times+1 | Ireland | climate changeemissions targets+3 | — | 43m 10s | |
| 5/29/26 | Are Sinn Féin drifting away from an uneasy left-wing alliance?✨ | left-wing allianceSinn Féin+4 | Ellen CoyneCormac McQuinn | Sinn FéinSocial Democrats+3 | — | Sinn Féinleft-wing alliance+5 | — | 53m 34s | |
| 5/27/26 | Shane Ross: Why politicians won't fix RTÉ - or let it fail✨ | RTÉ controversypolitical influence+5 | Shane Ross | RTÉFianna Fáil | — | RTÉShane Ross+5 | — | 43m 28s | |
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| 5/25/26 | Why do these men want to strip women of the right to vote?✨ | women's rightsgender identity+4 | Helen Lewis | The AtlanticThe Irish Times | — | women's rightsgender identity+5 | — | 32m 07s | |
| 5/24/26 | Winners and losers: What we’ve learned from the byelections✨ | byelectionspolitical analysis+3 | Pat LeahyHarry McGee | Fine GaelIndependent Ireland+3 | Dublin CentralGalway West | byelectionsFine Gael+3 | — | 36m 57s | |
| 5/23/26 | Ennis and Kyne in poll position on a bad day for big parties✨ | byelection countspolitical analysis+5 | Pat LeahyHarry McGee+1 | Social DemocratsFine Gael+4 | — | byelectionDublin Central+7 | — | 33m 15s | |
| 5/22/26 | Taoiseach has Gaza on his mind amid European tour✨ | GazaEU presidency+4 | Pat LeahyNaomi O’Leary | Arsenal end 22-year wait for title wintragic death of Yves Sakila | IrelandItaly+3 | Micheál MartinGaza aid+5 | — | 52m 27s | |
| 5/20/26 | Byelections: campaign trail stories and final predictions✨ | byelectionsDublin Central+3 | Cormac McQuinnHarry McGee | The Irish Times | Dublin CentralGalway West | byelectionsDublin Central+4 | — | 41m 18s | |
| 5/18/26 | What's wrong with Ireland? Sinead O'Sullivan has an answer✨ | Irelandinfrastructure+4 | Sinead O'Sullivan | The Irish Times | — | Irelandinfrastructure+5 | — | 54m 06s | |
| 5/15/26 | Keir Starmer finds himself in office without power✨ | political analysiselection results+4 | Jack Horgan-JonesMark Paul | Sinn FéinSocial Democrats+4 | Dublin CentralMakerfield+1 | Keir StarmerSinn Féin+8 | — | 49m 09s | |
| 5/14/26 | Two-way race for Sinn Féin and Soc Dems in Dublin Central byelection✨ | Dublin Central byelectionSinn Féin+4 | — | Sinn FéinSocial Democrats+6 | — | byelectionSinn Féin+4 | — | 18m 54s | |
| 5/13/26 | 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 Correspondents Jack Horgan-Jones and Cormac McQuinn reflect on then race so far, and which candidates will benefit most from those critical transfers.Ahead of Irish Times polling for the consistence to be published on Thursday, where are the battlegrounds? And what are the issues on which they will be won and lost?Produced by Andrew McNair and Declan Conlon. Would you like to receive daily insights into world events delivered to your inbox? Sign up for Denis Staunton's Global Briefing newsletter here: irishtimes.com/newsletters/global-briefing/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 5/11/26 | 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 legacy. Ronan explains how in 1926, with frustration growing at Sinn Féin’s ineffectiveness, Éamon de Valera and allies such as Seán Lemass formed Fianna Fáil, rapidly building hundreds of cumainn. He looks at how the party first entered the Dáil, helped create a two-party system and ultimately won power. The discussion also covers the party’s catch-all pragmatism, recent history of compromise with Fine Gael, and its mixed legacy of ties to corruption along with a commitment to democracy and state institutions.Would you like to receive daily insights into world events delivered to your inbox? Sign up for Denis Staunton's Global Briefing newsletter here: irishtimes.com/newsletters/global-briefing/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 5/7/26 | Polls suggest three-way shootout in Galway West byelection✨ | Galway West byelectionopinion poll+4 | Pat LeahyJack Horgan-Jones | Fine GaelIndependent Ireland Party+6 | — | Galway Westbyelection+5 | — | 43m 13s | |
| 5/6/26 | Inside Politics Live in Galway: Who can win the Galway West byelection?✨ | Galway West byelectionIrish politics+3 | Pat LeahyEllen Coyne+1 | Independent Ireland | GalwayIreland | Galway Westbyelection+3 | — | 56m 33s | |
| 5/1/26 | Byelection candidates are confirmed as campaigns ramp up✨ | byelectionspolitical candidates+4 | Ellen CoynePat Leahy | Sinn FéinIrish Times | Dublin CentralGalway West+1 | byelection candidatesDublin Central+5 | — | 49m 59s | |
| 4/29/26 | Fintan O'Toole: 100 years on, Fianna Fáil is flailing✨ | Fianna FáilIrish politics+3 | Fintan O'Toole | Fianna FáilThe Irish Times+2 | — | Fianna FáilFintan O'Toole+5 | — | 58m 15s | |
| 4/27/26 | Another violent attack on Trump brings a short-lived truce in his battle with the media✨ | Trump media relationshipWhite House Correspondents' Association dinner+3 | Keith Duggan | White House Correspondents' AssociationIrish Times | Iran | Trumpmedia+5 | — | 36m 49s | |
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