Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan

Dec 11 2024 812 ep. 37 mins 3.5k
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*ELECTION DAILY* - new episodes every weekday evening throughout the general election campaign.

The best analysis of the Irish political scene featuring Irish Times journalists, political thinkers and the occasional politician. Hosted by Hugh Linehan.

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Lewis Goodall: why Keir Starmer has struggled - and how the UK sees Irish politics

Dec 11 2024 36 mins  
British journalist Lewis Goodall is cohost of the UK's most popular news podcast, The News Agents. Today he talks to Hugh about the year in UK politics: why Keir Starmer has struggled to get a grip on governing, the lingering impact of Brexit and how Labour's numerical victory has hidden the fragmentation of political support across the spectrum. Then Lewis tells Hugh how the Irish

Government formation: Simon Harris warns 'don't take us for granted' while Soc Dems go it alone

Dec 06 2024 38 mins  
Post-election negotiations - or “government formation speed dating” as such discussions are now also known - have been happening throughout the week, and on today’s Inside Politics podcast Jack Horgan-Jones and Jennifer Bray join Pat Leahy to discuss the main moves:On Friday the Social Democrats said they would not form a negotiating pact with Labour, closing the door to an i

Is there no alternative to the status quo in Irish politics?

Dec 04 2024 40 mins  
When it came to picking an alternative government, it felt to many like there was little real choice in the election just held. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil always looked likely to return to government, with only the details to be ironed out. And so it proved. So where does that leave Irish politics? Is there any prospect of a change in the landscape before the next general election

Election Daily: answering your questions about GE24

Dec 03 2024 28 mins  
The general election is over and talk has turned to the aftermath. For that some means government formation, for others it means new roles in opposition or the painful process of party rebuilding. We'll be covering all that on our regular episodes of Inside Politics but, for now, it's goodbye from Election Daily. Thanks to all our listeners over the past four weeks.On this final ep

Election Daily: surprises, upsets and ousters as the final seats are filled

Dec 02 2024 26 mins  
Cormac McQuinn and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh to talk about what has been happening in count centres around the country as the final seats are filled.Plus, Jack brings to life in audio what he is calling the greatest every count centre video, featuring Fianna Fáil's Andrias Moynihan and Michael Moynihan being hoisted aloft upon winning seats in Cork North West. You can watch

Election Daily: a dramatic day in count centres as the political future takes shape

Dec 01 2024 36 mins  
INSIDE POLITICS LIVE SHOW WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 11TH - DUBLIN. TICKETS HEREHarry McGee, Jennifer Bray and Pat Leahy join Hugh to talk about a dramatic day in count centres across the country:Gangland figure Gerard Hutch began the day looking like he would take a seat in Dublin Central - but was overtaken in dramatic fashion by Labour’s Marie Sherlock. The Greens have lost all their

Election Daily: first counts trickle in and anti-immigration candidates falter

Nov 30 2024 21 mins  
Jack Horgan-Jones joins Hugh Linehan to analyse the latest news from count centres across the country.First count results are starting to trickle in with Fine Gael’s Jennifer Carroll MacNeill the first TD to be elected after meeting the quota in Dún Laoghaire.Tallies indicate that Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty will romp home in Donegal.Controversial Senator John McGahon unlikely

Election Daily: tallies look bad for Greens and Stephen Donnelly, good for Sinn Féin and Gerry Hutch

Nov 30 2024 30 mins  
Pat Leahy and Jennifer Bray join Hugh to look at the early indications from count centres and think about what sort of coalitions might emerge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

EXIT POLL: what do the results mean for government formation?

Nov 29 2024 14 mins  
INSIDE POLITICS LIVE SHOW WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 11TH - DUBLIN. TICKETS HEREPat Leahy joins Hugh Linehan to share the results of The Irish Times exit poll for the 2024 general election.The three largest parties of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin are on course for a tight finish in their share of the vote in general election 2024, according to the re

Election Daily: the highs and lows of a tense campaign

Nov 28 2024 39 mins  
INSIDE POLITICS LIVE SHOW WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 11TH - DUBLIN. TICKETS HERE!Pat Leahy, Jennifer Bray and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh to discuss today on trail of the 2024 general election:It's the last day of campaigning and the leaders of the three largest parties have been communicating their final messages to the electorate:Mary Lou McDonald seemed at ease as she asked voters to give