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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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The end of the Orbán model
All agree that the scale of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán’s defeat in yesterday’s general election is hugely significant, for Hungary, Europe...
How the Government bungled its response to fuel protests
Ellen Coyne and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
Could Labour have done anything to avoid electoral wipeout in 2016? Collapse, part three
In the final instalment of our series on Labour’s time in government from 2011 to 2016, things get darker as it becomes clear economic progress will n...
Pressure builds on Labour as austerity bites: Collapse, part two
Inside Politics is coming to Galway in May for a live recording. Get your tickets here.
In part two of this three-part series on Labour's harrow...
Collapse: How Labour went from boom to bust
Inside Politics is coming to Galway in May for a live recording. Get your tickets here.
When Labour came to power in 2011 Ireland was in the dep...
Is Ireland taking anti-Semitism seriously enough?
Oliver Sears, founder of Holocaust Awareness Ireland, joins Hugh to talk about his growing alarm at the rise of anti-Semitism in Ireland and what he s...
Government can't help helping as fuel costs soar; and how many TDs are too many?
This week the Government decided to unveil a €250 million package to help citizens meet the elevated cost of fuel. And this could be just the start of...
Was Seán Lemass really Ireland's greatest taoiseach?
Seán Lemass is remembered as the man who changed Ireland.
Several opinion polls have noted Lemass as the country's most admired taoiseach.
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'In the pocket of US multinationals': How is Ireland seen by Europe?
Eoin Drea is a senior researcher at the Wilfried Martens Centre, the official think tank of the European People’s Party (of which Fine Gael is a membe...
In the shadow of the war in Iran, inflation and energy costs look set to climb ever higher
Ellen Coyne and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· Israeli strikes on Iranian natural gas infrast...
The Taoiseach in the court of the mad king
Taoiseach Michel Martin has been meeting US president Donald Trump as part of the annual St Patrick’s Day pageantry. Martin once again faced the chall...
Taoiseach awaits his next dentist’s appointment at The White House
Ellen Coyne and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s St Patrick’s Day visit to...
How the Iran war is impacting the world's economies
As war in the Middle East rages on, the world's superpowers are making diplomatic representations to end it, and contingencies to protect their econom...
The modern face of Irish America
The Irish-American experience fitted seamlessly into the story of the United States as a “nation of immigrants”. In the Trump era that narrative has f...
How could Donald Trump have thought war with Iran was a good idea?
Naomi O’Leary and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· After six days of US-Israeli attacks on Iran, t...
Why is the US blocking oil imports to Cuba?
While the world’s attention is focused on the Middle East, Inside Politics looks at the US sphere of influence on Cuba, which is facing ever tightenin...
Is regime change in Iran a realistic possibility?
Denis Staunton, author of The Irish Times Global Briefing newsletter on international affairs, joins Hugh to talk about the escalating war in the Midd...
'Sorry' doesn’t seem to be the hardest word for Government
Ellen Coyne and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· In the Dáil on Wednesday, Taoiseach Micheál Marti...
Maria Steen: 'If you are in the centre and everybody else moves left, all of a sudden you look right wing'
Campaigner Maria Steen, whose failed bid to launch a run for the presidency last year put the spotlight on the nominations process, talks to Hugh and...
How climate slid down this Government’s agenda
Under this coalition Government Ireland's climate ambitions are colliding with political reality. Hugh talks to Climate and Science Correspondent Caro...
School SNA row teaches Government a valuable lesson
Jack Horgan-Jones and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· The sharp criticism that greeted a review of all...
Fintan O'Toole: What would fascism look like in the 2020s?
13 months in, Donald Trump's second term is proving to be a much more radical political project than his first. On today's podcast Hugh is joined by F...
Are politics students getting too narrow an education?
Disputes over freedom of speech, censorship and the shifting norms of acceptable discourse are part and parcel of modern political debate. Now the deb...
Have Sinn Féin adopted a populist stance on Ukraine?
Jack Horgan-Jones and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· This week saw the European Parliament approve...
Irish politics shifted left. Why?
How Ireland Voted is a regular publication featuring academic analysis of Irish elections. The latest edition looks at the 2024 general election and f...
John Mearscheimer: Why Europe still needs the USA
John Mearsheimer returns to the podcast to talk to Hugh about his view of geopolitics and global security in 2026.
They talk about Donald Trump'...
Are we now seeing a grumpy electorate demanding action?
Pat Leahy and Ellen Coyne join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· When it comes to the housing crisis or whether to spen...
Should Ireland keep the Triple Lock?
Last week the Government confirmed it will push ahead with legislation to change how the Defence Forces are deployed overseas, including the removal o...
A wet week in Irish politics
Harry McGee and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· The floods brought by Storm Chandra earlier this...
Will the Government's rent control legislation help tenants?
Legislation to reform Ireland's residential property rental landscape is being fast-tracked through the Dáil. What impact will it have? On security of...
Has the EU learned that a tougher line might work with Donald Trump?
Ellen Coyne and Pat Leahy join Jack Horgan-Jones to look back on the week in politics:
· This week saw EU-US relations shift as the near-c...
Ireland and Europe weigh options as Trump keeps pressure up over Greenland
Jack Power and Jack Horgan-Jones join Pat Leahy to assess a dramatic week in which the transatlantic alliance took a further battering from US preside...
Can Government actually hold Elon Musk and Grok to account?
Harry McGee, Ellen Coyne and Mark Paul join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· The Minister with responsibility for arti...
Will global turmoil matter to Irish politics in 2026?
Despite global turmoil, the focus of Irish politics in 2026 is set to remain on matters close to home. Pat Leahy and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh to id...
How do Greenlanders feel about Trump's 'psychologically needed' takeover?
US president Donald Trump wants to acquire Greenland, asserting strategic and security needs but also a 'psychological need' to take over the vast, fr...
Could Coalition politics hurt Ireland’s influence in Brussels?
Jack Horgan-Jones and Ellen Coyne join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:
· The long-anticipated EU-Mercosur trade deal wa...
Venezuela has “emboldened” Trump. Here’s what it means for the world
After the weekend’s US airstrikes on Venezuela, and arrest of its president Nicolás Maduro by US special forces, The Irish Times’ China Correspondent...
Ask us anything 2025, part two
For part two of our festive ‘Ask Me Anything’ episode Hugh Linehan is joined on today’s Inside Politics podcast by Jack Horgan Jones, Cormac McQuinn a...
Is there any such thing as a political genius? With Helen Lewis
This episode was first published in July 2025.
You can tell an awful lot about a society by who it labels a genius. You can also learn from who...
Ask us anything: presidential nominations, a Minister for Defence and the centre holding
Hugh is joined by Jack Horgan Jones, Cormac McQuinn and Ellen Coyne for part one of our traditional festive AMA. This year listeners asked about the p...