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 episode, Pat Leahy joins Hugh to answer some of your questions, submitted by email. Are we stuck in a permanent cycle...
Dec 03, 2024•29 min
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 that video here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 02, 2024•26 min
INSIDE POLITICS LIVE SHOW WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 11TH - DUBLIN. TICKETS HERE Harry 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 seats but one: that of party leader Roderic O’Gorman. But it has also not been a great election for Sinn Féin, if th...
Dec 01, 2024•37 min
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 to win a seat in Louth With 8,820 first preference votes, first time candidate Brian Brennan, a hotelier, has topped ...
Nov 30, 2024•21 min
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.
Nov 30, 2024•31 min
INSIDE POLITICS LIVE SHOW WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 11TH - DUBLIN. TICKETS HERE Pat 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 results of an exit poll tonight. The results of the poll, conducted by Ipsos B&A today for The Irish Times/RTÉ/TG4/TCD, and released just after ...
Nov 29, 2024•14 min
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 their second preferences to parties like the Social Democrats, People Before Profit and Labour . Together with h...
Nov 28, 2024•39 min
INSIDE POLITICS LIVE SHOW WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 11TH - DUBLIN. TICKETS HERE Harry McGee and Jennifer Bray join Hugh for a look at today's events on the campaign trail. Sinn Féin's leasehold policy has been criticised by other parties, at times with little concrete justification. But has the party itself done enough to clarify how workable the scheme is? In the closing stages of this campaign, plenty of focus remains on the question of what parties say they would do in the event of an economic downt...
Nov 27, 2024•29 min
INSIDE POLITICS LIVE SHOW WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 11TH - DUBLIN. TICKETS HERE Housing will be one of the issues foremost in voters' minds when they go to the polls on Friday. But after an election campaign low on genuine debate, they'll be forgiven for some confusion over the detail of which party has promised what to whom. So what exactly are the different parties promising to do on housing? When it comes to specifics like how how much financial support to give buyers, how much social housing to bui...
Nov 27, 2024•46 min
What were the most important moments in tonight's debate between Mary Lou McDonald, Micheál Martin and Simon Harris - and who came out on top? Pat Leahy and Jack Horgan-Jones were watching. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 27, 2024•28 min
Bringing you all today's news from the campaign trail, Sarah Burns and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh to discuss: A story about a Fine Gael staffer trying to influence how RTÉ reported on Simon Harris's disastrous interaction with disability care worker Charlotte Fallon is dragging the story through another news cycle. With just days until voting day, it is not what the party needs right now. Candidates like Sinn Féin's Mark Ward, who is seeking reelection In Dublin West, are insisting the momentum...
Nov 26, 2024•19 min
Jennifer Bray and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to discuss today's news from the campaign trail: Reaction from Mary Lou McDonald (delight) and Simon Harris (dismay) to this morning's Ipsos B&A poll from The Irish Times that put Fine Gael in third place behind Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil. Also today, Simon Harris offered very limited support to the embattled candidacy of Senator John McGahon. Meanwhile in the battle of the small parties, Friends of the Earth ranked all parties according to t...
Nov 25, 2024•27 min
The final Irish Times Ipsos B&A poll of the campaign reveals a stark reversal of fortunes for Fine Gael and Taoiseach Simon Harris, with the party dropping by six points back to third place, just behind Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin. The results put even more pressure on Harris to perform well and win over voters in Tuesday night's televised debate with Micheal Martin and Mary Lou McDonald. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 25, 2024•15 min
In the second in our AMA series with leaders of the three largest parties, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin answers listener questions on a range of issues including looming threats to Ireland's economic model and what he would prioritise in the event of a downturn, why Fianna Fáil won't go as far as some other parties say they will to strengthen tenant's rights, red lines in coalition negotiations, why voters concerned about Gaza should trust him to follow through on the Occupied Territories b...
Nov 23, 2024•41 min
Social affairs correspondent Kitty Holland and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh for our latest election podcast: Kitty interviewed independent candidate for Dublin North West and city councillor Gavin Pepper, who insists he's neither far right nor anti-immigrant. Rather, he is against "illegal immigration". But the slogan "Ireland is full" is open to interpretation. What do Pepper's supporters really want from him or other candidates with his views - and does Pepper have a chance of winning a seat? T...
Nov 22, 2024•30 min
In the first of a series with the leaders of the three largest political parties, Taoiseach Simon Harris sat down with Hugh Linehan to answer questions submitted by Inside Politics podcast listeners on issues including taxation, housing, threats to Ireland’s economy, why Ireland does not facilitate overseas voting, and more. He revealed that he is not in favour of forming a coalition with a left-wing alliance of more than one party, a concept proposed by Labour leader Ivana Bacik, and sees a coa...
Nov 22, 2024•34 min
Jennifer Bray and Harry McGee join Hugh for a look at today's events on the campaign trail: Mary Lou McDonald showed how effective a campaigner and political communicator she can be while meeting students at DCU. Aontú launched its manifesto, but at first there was one thing missing - the manifesto itself. Fianna Fáil launched its plan for Dublin city, a place it has struggled to recover seats in since its 2011 nadir. Can the party make inroads in the capital? Plus Harry reminisces on that fraug...
Nov 21, 2024•20 min
Pat Leahy and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh to discuss the day's political action from the campaign: As discussed in this morning's regular podcast, there is growing uncertainty over Ireland's economic model thanks to the reelection of Donald Trump. At a Cabinet meeting this morning, there were warnings over what the future could hold. Sinn Féin's manifesto included the suggestion that RTÉ's coverage of Gaza and other international conflicts should be subjected to a "peer review" of its editorial sta...
Nov 20, 2024•22 min
Thanks largely to corporation tax receipts from multinationals, the Irish state has plenty of money. And so far this election campaign has been largely about how to spend it - on capital investment, on tax cuts and on new spending on all sorts of programmes and projects. But with the threats to Ireland's economic model growing, will such spending be sustainable? Hugh is joined by Professor John McHale, Shana Cohen and Cliff Taylor to discuss Ireland's economic position and whether election spend...
Nov 20, 2024•1 hr
Harry McGee and Jennifer Bray join Hugh to talk about all today’s news on the election campaign trail: Standing side by side during last night’s leaders debate on RTÉ, Micheal Martin and Simon Harris countered Mary Lou McDonald’s criticisms, sometimes aggressively. The optics favoured the Sinn Féin leader. On the subject of government formation, Labour leader Ivana Bacik spoke of her intention to only negotiate with the big parties in conjunction with other parties on the left, including the Gre...
Nov 19, 2024•26 min
Sarah Burns and Pat Leahy join Hugh to discuss the day’s politics on the campaign trail: Today saw party leaders give their views on the behaviour of Fine Gael candidate for Louth John McGahon, who was acquitted of assault in 2022. Is he now a problem candidate for the party? Labour’s weekend manifesto launch revealed a big commitment to expanded state intervention in housing construction . The Social Democrats likewise have ambitious plans for housing , also announced at the weekend. Are differ...
Nov 18, 2024•19 min
Jack Horgan-Jones and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh for our daily discussion of the election campaign: · With the first week of the general election campaign coming to a close, Fine Gael are making a strong pitch for the law-and-order vote with their campaign promises. Policing and justice seem to be a key area for both Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, but will it mobilise voters? · Is the cost-of-living crisis being underpriced in this general election campaign? There are plans like phasing out third leve...
Nov 15, 2024•27 min
Political stability is indicated by the latest Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll, with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil looking set to lead the next government, possibly in alliance with a smaller party or a group of Independents. Indeed, the rise in support for independent candidates is one of the most striking aspects of the poll, and some may well play a role in the formation of the next government. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 15, 2024•14 min
Jennifer Bray and Pat Leahy join Hugh for our daily discussion of the election campaign: Simon Harris says Fine Gael would remove the means test for recipients of the carer's allowance. It is a move already supported by many opposition parties. But it would be expensive - potentially much more so than the €600 million per year figure mentioned by the Taoiseach. Sinn Fein launched their immigration policy. It's much like the one published by the party in the summer - with some interesting additio...
Nov 14, 2024•20 min
Today's panelists are Jack Horgan-Jones and Jennifer Bray, who join Hugh Linehan to discuss: Housing is the issue of the campaign so far - we recap how the debate has evolved Mary Lou McDonald spoke about how Sinn Féin is unfairly questioned about the past. Does she have a point? Former Fine Gael Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy's frank account of how his party 'didn't make housing a priority' could be one of the talking points of this campaign. The gloves are off between Fianna Fáil and Fine ...
Nov 13, 2024•29 min
Fears that the use of AI deepfakes would disrupt the flow of accurate information in a general election campaign have not come true. Instead we have been treated to a digital manifestation of someone who barely resembles Taylor Swift endorsing the Healy-Raes: welcome to the cheapfake era. On today's Inside Politics podcast Hugh Linehan is joined by Liz Carolan to discuss the influence of digital media in the 2024 general election, current trends in digital campaigning and the changing role of pl...
Nov 13, 2024•49 min
Harry McGee and Sarah Burns, who have accompanied politicians from several parties as they have canvassed for votes in the past week, join Hugh to talk about the issues that are coming up on doorsteps. In Dublin South Central and Dublin West, Sarah has noticed a less negative sentiment towards Sinn Féin. That's good news for the party as it seeks to add second seats in constituencies where it dominated in 2020 but lost support in local elections and opinion polls. Sinn Féin will also be happy to...
Nov 12, 2024•21 min
Hugh Linehan is joined by Pat Leahy and Cormac McQuinn to discuss today’s events in the 2024 general election campaign: Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary’s comments about teachers at a Fine Gael TD’s campaign launch event have got the party off to a bad start . Fine Gael’s proposal to change a VAT rate in order to help the hospitality industry has some downsides, not least for the other industries who will actually come out of the change taxed more heavily. Another Fine Gael proposal , to use some of...
Nov 11, 2024•26 min
The Dáil has been dissolved and the 2024 general election is officially underway. Jennifer Bray and Pat Leahy join Hugh to discuss day one of the campaign: How Taoiseach Simon Harris addressed the country Poster wars had begun prematurely on lampposts all across Ireland Mary Lou McDonald spoke about Sinn Féin's strategy for this campaign, to a soundtrack of Damien Dempsey Plus: Tickets are now available for Inside Politics live in Dublin on Wednesday, November 20th at 6.30pm. Hosted on Acast. Se...
Nov 08, 2024•18 min
November 29th is now confirmed as the date of General Election 2024. Election Daily from The Irish Times Inside Politics podcast will update you on the campaign every weekday between now and then. Hugh Linehan and Jack Horgan-Jones are here to briefly update listeners on what to expect from the show, when to listen out for episodes and what the opening stages of the campaign will look like. Plus: Tickets are now available for Inside Politics live in Dublin on Wednesday, November 20th at 6.30pm. ...
Nov 07, 2024•7 min
