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The RTÉ team at Leinster House and guests have an informal discussion about what has been happening in the world of Irish politics. New episodes available every Thursday evening.
Everything you wanted to know about Green Politics but were afraid to ask...each week we pick a letter and discuss some aspect of green politics that starts with that letter... from the Anthropocene to Zoos
The Britain and Ireland in the Early Middle Ages podcast (formerly the History of the British Isles) is an in-depth look at the politics of Britain and Ireland before the Normans! Understand why Aethelred was Unready, how Scotland and England were formed and even who the only ever king of Wales was! Twitter: @BritishHistPod
Coronavirus! Climate! Brexit! Trump! Politics has never been more unpredictable, more alarming or more interesting: Talking Politics is the podcast that tries to make sense of it all. Every week David Runciman and Helen Thompson talk to the most interesting people around about the ideas and events that shape our world: from history to economics, from philosophy to fiction. What does the future hold? Can democracy survive? How crazy will it get? This is the political conversation that matters ...
"Sorry there - could I get a Pint of Politics and a pack of bacon fries? Cheers" Jordan & Evan bring you your weekly round up of politics and current affairs in Ireland. Our goal is to create and develop conversation and engagement amongst our generation in area affecting their lives and their futures. All feedback and bar snacks welcome.
Hosted by Dion Fanning, Ireland Unfiltered features stripped-back, honest conversations with some of the biggest names in Irish entertainment, sport, politics and media. Fanning also speaks to notable international figures on some of the most important issues affecting Ireland today. Ireland Unfiltered will be available every Tuesday. Together with Carlsberg Ireland.
Podcasts from the 8th Annual Tudor and Stuart Ireland Interdisciplinary Conference which took place on August 24-25 2018 at the Graduate School, Queen's University Belfast. The 8th Tudor and Stuart Ireland Interdisciplinary Conference was generously supported by the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, the School of Arts, English and Languages, and the Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University, Belfast, and Marsh's Library. Podcasting by Real Smart Media in associat ...
Breaking Britain is a podcast produced by the Europe's Borderlands Research Group at the European and International Studies Department in King's College London. Hosted by Russell Foster and Alex Clarkson, it will explore the pressures unravelling the unity of Britain and reopening the future of the island of Ireland in a European context. In each episode we will discuss the challenges reshaping a disunited kingdom as well as a wary republic with scholars and commentators who can provide expe ...
We live in an era of political polarisation, online outrage and a never-ending news cycle. Against this backdrop, host Abie Philbin Bowman conducts a series of deeply personal interviews with politicians about the emotional impact of their job.
A critical but mostly overlooked aspect of both contemporary and historical political violence is the role diaspora communities have played in the planning, organization, financing, and execution of acts of terror. Members of the American Irish, Canadian Sikh, Swiss Tamil and Australian Croat diasporas—to provide just a sample—have all been powerful agents in the terrorist activities perpetrated in the name of their national and religious communities. The Diaspora Politics and Transnational ...
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H is for .... Human Rights, Climate In/Action and Climate Case Ireland
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In this episode regular hosts Sinead Mercier, Lorna Bogue and John Barry are joined by special guests Orla Kelleher and Emer Slattery to discuss the connections between human rights and their abuses and issues of climate breakdown, a human rights approach to climate and ecological action and Climate Case Ireland.…
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The Wary Republic: Ireland and the Crisis of the UK Union
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This week, the Breaking Britain Podcast will explore the often fraught relationship between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. Over the past century interactions between both states have suffered from tensions over issues of territorial integrity and national sovereignty. With the legacy of decades of violence in Northern Ireland as a …
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Union at the Crossroads
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David and Helen talk to Mike Kenny about what devolution has done to the politics of the UK as seen from Westminster and Whitehall. How have we ended up with a Unionism that is both complacent and aggressive? What lessons has the pandemic taught about the need for co-operation? And can the UK survive without a fundamental constitutional rethink? ht…
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Soc Dems Róisín Shortall shrugs off Labour merger
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With opinion polls indicating that its support has risen since the General Election, the SocDem's co-leader Róisín Shortall outlined her plans for the party but she dismissed a potential merger with the Labour Party following comments from Labour's education spokesman Aodhán Ó Ríordáin who spoke about the merits of a merger.…
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Wales, England and the Future of the UK
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As part of our series about the future of the Union, David and Helen talk to Dan Wincott of Cardiff Law School about the history of Welsh devolution and the possibility of Welsh independence. How has English dominance shaped Welsh attitudes to the Union? What did the Brexit vote reveal about the different strands of Welsh and British identity? Has …
This week David talks to the celebrated film-maker Adam Curtis about his new series Can't Get You Out of My Head, which tells the history of the rise and fall of individualism. Why do so many people feel so powerless in the age of the empowered individual? How has digital technology turbo-charged our feelings of alienation? And what has all this go…
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G is for ....growing
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G is for ... growing, land ownership and agrarian politics in Ireland, and farming ....amongst other things... This week regular pod hosts Saoirse McHugh, Sinead Mercier, Lorna Bogue and John Barry are joined by special guest Fergal Anderson from Talamh Beo to talk about growing food, awareness and alternative models and practices of land use and m…
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Towards A More Relaxed Union?: Britishness in a Changing World with Alex Massie
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This week the Breaking Britain Podcast looks at how Unionism as a political identity and Britishness as a cultural identity have been affected by the growing pressures on the unity of the United Kingdom. Though independence movements have grown in Wales as well as Scotland and debates over Irish unification have gained momentum, political Unionism …
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Labour TD says there is merit in merger with SocDems
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This time last year Aodhán Ó Ríordáin lost out in the Labour Party leadership contest to Alan Kelly. Deputy Ó Ríordáin told the RTÉ News Your Politics podcast that there was merit in a merger with the Social Democrats. While there have been no discussions between the Labour Party and the Social Democrats, he said it could be a merger of equals.…
70 days into the first 100 days we take the temperature of the Biden presidency and ask how he's doing, and how he's doing so much. What made sleepy Joe such an active president? Is it him or the people around him? And how should the Republicans respond? Plus we discuss what it would take to restore America's standing in the world - does anyone wan…
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Greens snatch defeat from jaws of victory
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It should have been a great week for the Greens. The party, which is in Government with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, made substantial progress on its agenda as the Cabinet agreed to its Climate Action legislation. For the latest analysis presenter Paul Cunningham is joined by Mícheál Lehane, Sandra Hurley and Tommy Meskill…
David and Helen talk to Chris Bickerton about how technocracy and populism have come together to create a new form of democratic politics. From New Labour to Macron's En Marche, from Dominic Cummings to Five Star, we discuss what these different forms of politics have in common and whether the pandemic has entrenched the hold of technopopulism or w…
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FF's James O'Connor: the party is "out of touch"
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Fianna Fáil TD James O'Connor has called for the party to deal with its standing in the polls with a "greater degree of seriousness" On the RTÉ News Your Politics podcast he said "we need to have a good hard look at our current trajectory."Von RTÉ News
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The Tragic Choices of Climate Change
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David talks to Helen Thompson and Adam Tooze about the choices facing the world in addressing climate change. Can we transition away from fossil fuels while maintaining our current ways of living? Will we act in time if we also insist on taking our time? Can the West uphold its values while getting its hands dirty with China? Plus we discuss whethe…
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Don't make anything clear
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There is "no magic vaccine tree". That is the message from Taoiseach Micheál Martin for opposition and backbenchers who are pressing Ministers to speed up the pace of delivery. Presenter Paul Cunningham is joined by Sandra Hurley, David Murphy and Mícheál LehaneVon RTÉ News
This week we discuss the government's post-Budget economic strategy and the new dividing lines in British politics. Have the Tories stolen Labour's clothes? Is there a new consensus emerging on tax and pend? What can Keir Starmer do to carve out a distinctive economic position? Plus we consider whether a new Labour leader in Scotland can kickstart …
Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan has spoken out in support of her colleague Deputy Patrick Costello who has begun a private legal action against the Government's proposals to ratify the EU-Canada trade agreement called CETA. Speaking on the RTÉ News Your Politics podcast she said it was "no secret" that she had reservations about the deal.…
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The Citizen State: Identity and Power in Welsh Politics - With Roger Awan-Scully
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In this episode, recorded on 8 February 2021, we explore how tensions over the unity of the British state have affected debates over power and identity in Welsh society. With its own legislature, language and party landscape, Wales has evolved a unique political culture whose internal evolution has become increasingly affected by debates over indep…
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Northern Ireland: Past, Present, Future
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In the latest in our series on the fate of the Union, we talk to historians Richard Bourke and Niamh Gallagher about the history of Northern Ireland's relationship to the rest of the UK. From the Anglo-Irish Union to partition to the Troubles to the Peace Process to Brexit and beyond, we discuss what makes Northern Irish politics so contentious and…
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Communications Breakdown
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The three party coalition led by Micheál Martin, Leo Varadkar and Eamon Ryan has been accused of making a mess of its communications, poor media performances and misreading the public mood. Presenter Paul Cunningham is joined by Sandra Hurley, Mícheál Lehane and Tommy MeskillVon RTÉ News
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What Does Jeremy Think?
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This week we talk to Suzanne Heywood about her memoir of her late husband, Cabinet Secretary Jeremy Heywood - the man who helped to run Britain for more than two decades, working with four different prime ministers. From Black Wednesday to Brexit, from the Blair/Brown battles to the surprising successes of the Coalition, Jeremy Heywood had a unique…
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The Geopolitics of Scotland: Scottish Politics in a Global Context - With David Leask
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As part of the Europe's Borderlands research group at the King's College London European Studies Department, this podcast series will take a deeper look at how the United Kingdom's crisis of unity will affect the nations on the islands of Britain and Ireland. In this episode, recorded on 28 January 2021, we examine how debates over Scottish indepen…
After weeks of tortuous negotiations, the Government announced a plan for the Leaving Cert. Students will be offered the choice of a written exam or calculated grades. On the Your Politics podcast presenter Paul Cunningham is joined by Tommy Meskill, Mary Regan and Mícheál Lehane.Von RTÉ News
David and Helen talk to Nick Timothy, former chief of staff in Downing Street under Theresa May, about the future for Boris Johnson's government. Is he now safe from leadership challenges? Can he hold together the coalition that won the 2019 election? Is Keir Starmer the one under pressure? Plus we discuss where the next big destabilising threat to…
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F is for..film, films &.. green futures ... and Fungi the Dolphin
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F is for film... and Fungi the Dolphin... listen in to hosts Saoirse McHugh, Sinead Mercier, Lorna Bogue and John Barry discuss Batman, the Jurassic Park series... and other films...and articles.....and ideas..... that come into their heads..that have something to do with the environment...... horse it inta ya!!…
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Rolling out & rolling in
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Presenter Paul Cunningham is joined Mícheál Lehane and Sandra Hurley. Independent TD Cathal Berry speaks to Tommy Meskill about being a vaccinatorVon RTÉ News
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Rating the Government on Covid
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David talks to Bronwen Maddox, Director of the Institute for Government, about how well the Johnson government has performed over the past year of the pandemic. There have been some successes - the furlough scheme, vaccines - and plenty of failures - education policy, health outcomes. But which were the key choices? Who can claim the credit? And wh…
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The Vow: The Shifting Foundations of The United Kingdom's Constitutional Order - With Nicola McEwen
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As part of the Europe's Borderlands research group at the King's College London European Studies Department, this podcast series will take a deeper look at how the United Kingdom's crisis of unity will affect the nations on the islands of Britain and Ireland. In this episode, recorded on 20 January 2021, we will look at how the constitutional struc…
In this extra episode David catches up with Thant Myint-U to discuss the latest developments in Burma (Myanmar), following the overthrow of Aung San Suu Kyi's government. What prompted the generals to act? What do the protestors want? And what does it mean for the future of Burmese democracy? Thant Myint-U is the author of The Hidden History of Bur…
