ELECTION DAILY - Inside Politics

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

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

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 subje

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

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 bot

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,