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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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Signup to Generate a PitchThe best analysis of the Irish political scene featuring Irish Times journalists, political thinkers and the occasional politician. Hosted by Hugh Linehan.
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan is hosted by The Irish Times. The show has published more than 1,000 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Can Democrats take the Senate? US midterms special with Galen Druke" (26 October 2026, 53 minutes), "Viral 'hugging grandparents' ad: did Jim O’Callaghan need to intervene?" (23 October 2026, 42 minutes), and "Jamie Bryson: Northern Irish unionists 'must go on the offensive'" (21 October 2026, 48 minutes).
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 45 minutes across more than 1,000 episodes.
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Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
Take our listener survey for access to a bonus episode. Go to irishtimes.com/insidepolitics . It is one week out from US midterm elections with Democrats hoping to retake control of both the House of Representatives and...
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
Pat Leahy and Sarah Burns join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: The Dail was dominated this week by debate over the Government’s proposal to end the Triple Lock. It’s a substantial political row with...
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
The scenes at Drumcree in recent weeks revived memories of one of Northern Ireland’s most enduring disputes between unionist and nationalist communities. But while the immediate controversy centred on a short stretch of...
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
Democracy rests on the promise that political institutions should reflect the people they serve. But in an era of growing social diversity, persistent inequalities and political polarisation, that promise is being...
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
Leinster House today was filled with sympathy for Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport Patrick O’Donovan who took ill during an EU presidency meeting in Limerick on Tuesday. On today’s podcast Hugh speaks to...
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
In less than a month US voters will get a chance to express their feelings about the direction of the country in elections for seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. While president Donald Trump is not on...
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
Pat Leahy and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: The fallout from Budget 2027 has been minimal, save for Minister for Media Patrick O’Donovan’s eleventh-hour decision to cut State...
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
Ireland is politically and economically stable, as Simon Harris pointed out in his Budget speech yesterday. But keeping it that way is getting more expensive. Increased capital spending, increased day-to-day spending...
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
Last year Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor co-authored an essay in The Guardian with a provocative title: The Rise of End Times Fascism. In it they argued that a new alliance was emerging on the political right, made up of...
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
The mood music around Leinster House this week is one of “nashing teeth” ahead of what’s expected to be a difficult budget announcement on Tuesday. On today’s podcast, Hugh speaks to our political correspondents Jack...
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
Sinn Fein emerged from 2020's general election in pole position to challenge Fine Gael and Fianna Fail and potentially take power next time around. That didn't happen, with support ebbing away as a series of events...
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
Today anxiety over how the digital world has evolved is greater than ever. Trust in information found online is low, the business models driving tech platforms reward outrage over wellbeing and vast power lies in the...
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
Pat Leahy and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: In the first Irish Times national poll since February, the lack of movement in party support points to an electorate not wholly...
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
Chinese leader Xi Jinping lands in Washington later this evening for a three-day state visit, his first to Washington since 2015. The Trump White House is rolling out the red carpet and laying on the full ceremonial...
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
Anthony Scaramucci is a successful Wall Street financier, a recovering Republican, a famously short-lived communications director in the first Trump administration and co-presenter with Katty Kay of The Rest is Politics...
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Ellen Coyne and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: The unprovoked attack on Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae this week highlighted how vulnerable public representatives can be. But when...
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
Derek Scally talks to Hugh about the aftermath of two elections that have recently taken place: the Swedish general election and regional elections in the Gerrman region of Saxony-Anhalt. Each offers some fascinating...
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
Left-leaning think-tank Tasc has published a new report to mark its 25th year. the report (The State We Are In - Inequality in Ireland 2026) suggests that the redistribution of wealth via the tax system is struggling to...
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
President Trump and his vast, costly entourage have rolled through Dublin on the way to his golf course, meeting with the Taoiseach and President Connolly along the way. As with other recent encounters between...
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
Inside Politics Live is coming to Cork on September 30th. Get your tickets here . Pat Leahy and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: Green leader Roderic O'Gorman has proposed a one-off...
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