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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.
Irish Times Inside Politics is hosted by The Irish Times. The show has published more than 1,000 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Can Israel’s opposition parties oust Netanyahu?" (28 October 2026, 23 minutes), "Can Democrats take the Senate? US midterms special with Galen Druke" (26 October 2026, 53 minutes), and "Viral 'hugging grandparents' ad: did Jim O’Callaghan need to intervene?" (23 October 2026, 42 minutes).
Irish Times Inside Politics publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 44 minutes across more than 1,000 episodes.
Booking probability for Irish Times Inside Politics is 39%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Irish Times Inside Politics requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Irish Times Inside Politics's contact route on record: verified email.
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The Irish Times hosts Irish Times Inside Politics, a news podcast with more than 1,000 episodes published.
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As the day drew to a close in Israel on Tuesday, exit polls in the Knesset election suggested a lead for the bloc of parties opposing prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu . As the sun rose and official counts were declared...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Pat Leahy and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: Thursday evening in Brussels saw much wrangling over the EU’s proposed €1.6tn budget. As holders of EU presidency, Ireland has a...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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