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The unsolved mystery of Simon Harris's phone call to Patrick O'Donovan
October 29, 2026 · 29 minSince Simon Harris returned from paternity leave earlier this week he has been hounded with questions about a mysterious phone call Culture Minister Patrick O'Donovan received before he took ill at an EU Presidency event earlier this…
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The culture war over grandparents and justice on trial
October 22, 2026 · 23 minJim O’Callaghan’s stand-off with criminal solicitors just keeps on escalating. The justice minister has now accused striking solicitors of deliberately targeting rape cases. The backlash was quick, and judges are now warning about the…
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The politest strike that has nobody losing face...yet
October 15, 2026 · 20 minThe public sector strike that saw 300,000 workers on the picket lines is the dominant political story of the week, but as yet nobody is getting pilloried over it. The unions say the government could have avoided the whole mess four months…
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Budget 2027: grand, we suppose
October 7, 2026 · 26 minBudget 2027 has landed, and the reaction has been... well, extremely flat. There were tax changes, sure, and welfare increases too. Even a new savings scheme and plenty of measures aimed at the squeezed middle. But after months of leaks…
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The past is still hanging over Garvaghy Road
October 1, 2026 · 34 minThe Garvaghy Road standoff has dragged Northern Ireland back into a dispute many thought we left in the 1990s. A proposed way out has failed, the Orange Order still wants to complete its parade, and residents remain opposed to it passing…
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Trump's visit was grubby, weird, but apparently a success
September 17, 2026 · 31 minDonald Trump came to Ireland for 36 hours, watched a lot of golf, charmed the crowds at Doonbeg, promised to scrap tariffs on Irish whiskey and unexpectedly declared that he'd love to see a united Ireland. The government thinks the visit…
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Jim O'Callaghan on the M9 collision, migration, and wanting to lead Fianna Fáil
August 25, 2026 · 47 minJustice Minister Jim O'Callaghan joins us in studio for a sit-down interview. We asked him what needs to change after the M9 collision, whether the State is failing the small group of young people its youth justice system can't reach, and…
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The politicians who thrived this term, and the ones who had a nightmare
July 23, 2026 · 46 minThe Dáil has risen, Leinster House is quiet, and TDs are all off doing constituency work (as they tell us every year), so it's time for our political awards. Christine Bohan, Jane Matthews and Sinéad O'Carroll analyse Christina Finn's…
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Farage wanted a coronation. He got Count Binface.
July 9, 2026 · 28 minNigel Farage resigned as an MP on Tuesday to trigger a byelection in which he's going to run in, and waited for the establishment to line up against him. They didn't. A handful of minor parties have put their names forward, but the…
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More houses in rural Ireland sounds great until you ask about the buses
July 2, 2026 · 21 minHousing Minister James Browne has announced the biggest shake-up to rural planning rules in two decades. It should be easier for people to build homes in the countryside, but there's no target for how many new homes this will deliver and…
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Parking Wars and parking the War on Drugs
June 25, 2026 · 24 minAn Oireachtas committee spent years researching drug policy in Ireland and came back with a clear recommendation: decriminalise possession of all drugs for personal use, a shift from treating drug use as a criminal justice issue to…
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The surprise abortion vote that broke government ranks
June 18, 2026 · 25 minSomething unusual happened in the Dáil this week when a Sinn Féin proposal to scrap the three-day waiting period for abortion passed. An opposition bill getting through is rare enough, but this one came with a free vote that split the…

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