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Referendums: What the amendments would really mean
Hugh talks to the leaders of An Coimisiún Toghcháin
Was licence fee amnesty proposal a misstep for Sinn Féin?
Jack Horgan-Jones and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to discuss the week in politics:
- In another awful week for RTÉ before an Oireachtas committee, was it a mistake for Sinn Féin to raise the idea of an amnesty for those refusing to pay their licence fee? And is is sustainable for prominent ex-RTÉ figures like Dee Forbes, Rory Coveney and Breda O'Keeffe to avoid appearing at the committee?
- The spiralling cost of the National...
Head-to-Head: The Yes and No arguments ahead of the family and care referendums
At this point we are definitively into the campaign for the two referendums on family and care due to take place on March 8th...
Sinn Féin poll slump: ‘tide not gone out for them just yet’
Plus, the lasting impact of the late former taoiseach John Bruton’s time in power
Will immigration hand the White House back to Trump?
Keith Duggan is The Irish Times Washington correspondent
Britain and Ireland will change. It's time to get ready
In the past decade relationships between the different parts of the UK and Ireland have changed. The push for Scottish independence, growing support for Irish reunification and the Brexit process have all challenged the status quo. But what comes next?
Common Ground is a new initiative by The Irish Times that will seek to elevate debate around the future of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom...
Who's who in the Yes and No campaigns, Orbán bows to EU pressure
Pat Leahy and Jennifer Bray join Hugh to look back on the week in politics:
Pat is in Brussels where the EU has agreed on a €50 billion package for Kyiv. He reports on how Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán was finally cajoled into supporting the move.
Ahead of the March referendums on care and the family, Jennifer has been looking at who's who in the Yes and No campaigns...
Stormont will return: analysis from Belfast, London and Dublin
Pat Leahy, Freya McClements and Mark Paul join Hugh to discuss the DUP's acceptance of a historic deal that allows power-sharing in Northern Ireland to resume.
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As the ICJ rules against Israel, Gaza remains an issue in Irish politics
Jack Horgan-Jones and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan to discuss the week in politics:
Gaza is proving a persistent issue in Irish politics, and today’s ruling at the International Court of Justice could place more pressure on the Government to support South Africa’s case and intensify its criticism of Israel...
Under pressure: Roderic O'Gorman on tackling the refugee accommodation crisis
Minister for Integration Roderic O’Gorman is the man at the centre of one of the most severe and contentious problems facing the State: how to handle the huge increase in people arriving to seek International Protection...