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Taking your questions in studio are Hugh Linehan, Pat Leahy, Jennifer Bray, Harry McGee and Jack Horgan-Jones, with additional help from Europe correspondent Naomi O'Leary. 

 
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Ask Us Anything, Christmas 2022 edition - part one

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Pat Leahy is joined by Harry McGee and Cormac McQuinn to look back at the week in politics: 
The latest in the race to succeed Eamon Ryan as Green party leader.
What is behind Micheal Martin's decision to name Jack Chambers deputy leader of Fianna Fail?
Industrial action at Aer Lingus means holidaymakers face a summer of discontent. Will it bounce back on the Government?
 Plus the panel pick their favourite Irish Times pieces of the week: 
Jack Power's profile of the young leader of France's far-right
What should be an unnecessary warning: do not feed fizzy drinks to deer
A piece by Diane Ihirwe highlighting the importance of inclusion. 


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Will a summer of cancelled flights harm Harris?

First we focus on political upheaval following the announcement that Eamon Ryan is stepping down as leader of the Greens. Political correspondent Cormac McQuinn provides updates on the frontrunners to succeed him, including Minister for Children Roderic O'Gorman and Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Pippa Hackett. 
Then we turn to Northern Ireland, where voters will select their 18 Westminster MPs next month. Can the DUP hold onto its seats in the aftermath of the crisis surrounding Jeffrey Donaldson? Mark Hennessy and Freya McClements look at what really matters to voters in these elections and whether the issue of Irish unity is on the radar.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who will replace Eamon Ryan? / Northern Ireland votes

Hugh Linehan is joined by Pat Leahy and Harry McGee to look back at the week in politics. With our recent obsession on the local and European elections winding down, today we take a look at the week's Dáil debates and at the "guillotining through" of the huge piece of legislation that is the Planning Bill into its final stage. The panel also discuss whether Dáil vacancies arising as a result of TDs becoming MEPs will ever be filled in the lifetime of this Government. The panel also pick their Irish Times articles of the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will the by-elections ever take place?

With some European seats still to be filled but the overall picture of these elections now fairly clear, Pat Leahy joins Hugh for a final episode of Election Daily to answer some outstanding questions. How did small parties including the Greens, the Social Democrats and Labour do in the end? And with counts dragging on, is it too easy for unserious candidates to get on the European ballot? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Election Daily: Taking stock as the election winds down

Citizens of the EU used their votes in last week's elections to maintain centre-right control of the European Parliament, while shifting the overall makeup of the legislature a little further to the right. 
Brussels correspondent Jack Power joins Hugh to explore how the EU parliament has just changed, whether the new right will be able to form a voting bloc, and what the new Parliament means for EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen's hope's of a second term. 
And Berlin correspondent Derek Scally looks at the success of formerly fringe parties like the far-right AfD in Germany's European election. Could the taboo of far-right involvement in German national governance be nearing an end?  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ask Us Anything, Christmas 2022 edition - part one

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