On this week's Floating Voter, Kevin Doyle, Niall O'Connor and Philip Ryan discuss the week in Irish politics including the ongoing row over pay talks.

After Jack O’Connor’s call for a private sector pay rise, the question now is, can the country afford it and where will the money come from?

"The avalanche has started," says Ryan. "It's seems to be a case of let's see what's in the kitty and divvy it up accordingly."

But are the unions trying to make themselves relevant again and sense blood in the hunt?

Elsewhere in the show, the panel questions whether, in the wake of Trump's election, if a far-right is on the rise in Ireland.

"Why isn't the centre holding?" says O'Connor. "Maybe because people haven’t seen their lives improving."

"We should be more worried about the rise of the far left, but we're still essentially a conservative country" argues Ryan.