Your Politics

The TDs are back. One politician arrived in a vintage car and Irish music was at the gates of Leinister House. Despite the colourful first sitting of the 33rd Dáil the hard work of negotiating a new Programme for Government hasn't yet begun. Aine Lawlor is joined by Paul Cunningham and Mícheál Lehane

After the seismic General Election the Dáil reconvenes tomorrow. There is still no clarity about who is going to run the country. Nature abhors a vacuum and the politicians have filled the airwaves left by the absence of a new government. On the Your Politics podcast Maggie Doyle is joined by David Murphy and Mícheál Lehane

It's a week since the public went to the polls and politicians have begun a flurry of talks about talks. On the Your Politics podcast Maggie Doyle hears from Paul Cunningham and Fiachra O Cionnaith about what is happening behind the scenes as government formation talks get underway.

Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar and Fianna Fáil's Micheál Martin face big questions after many of their candidates were washed away by the Sinn Féin wave. On the Your Politics podcast David Murphy is joined by political correspondents Micheál Lehane and Paul Cunningham.

As the votes roll in and Sinn Fein tops the polls in some constituencies political correspondents Mícheál Lehane and Paul Cunningham join David Murphy to give an update on what is happening behind the scenes.

In our series of extra podcasts RTÉ Industry and Employment Correspondent gives us the run down on pensions, pay, precarious employment and why the numbers alone aren't telling the story in this election

The parties are tired, barbs are traded and constituency discipline cracks. RTÉ Political Reporter Mary Regan and Political Correspondents Paul Cunningham and Micheál Lehane give Colm Ó Mongáin their last pre-vote health checks of the parties and stick their necks out on seat predictions.

Did Leo Varadkar do enough to arrest the slide suggested by the polls? Did Micheál Martin do enough to push ahead? Did Mary Lou McDonald make the most of her late entry into the final leaders' debate? UL Politics Professor Maura Adshead joins Áine Lawlor, Paul Cunningham and Micheál Lehane and Colm Ó Mongáin  to assess their performance.

Sinn Féin continued to face questions about the wrongful description of 21 year old Paul Quinn, who was murdered in 2007, as a criminal. Fine Gael looks to regain momentum opinion polls suggest it has lost. Colm Ó Mongáin talks to RTÉ Political Reporter Mary Regan and Political Correspondents Micheál Lehane and Paul Cunningham.

Continuing our series of following parties on the campaign trail, RTÉ's Dyanne Connor has been out with Labour and Aontú. We also continue our interviews with RTÉ correspondents on manifesto promises. Today, Economics Correspondent Robert Shortt talks tax and spend with Colm Ó Mongáin