Your Politics

The Green Party leader, Eamon Ryan, joined presenter Aine Lawlor and RTÉ’s Paul Cunningham and Mary Regan on the Your Politics podcast.

All elections have surprises. And the four by-elections were no different Presenter Aine Lawlor is joined by Aisling Kenny, Paul Cunningham and Mícheál Lehane of RTÉ’s political staff, analyst Odran Flynn and former Fianna Fáil Government Advisor Gerard Howlin.

This week presenter Aine Lawlor is joined by Fianna Fáil’s Social Protection spokesman Willie O’Dea, Political Correspondent Paul Cunningham and Sorcha Ní Riada political correspondent with Nuacht TG4.

The Your Politics podcast hears from Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger who accused Independent TD Noel Grealish of being racist in the Dáil last week.

Anne Rabbitte speaks to Aine Lawlor about a threatening phone call she got in the middle of the night during the recent Beef protests. Paul Cunningham and Mary Regan join Aine Lawlor to discuss the comments by Deputy Noel Grealish and climate change

Presenter Aine Lawlor gets the inside track on the by election battles kick off in Wexford, Cork North Central, Dublin Mid West and Dublin Fingal. She is joined by Mícheál Lehane, Paul Cunningham and Sorcha Ní Ríada from RTÉ and Nuacht TG4. In Northern Ireland parties have been wheeling and dealing as they vie for seats in Westminster.

This week presenter Aine Lawlor is joined by Paul Cunningham and Mícheál Lehane from Leinster House while Mary Regan reports on the European Parliament. The week was dominated by the voting controversy. There were no sanctions against the Fianna Fáil TDs at the centre of the story.

It has been a rollercoaster week but if the Brexit deal is approved by Westminster many Irish politicians expect there could be a General Election this year. Aine Lawlor is joined by Shona Murray, Euronews Europe Correspondent from Brussels and by Mícheál Lehane, Mary Regan and David Murphy from the RTÉ politics team in Dublin

Presenter Aine Lawlor is joined by David Murphy, Mary Regan, Paul Cunningham and Mícheál Lehane. In a nutshell there was very little change for most people in Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe’s package of measures. He had promised it would be a prudent Budget but he also set aside substantial amounts in the event of a no deal Brexit.

In a week dominated by Brexit and Storm Lorenzo the leader of the Green Party Eamon Ryan raised a question of bringing back wolves. Aine Lawlor speaks to Michael Eames the son of the former Church of Ireland Archbishop Robin Eames. Aine is also joined by RTÉ’s political staff Mícheál Lehane, Mary Regan and Paul Cunningham.