# Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan

A podcast by The Irish Times. The best analysis of the Irish political scene featuring Irish Times journalists, political thinkers and the occasional politician. Hosted by Hugh Linehan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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## Latest episodes

- [Can Israel’s opposition parties oust Netanyahu?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/4de1278bf064) (2026-10-28, 24 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6ae1f2dde57912cf6fec4512/media.mp3
- [Can Democrats take the Senate? US midterms special with Galen Druke](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/d94899394c32) (2026-10-26, 53 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6ade6430296f30f8e3b2ede9/media.mp3
- [Viral 'hugging grandparents' ad: did Jim O’Callaghan need to intervene?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/25235efadfe3) (2026-10-23, 42 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6adb506b3ad7f685518ada73/media.mp3
- [Jamie Bryson: Northern Irish unionists 'must go on the offensive'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/11cb7ce3a9d5) (2026-10-21, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6ad8ba5ff92693313cb939df/media.mp3
- [Is diversity in politics dead?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/41ddcfee6fa7) (2026-10-19, 50 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6ad2332894a3daa98ee08db7/media.mp3
- [As the fight over the next EU budget intensifies, what’s in it for Ireland?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/f90708ccf9f4) (2026-10-16, 51 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6ad21e2d68b7ce6ffb6ad749/media.mp3
- [How will the public sector pay dispute end?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/6e0e69d349f0) (2026-10-14, 34 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6acf98f3937a3c900fdc292f/media.mp3
- [US midterms: is a 'blue wave' coming?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/6b5481feb3d2) (2026-10-12, 28 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6acbfa028f340788893e7b28/media.mp3
- [RTÉ funding snub not a good look for Patrick O’Donovan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/ebf39148ba91) (2026-10-09, 47 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6ac8ede368b7ce6ffb79ffcf/media.mp3
- [Budget 2027: buying the peace by pouring fuel on the fire](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/86c99a0cf8ee) (2026-10-07, 52 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6ac62e989fea6e0a64be22fd/media.mp3
- ['Traitors to creation': Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on the far right's apocalypse alliance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/2ad4256c61fe) (2026-10-05, 47 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6ac2a2b8ed21e3ea753ea8de/media.mp3
- [Budget drama could go to the wire as ministers wrestle for cash that may not come](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/795eb92b117c) (2026-10-02, 51 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6abfad44b06169dc72297e6d/media.mp3
- [Siobhán Fenton worked for Sinn Féin. She explains why it has not won power](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/b7e3a6ec2755) (2026-09-30, 54 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6abad0396ffb28f8d6782df7/media.mp3
- [Can we escape the algorithm? Mark Little is still optimistic](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/6ddd3e336bc2) (2026-09-28, 54 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6ab8d80f432e34fa457416ae/media.mp3
- [Latest poll numbers show neither Government nor Opposition all that popular with electorate](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/988e6c26d04f) (2026-09-25, 48 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6ab67ef6554d86cd5510e474/media.mp3
- [What to watch as Xi visits Washington](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/788906907361) (2026-09-23, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6ab3c5b7d4c02b0e0da7da64/media.mp3
- [Where Anthony Scaramucci and America went wrong](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/2a688a1f6633) (2026-09-21, 46 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6ab0d9b1ba9b1fc06f2f67f8/media.mp3
- [What is driving the abuse and intimidation of politicians here?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/4af0e1b18865) (2026-09-18, 50 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6aad3a7af0112d8f4567771d/media.mp3
- [Sweden's political shift and Germany's electoral shock](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/776052030df8) (2026-09-16, 43 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6aaa9708fca3d5c77bb6e6af/media.mp3
- [What's the best way to make Ireland more equal?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/28d6fc60ddfd) (2026-09-14, 44 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6aa7b5b9564171e32a14c9b1/media.mp3
- [Trump's support for reunification grabs the headlines on a colourful day](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/ffe70d1df1d6) (2026-09-12, 27 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6aa52e42a6e9aef4cc28b9ce/media.mp3
- [Why has Occupied Territories legislation taken so long?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/f524bc06a280) (2026-09-11, 53 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6aa41055a6e9aef4ccf0e9d4/media.mp3
- ['Disruptive' Jack Chambers talks tough on HSE overspending and budget negotiations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/5b44cbe2df55) (2026-09-10, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6aa1a9f98ff451bb221eea10/media.mp3
- [P aul Mason on communism, China and the crisis of the left](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/19d3ed06d933) (2026-09-07, 46 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a9e82f0d024784c9962484c/media.mp3
- [What will President Connolly say to president Trump?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/fa55d835d6c7) (2026-09-04, 54 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a9acd4a0c727006154bf176/media.mp3
- ['Equal-opportunities satirist' Paul Howard takes aim at Irish reunification](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/9d1d7c8f6275) (2026-09-02, 42 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a97e28aa4a22c581722eca4/media.mp3
- [Where next for Simon, Micheál and Mary Lou?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/389053731ec5) (2026-08-31, 34 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a9487cd335aacd02500bb35/media.mp3
- [EU presidency hits Wicklow next week and Burnham nixes talk of a Border poll](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/e5b4a0763b9c) (2026-08-28, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a91995c1d52ae16ba080db3/media.mp3
- [M9 crash aftermath: can the Government bring social media under control?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/6fe90eb3ae9d) (2026-08-26, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a8edf2b872783b8001d9ceb/media.mp3
- [Government stalls on fuel excise duty; politics reacts to M9 tragedy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/6a6f9374da1e) (2026-08-21, 56 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a886a8c20cb324b774c1d80/media.mp3
- [Why does Ireland support Palestine and does anti-Semitism play a role?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/6a3a1d690faf) (2026-08-19, 45 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a85628c1ad8716bb60124f3/media.mp3
- [Tradwife guidance, truthfulness and 'clever' politics in Limerick](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/60898ac4f0e1) (2026-08-14, 52 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a7f21f8cab75d1094de32bf/media.mp3
- [From boom to bust: how the PDs unravelled - Dessie Can Do It, part three](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/69f0d63e1eff) (2026-08-12, 59 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a79ed115a90490c34e671a7/media.mp3
- [How the PDs broke the mould of Irish politics - Dessie Can Do It, part two](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/f835b08d5a14) (2026-08-07, 60 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a74cb58e188bf946f26180f/media.mp3
- [Dessie Can Do It, part one: the birth of a new political force](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/4bb0da51a44f) (2026-08-05, 56 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a621aac4fac21e67fa1a2b4/media.mp3
- [The spiralling projected cost of the Metrolink brings the NCH to mind](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/26c1c04107a5) (2026-07-31, 60 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a6cb3e188c5585c85ef3304/media.mp3
- [Could India’s ‘Gen Z’ protests bring down Narendra Modi?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/e87a55ad84e6) (2026-07-29, 28 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a69c1fd0ee147a124e62847/media.mp3
- [All signs point to Budget 2027 not having much room to manoeuvre](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/2a2c07a8a791) (2026-07-24, 52 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a636ab5614bacdace22f546/media.mp3
- [Does salesman Andy Burnham have a product to sell?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/b6a9c7b4cd71) (2026-07-22, 33 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a6079924fac21e67f0f4f35/media.mp3
- [How Europe's chief negotiator sees Brexit 10 years on](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/358fa46b0a26) (2026-07-20, 40 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a5e41f08327d8bdc74e1ad5/media.mp3
- [What to expect from Aughinish Alumina report and the call to ban e-scooters](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/481dcd5a7d43) (2026-07-17, 40 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a5a1fa34d4b991ebe02cdc4/media.mp3
- [End of term: what was the biggest moment of the political season?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/e81b526b4846) (2026-07-15, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a57c3196f1292268655a02e/media.mp3
- [Marine Le Pen's bid for power and the history of France's far right](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/03ed22627f8f) (2026-07-13, 57 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a550fe608f5afd13415c3aa/media.mp3
- [Sinn Féin and Government on completely different timetables for Irish unity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/b7d633220384) (2026-07-10, 55 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a5116aca410914b5857fed6/media.mp3
- [Germany at a crossroads: football, political frustration and the far right](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/b7d57e24051a) (2026-07-08, 42 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a4e07d1195f8636050a680e/media.mp3
- [Nigel Farage resigns triggering by-election](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/b6fea5217338) (2026-07-07, 16 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a4d16434d6f6e9e983c12a6/media.mp3
- [Aughinish Alumina is proving to be a real diplomatic headache](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/8e5fc4148d83) (2026-07-03, 62 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a47c5a704fac73b24bb9280/media.mp3
- [How the duplicitous double life of Jeffrey Donaldson threatens the future of unionism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/f38880a42be1) (2026-07-01, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a4504e106fb5d326d8d5755/media.mp3
- [Pat Rabbitte: 'you’re not going to get a broad left alliance'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/40a4933aea0c) (2026-06-29, 59 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a425d9181f451b905e3d153/media.mp3
- [The triple lock is the latest issue for Fianna Fáil’s awkward squad](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794389685/4427b3960ba4) (2026-06-26, 42 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a3e8c0326d5a6687aa0bd5a/media.mp3

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