Irish politics

This week on Basically... Stefanie sits down with her fabulously high-achieving contemporary, Minister for Higher Education, Simon Harris. They talk about politics, politics in a pandemic (as well as being Minister for Health in a…

When Leo Varadkar quoted from Mean Girls in June, it may have revealed more about him than we thought. Leaking, undermining his coalition partners, pointed attacks on social media – the Fine Gael leader could be described as a little…

On this week's episode of Basically... Stefanie talks to Social Democrat TD Holly Cairns. They talk about the unlikelihood of Holly winning her seat, the campaign, the count, and ultimately how she won the seat. Holly talks about what a…

In this week's episode of Basically... Stefanie talks to Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald. What’s it like to be a woman in Irish politics? What would a United Ireland look like? Is it her job to find problems with how the Government does…

On this week's episode of Basically... Stefanie talks to Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe. They talk about how it all works, where the money comes from and goes. How he got into this line of work and whether he had an abacus as a child.…

On this week's episode of Pints of Malt, we discuss #golfgate, Nigerian sports coaches and non uniform days. We also touch on the British football media and the bias they have towards certain players. That and much more. We hope you enjoy…

Let's get emotional. NO ENCORE is back with a stacked agenda in the form of a devastating Top 5 face-off, the first Bright Eyes album in almost a decade and the absolute STATE of the Irish government... ACT ONE: Craig's got mail.…

Less than two months into power and Ireland’s new government is already in turbulence, as its coalition leaders jostle for position within the political Frankenstein they have created. Their failure to foresee and prevent the virus…

In this week's episode of Basically... Stefanie chats to the Taoiseach and Fianna Fail Leader Micheál Martin. They discuss whether Fianna Fail is a train or a taxi, how party politics is giving way to campaign politics and how Fianna Fail…

This week on Basically... Stefanie talks to Gavan Reilly, again. The previous episode could be called Politics 101, this is not Politics 102 (which we'll do later), this is more like Politics 2020. They try to make politics more accessible.…