Europe at the Polls.

With the whole of Europe seemingly on an election footing this week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston looks at the political landscape at home and abroad when she looks into the Reform Party in the UK with Philip Webster, Former Political Editor of the Times. We look at the situation in Belgium which is divided and increasingly being pulled to political extremes when we hear from Laura Dubois who is the editor of Europe Express for the Financial Times. Here at home we ask how significant are the upcoming Local, European and Mayoral elections really? Mandy is joined by Law Lecturer Jennifer KavanaghPlus Mandy talks to the Irish entrepreneur Paul Barrett who recently made headlines in Forbes magazine for spearheading a record-breaking investment in a groundbreaking Hydrogen project in Australia.