Episodes
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TWTW Special: Long Live the Leader
Leo Varadkar has been elected Fine Gael leader. In two weeks, he becomes Ireland's youngest ever Taoiseach. This is his first press conference after election.
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That Was The Week: May 27th, 2017
As Leo Varadkar and Simon Coveney take to the country to spread their visions for Fine Gael - and Ireland - Gavan Reilly goes deep into their first head-to-head debate.
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That Was The Week: May 19th, 2017
Enda Kenny's announced he's away... so in this special edition, we play you Simon Coveney and Leo Varadkar's FULL press conferences as they unveiled their candidacies.
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That Was The Week: May 13th, 2017
Another scandal threatens to engulf a Garda Commissioner. Has the government tied itself too much to her hip?
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That Was The Week: May 6th, 2017
A busy week this week - with concerns about Saudi Arabia, abortion, Brexit and the National Maternity Hospital - and yet, it's all about the Dáil prayer...
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That Was The Week: April 29th, 2017
Most of Ireland's hospitals and schools are owned by Church groups - but when rosaries and ovaries collide, a scandal isn't far away. Gavan Reilly dives in.
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TWTW-end: April 24th, 2017... After the Assembly
The Citizens' Assembly is proposing a regime on abortion far more liberal than the politicians who set it up in the first place. Gavan Reilly asks: what happens now?
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That Was The Week: March 25th, 2017
How much longer can Enda Kenny hang on by kicking for touch - and will it do us any good? Plus. Gavan Reilly grapples with the legacy of Martin McGuinness.
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That Was The Week: March 20th, 2017
A few days later than usual, Gavan Reilly digests the Taoiseach's six-day, 7,500-mile trip to the US to meet Donald Trump.
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That Was The Week: March 11th, 2017
Or, 'This bloody country'. Old horrors cast long shadows, as Gavan Reilly reports this week.
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That Was The Week: March 4th, 2017
Mothers, babies, Grace, Travellers, Gardai, whistleblowers and water charges... it truly was a week of Ireland being haunted by ghosts of its past. With Gavan Reilly.
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That Was The Week: February 25th, 2017
The era of Enda is coming to a quiet end. But can the government keep functioning while so many of its ministers are looking over their shoulders? With Gavan Reilly.
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That Was The Week: February 18th, 2017
The extraordinary tale of how a false allegation of sex abuse against a Garda, may bring about the resignation of a Taoiseach. From start to finish, with Gavan Reilly.
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Election Daily #17: All over... bar the voting
It's polling day - so Gavan Reilly reviews yesterday's final pitches, the campaign so far, and wonders where we all go from here.
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Election Daily #16: The Ghost of Scandals Past
Everyone escaped mostly unhurt from the final TV debate... but a verbal slip-up causes a skeleton to briefly re-emerge from Enda Kenny's closet. Plus: Has Joan saved it?
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Election Daily #15: The Final Countdown
The final poll of the campaign shows some serious momentum for Fianna Fáil - as its TDs present Michael Martin as a credible Taoiseach. It could never happen... could it?
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Election Daily #14: Winging it and Whingeing it
Just when opinion polls were showing Fine Gael support stabilising again, Enda Kenny visits his home town - and calls the locals 'whingers'. And apologises... eventually.
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Election Daily #13: All Guns Blazing
With a week to go to polling it's all back to square one. When in doubt: attack. Gavan Reilly brings you up to speed...
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Election Daily #12: The Gloves Are Off
With just over a week until polling, the three largest parties come out fighting... over the same stuff they were fighting about last week. Plus, which one is Zayn again?
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Election Daily #11: Fight For Your Right
The campaign is shaken by a poll suggesting FG's lead over its rivals has halved in under a fortnight. Coalitions are thrown back onto the agenda...
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Election Daily #10: Labour and FF - polls apart?
After Enda Kenny slams the door in Fianna Fáil's face, Joan Burton opens a window. Will Micheal Martin be below with a ghettoblaster? Plus, a stunning new opinion poll...
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Election Daily #9: Two Tribes, Phoney War
A weekend opinion poll confirms the electorate are only going one way - so why is it taking so long for Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to clearly rule out a deal?
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Election Daily #8: And Still So Quiet?
After so much shouting in the first TV debate, suddenly the campaign gets all quiet - as everyone listens for news from the Special Criminal Court. Gavan Reilly presents.
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Election Daily #7: History Repeating?
The four major leaders prepare for the first TV debate, Fianna Fail launches its manifesto, and Joan Burton's seat could be under threat... Gavan Reilly's daily update.
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Election Daily #6: Why Can't We Be Friends?
As the tone lightens, and a poll shows the coalition falling short of re-election right now, everyone's back to sniping at each other. Only 16 days to go...
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Election Daily #5: Crime and Punishment
A second gangland murder in four days has turned attention to the parties' stance on justice and crime. Plus, Gav dives deep into fiscal space. (Involves humming...)
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Election Daily #4: Judged By Their Peers
The aftermath of a shooting in broad daylight at a Dublin hotel last Friday casts a shadow over Election 2016 - and poses questions for Sinn Féin. Gavan Reilly dives in.
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Election Daily #3: Launches, Launches Everywhere
It's Day 3 of the campaign - and as four parties launch their campaigns, the smearing is now in full swing. Today FM's Gavan Reilly takes it all in...
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Election Daily #2: Flying Into Outer Fiscal Space
Day 2 of the campaign was again dominated by the economy - and by "fiscal space", whatever that is. Today FM's Gavan Reilly reviews the day...
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Interview: Shane Ross (Independent Alliance)
In an interview with Today FM's Gavan Reilly, Shane Ross explains the Independent Alliance - and denies it's just a vehicle to get him into cabinet.
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Interview: Paul Murphy (AAA-PBP)
Paul Murphy of the newly-combined Anti-Austerity Alliance-People Before Profit tells Gavan Reilly that electing a left-wing government won't, by itself, bring revolution.
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Interview: Paul Bradford (Renua)
Paul Bradford of RENUA Ireland tells Gavan Reilly about the difficulties starting a new policy - and how the party isn't just a vehicle for pro-life members of Fine Gael.
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Interview: Stephen Donnelly (Social Democrats)
Doesn't a 'Nordic model' just mean everyone pays high taxes? Not so, says Stephen Donnelly of the Social Democrats, in an interview with Gavan Reilly.
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Election Daily #1: And they're off!
After months of shadow boxing, Election 2016 is finally upon us. In his first daily update, Today FM's Gavan Reilly casts an eye back over the day's events on the trail.