The conversation of the week in politics is summarised by Hugh Linehan, Cormac McQuinn, and Jennifer Bray. They touch upon:
· Unsettling events that occurred during the past two weeks, featuring councillors who underwent physical as well as verbal assault while promoting candidates for the imminent local elections. This has brought forth a new dynamic that is not commonly observed in earlier elections.
· The group explore what the survey results suggest about the current fluctuating state of public opinion.
· In addition, neither Northern Ireland’s current First Minister, Michelle O’Neill, nor former First Minister, Arlene Foster, has come out unscathed from the UK’s investigation into Covid-19 response.
The group’s attention then turns onto the Dublin city centre’s new nightclub, specifically for those over 23, promising to be a grand, loud and eye-catching venue.
The Dublin-Monaghan bombings are another topic that’s brought up. A reference was made to the gritty reality of that day, marking the departure from normalcy into a chaotic and harrowing scene akin to hell on Earth.
Notably, the panel identifies their top picks from the week:
· A piece by Ronan McGreevey marking half a century since the Dublin-Monaghan bombings.
· The exploration of migration arithmetics by Laura Kennedy.
· Stephen Collins offers an insight into Micheál Martin’s political adversaries deferring their significant course of action.
