Behind the Ballot

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Behind the Ballot

Go behind the scenes of General Election 2024 with RTÉ's David McCullagh, Katie Hannon and Fran McNulty as they guide you through the campaign and what's really going on. Stay up to date as the battle begins for your vote.

  1. 02/12/2024

    Winners, Losers and Florida David!

    Fran and Katie discuss the results of GE24, the winners and losers, and who might flirt with whom to form a government. They are also joined by David McCullagh but all is not as it seems.

    27 min

  2. 29/11/2024

    Crunching the numbers - what does the exit poll tell us?

    David and Katie discuss the exit poll with Mícheál Lehane and Joe Mag Raollaigh. Sinn Féin and Fine Gael appear neck and neck while Fianna Fáil are following closely behind, the team also ponder the unusual situation with the Limerick city ballot paper where Q comes before O!

    22 min

  3. 27/11/2024

    Big spenders, FG's lingering Louth problem & No2s

    Katie, Fran and David are joined by Liz Carolan of The Briefing to discuss which parties are the big spenders on social media. The trio also analyse the latest poll to drop and examine Simon Harris' reminder that there are two candidates running in Louth.

    27 min

  4. 27/11/2024

    Memorable one-liners and 'coalition-ology'

    David, Katie and Fran dissect the Prime Time Leaders Debate and are joined on the podcast couch by Miriam O'Callaghan and Sarah McInerney who give them the inside scoop on what the atmosphere was like in studio.

    27 min

  5. 25/11/2024

    Harris in Kanturk, getting polled over, and Labour the greenest party? 

    Fine Gael might want to forget about the last few days as the reaction from that exchange in Kanturk has put them under pressure. To compound things more, two polls were released indicating support for them had dropped. David, Fran, and Katie also take a look at a climate policy rating that has given Labour the bragging rights over the Greens.

    20 min

  6. 22/11/2024

    Sinn Féin and RTÉ, Fine Gael's coddle and Independent challenges

    Katie, Fran and David are joined by a chilly Paul Cunningham to look back on the week that saw more squabbles breaking out, Sinn Féin put the spotlight on RTÉ and Paschal Donohue become a food influencer.

    29 min

  7. 21/11/2024

    Bruised egos, Greens v Labour and social media eyeballs

    Accusations of bruised egos from Peadar Tóibín after Micheál Martin ruled out doing business with him. Sinn Féin’s policy on Ukraine has also been getting attention, but does foreign policy affect voting? And which parties are winning on social media? ThinkHouse's Donagh Humphreys is on hand to give Fran, David, and Katie the surprising stats.

    32 min

  8. 20/11/2024

    Attack ads, Foley defines a 'crisis' and posturing posters

    Wednesday took a feisty turn as Fine Gael launched a US-style attack ad on Sinn Féin, while Fianna Fáil are the latest party to find themselves in a spot of trouble with the teachers. David, Katie, and Fran were also joined by RTÉ Entertainment’s Alan Corr who talked them through the highs and lows of posters.

    26 min
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Go behind the scenes of General Election 2024 with RTÉ's David McCullagh, Katie Hannon and Fran McNulty as they guide you through the campaign and what's really going on. Stay up to date as the battle begins for your vote.

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