The Mick Clifford Podcast

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The Mick Clifford Podcast

Podcast by Irish Examiner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    THE BEND FOR HOME: Elaine Loughlin

    With just a week left before polling day, we take a look at where everybody and everything stands in the general election campaign. Has any issue really emerged to shape the narrative? Who is having a good election? Who is not? And which entities are most likely to form the next government. Irish Examiner Political Editor Elaine Loughlin joins the podcast to give the rundown on where exactly we are at. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    43 min
  2. Election Watch: Is housing the number one issue this election?

    3 DAYS AGO

    Election Watch: Is housing the number one issue this election?

    As polling day gets closer, the Irish Examiner and University College Cork have teamed up to present the Election Watch podcast. Have young people lost faith in Ireland’s politics? Is housing the number one issue this election? Will climate conversations really come up on the doorstep? Hosted by Irish Examiner columnist Mick Clifford, this podcast brings UCC experts and students together to examine these questions. This special podcast series comes direct from the UCC campus as we hear from a generation who could shape the result of this General Election. This week Mick Clifford talks to Irish Examiner's deputy political editor Paul Hosford, Dr Brendan O'Sullivan, Chartered Planner and Head of the UCC Centre for Planning Education & Research. Hayley O'Connell Vaughan, Communications & Events Officer, UCC Student Union & Reuben Murray, Gov & Pol student in UCC  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    44 min

  3. NOV 15

    SHOWTIME: Theresa Reidy

    Showtime was what political guru PJ Mara once described as the start of a general election campaign but how is this one going? We have had skirmishes, Michael O’Leary, housing and cost of living. Where do we go from here and what impact could AI have on this election. UCC political scientist Theresa Reidy joins the podcast to discuss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    39 min
  4. Election Watch: Have young people lost faith in Ireland’s politics?

    NOV 13

    Election Watch: Have young people lost faith in Ireland’s politics?

    As polling day gets closer, the Irish Examiner and University College Cork have teamed up to present the Election Watch podcast. Have young people lost faith in Ireland’s politics? Is housing the number one issue this election? Will climate conversations really come up on the doorstep? Hosted by Irish Examiner columnist Mick Clifford, this podcast brings UCC experts and students together to examine these questions. This special podcast series comes direct from the UCC campus as we hear from a generation who could shape the result of this General Election. This week Mick talks to Dr Philip Murphy, Lecturer in Politics in UCC and 3rd Year BSc Government and Political Science students, Alice Bogue & Caitlin Holland and Mia Poland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    42 min

  5. NOV 8

    SHOWTIME: Elaine Loughlin

    The posters have been printed, the canvassing routes worked out. The Taoiseach has made the call, the Dail has risen. Here comes general election 20204 with a handful of questions. How is everybody fixed? Who is going to win, who is going to lose and who will surprise us all. Irish Examiner political editor Elaine Loughlin joins the podcast to take a look at how the runners and riders at looking at the starting gun.    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    39 min

  6. NOV 6

    TRUMP’S TRUMP CARDS: Scott Lucas

    Donald Trump won the US presidential election in what many are describing as the greatest comeback in US political history. But how did he, a convicted felon, a man deemed by a civil court as sex abuser, a politician who induced multitudes to falsely believe that the electoral system in the USA was rigged. And what will a Trump presidency bring to the country and the wider world. Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute in UCD joins the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    35 min

  7. NOV 1

    The Mick Clifford Podcast: US election on a knife edge - but who will win?

    The Mick Clifford Podcast: US election on a knife edge - but who will win? Having gauged the temperature on both sides heading into next week's US presidential election, Mick Clifford tells Sean Murray about his experience at rallies for both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, rates both their chances and describes where this most pivotal of ballots could be won and lost.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    41 min

  8. OCT 29

    THE CRUCIBLE OF THE ELECTION: Penn State.

    This week’s podcast comes from Pennsylvania, where Mick has gone to take the temperature and see what makes MAGA tick. We have contributions from some of those who attended a major Trump rally last Saturday in the crucial state and we also have an interview with Ray Wrabley, Professor and Vice President of Academic Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown, that gives a fascinating insight into what has changed in US politics in recent decades to an extent that a huge opening has been created for Donald Trump. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    53 min
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  • Creator
    Irish Examiner
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2024
  • Episodes
    282
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