World of Politics with Hartry McGee

Who thought this minor row over speaking rights in the Dáil would have rumbled on for a fortnight and threatened to derail the whole political process?

The wrangle was a real ‘inside baseball’ moment – politicians from all sides getting wound up over an issue that was, to be frank, the wrong issue … not Storm Éowyn; or the fact that Donald Trump was imposing tariffs against with the abandon of a farmer firing buckshots at random crows.

On Tuesday this week we were still in the situation where more than 25,000 homes, businesses and farms were still without power after twelve days. And it........

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