World of Politics with Harry McGee

A remarkable feature about Irish politics — and I suppose it applies to politics anywhere — is that it mixes the minutiae of local life with the big macro global issues of the day.

If you reel through the debates, or the parliamentary questions, there will be questions about concerns raised by TDs and Senators about a school hall, or a local road, or about hedge cutting on country roads.

You will often find that TDs, when making speeches in the Dáil, will often namecheck nearly........

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