# Pat Leahy

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Latest poll numbers show neither Government nor Opposition all that popular with electorate

Pat Leahy and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: In the first Irish Times national poll since February, the lack of movement in party support points to an electorate not wholly enamoured by the incumbent Government but not exactly enthused about the alternative…

Siobhán Fenton worked for Sinn Féin. She explains why it has not won power

Sinn Fein emerged from 2020's general election in pole position to challenge Fine Gael and Fianna Fail and potentially take power next time around. That didn't happen, with support ebbing away as a series of events, both internal and external, shook the party's confidence. That's the picture painte…

Chambers warns departments over overspending

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Budget 2027: Does this giveaway budget have potential banana skins that might lie ahead for the Government?

First up on this budget special, host Ciarán Hancock was joined on the line by Irish Times political editor Pat Leahy from Leinster House who took us through the headline elements of the budget. In part two we focused on childcare, where many parents are put to the pin of their collar paying for th…

Political journalist Pat Leahy and Damien discuss RTE funding controversy

As widely reported this morning (Friday), RTE is likely to get the 20m it lost in the Budget if the broadcaster satisfies Government that its reform and redundancy programme is on track, senior Cabinet figures believe. There were interventions from the Taoiseach and the Tanaiste yesterday after th…

RTÉ funding snub not a good look for Patrick O’Donovan

Pat Leahy and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: The fallout from Budget 2027 has been minimal, save for Minister for Media Patrick O’Donovan’s eleventh-hour decision to cut State subvention to RTÉ by €20 million. Having seen his department pre-budget demands not …

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Public Sector Strike To Go Ahead Despite Govt's Last Ditch Appeal To Unions

Public sector workers will strike on Wednesday despite a final plea from Government for unions to enter into talks to work out a new pay deal. Pat Leahy, political editor with the Irish Times, Joe Neville, Fine Gael TD for Kildare North, and Linda Kelly, general secretary of the Association of Sec…

How will the public sector pay dispute end?

Leinster House today was filled with sympathy for Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport Patrick O’Donovan who took ill during an EU presidency meeting in Limerick on Tuesday. On today’s podcast Hugh speaks to Irish Times political editor Pat Leahy and political correspondent Jack Horgan-Jo…

As the fight over the next EU budget intensifies, what’s in it for Ireland?

Pat Leahy and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: Thursday evening in Brussels saw much wrangling over the EU’s proposed €1.6tn budget. As holders of EU presidency, Ireland has a neutral dealmaker role to play - but as one of the net contributors to the pot, …