Mooney on Irish Politics Podcast
1) The fallout from that FF report
In this penultimate podcast of 2025 I look at the fallout from Fianna Fáil's review into the disastrous Áras 2025 campaign and which of the several competing analyses of what happens next, I agree wit...Show More
2) Is Fianna Fáil a political party still?
In this very short episode (based on a recent local radio interview) I wonder if Fianna Fáil is still a serious political party? The leadership's mishandling of the presidential campaign is now compou...Show More
3) Delays and resets... FF and FG face changes
In this week's episode Derek throws an eye over the impact on government stability of the departure of Pascal Donohoe for the World bank... and wonders why Taoiseach Micheál Martin now questions the l...Show More
4) Three Fianna Fáil camps are not at all equal...
In this episode I do two things... First, I explain why the "unsure" camp in the currently divided Fianna Fáil parliamentary party is in single digits and the pro and anti Martin factions are almost e...Show More
5) From Thatcher to Nixon in 48 hours
The damage being done to the Keep Martin campaign... by the Keep Martin campaign... makes the Gavin presidential bid look masterful. Their latest line that a move against martin needs a challenger at ...Show More
6) Let's call them spills... rather than heaves
As we look back at the Haughey era... though Maire Geoghegan Quinn never actually used this phrase back in 1991 (one year before Haughey's actual departure) her reference to the haughey era was seen a...Show More
7) Has a 3 way #Aras2025 race become a two-way-one?
After today's The Week in Politics debate and the Sunday Independent poll numbers, I take a very quick look at the evolving Irish presidential election and conclude (once again) that it will be hugely...Show More
8) Just so long as you vote for me
With Fianna Fáil picking its Aras candidate in 2 days time, Derek looks at how the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party may be about to re-exert its authority by refusing to declare a winner before its vot...Show More
9) 7 years to prepare for #Aras2025 and this is what we get...
In this episode I discuss the evolving political manoeuvres ahead of the 2025 presidential race. Internal Fine Gael turmoil after the withdrawal of Mairead McGuinness should be a boon for Sinn Féin an...Show More
10) My 2025 Summer Political Reading List
This is the podcast to go with my 9th annual political reading list (See list online) As the name suggests, the books on the list have a political theme or connection, be it Irish, European or global....Show More