Lucinda Creighton, a former Fine Gael TD and one-time Minister of State for European Affairs, believes that the general election campaign was lacklustre, and was defined by a lack of big ideas or policy debate.
In this podcast with Ian Kehoe, she argues that the lack of policy clash is due to the fact that Fianna Fail and Fine Gael have moved to the centre-left and are now coalescing around the same ideas.
Plus, Creighton argues that the only thing that differentiated most of the political parties was how much money they were willing to spend soliciting votes. In this podcast, she also talks about Ireland’s waning influence in Europe, the issue of government formation, and ideology in politics.
Michael Dawson has had a varied career. He started out in politics in the late 70s, booked out the RDS for Italia 90, built up the business One4All and sold it for €100 million. In this podcast, he talks to Alison Cowzer about his personal journey, revealing lessons for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Paschal Taggart has been at the heart of Irish business for more than four decades. In this exclusive interview with Sam Smyth, he talks about how a man from Antrim became a pillar of Irish commerce.
The Quinn family spent eight years waiting for vindication. Then, just days into their legal action with the former Anglo Irish Bank, the family unceremoniously dropped the case and walked away with nothing. The full story behind the complete surrender has never been told. Until now.
