The Front Bench: Recent Episodes
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Bertie Ahern, Nora Owen and Pat Rabbitte are counting down to the general election each week giving their experience and insights of what really goes on in the campaign.
On the final Front Bench podcast for GE16, Bertie Ahern, Nora Owen and Pat Rabbitte give their thoughts to Fionnan Sheahan on the final election result.
'We're in uncharted waters,' according to Bertie Ahern, and the reality of another election within the next 18 months is a real possibility.
The Front Bench on what results we can expect from GE16, the looking instability and why nihilist politics is a danger.
The Front Bench give predictions for their own constituencies and it's not good news for Fine Gael or Labour.
The Front Bench on the mistakes made by Fine Gael and Labour in the GE16 election campaign while Bertie Ahern says Sinn Fein should have ditched Gerry Adams earlier.
On the final show before polling day, the Front Bench give their predictions for GE16 and what that will mean for the make up of the next government and beyond.
Will it mean the end of civil war politics exactly one hundred years on from the Easter Rising?
Or are we facing into a period of instability and uncertainty which could damage our economic viability?
The Front Bench on how and why Fine Gael and Labour have got their campaign message wrong - and what they need to do to fix it.
What kind of government will be formed in the wake of #GE16? The Front Bench deliberate on the options ahead.
Pat Rabbitte compares Stephen Donnelly to Harry Potter on the TV debate, why Richard Boyd Barrett's populism doesn't hold up, and where have the leaders gone?