That Was The Week with Gavan Reilly

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TWTW Special: Long Live the Leader

2017-06-0232:54

Leo Varadkar has been elected Fine Gael leader. In two weeks, he becomes Ireland's youngest ever Taoiseach. This is his first press conference after election.

That Was The Week: May 27th, 2017

2017-05-26--:--

As Leo Varadkar and Simon Coveney take to the country to spread their visions for Fine Gael - and Ireland - Gavan Reilly goes deep into their first head-to-head debate.

That Was The Week: May 19th, 2017

2017-05-19--:--

Enda Kenny's announced he's away... so in this special edition, we play you Simon Coveney and Leo Varadkar's FULL press conferences as they unveiled their candidacies.

That Was The Week: May 13th, 2017

2017-05-12--:--

Another scandal threatens to engulf a Garda Commissioner. Has the government tied itself too much to her hip?

That Was The Week: May 6th, 2017

2017-05-05--:--

A busy week this week - with concerns about Saudi Arabia, abortion, Brexit and the National Maternity Hospital - and yet, it's all about the Dáil prayer...

That Was The Week: April 29th, 2017

2017-04-28--:--

Most of Ireland's hospitals and schools are owned by Church groups - but when rosaries and ovaries collide, a scandal isn't far away. Gavan Reilly dives in.

TWTW-end: April 24th, 2017... After the Assembly

2017-04-24--:--

The Citizens' Assembly is proposing a regime on abortion far more liberal than the politicians who set it up in the first place. Gavan Reilly asks: what happens now?

That Was The Week: March 25th, 2017

2017-03-24--:--

How much longer can Enda Kenny hang on by kicking for touch - and will it do us any good? Plus. Gavan Reilly grapples with the legacy of Martin McGuinness.

That Was The Week: March 20th, 2017

2017-03-20--:--

A few days later than usual, Gavan Reilly digests the Taoiseach's six-day, 7,500-mile trip to the US to meet Donald Trump.

That Was The Week: March 11th, 2017

2017-03-10--:--

Or, 'This bloody country'. Old horrors cast long shadows, as Gavan Reilly reports this week.

That Was The Week: March 4th, 2017

2017-03-03--:--

Mothers, babies, Grace, Travellers, Gardai, whistleblowers and water charges... it truly was a week of Ireland being haunted by ghosts of its past. With Gavan Reilly.

That Was The Week: February 25th, 2017

2017-02-24--:--

The era of Enda is coming to a quiet end. But can the government keep functioning while so many of its ministers are looking over their shoulders? With Gavan Reilly.

That Was The Week: February 18th, 2017

2017-02-2343:47

The extraordinary tale of how a false allegation of sex abuse against a Garda, may bring about the resignation of a Taoiseach. From start to finish, with Gavan Reilly.

Election Daily #17: All over... bar the voting

2016-02-26--:--

It's polling day - so Gavan Reilly reviews yesterday's final pitches, the campaign so far, and wonders where we all go from here.

Election Daily #16: The Ghost of Scandals Past

2016-02-24--:--

Everyone escaped mostly unhurt from the final TV debate... but a verbal slip-up causes a skeleton to briefly re-emerge from Enda Kenny's closet. Plus: Has Joan saved it?

Election Daily #15: The Final Countdown

2016-02-23--:--

The final poll of the campaign shows some serious momentum for Fianna Fáil - as its TDs present Michael Martin as a credible Taoiseach. It could never happen... could it?

Election Daily #14: Winging it and Whingeing it

2016-02-22--:--

Just when opinion polls were showing Fine Gael support stabilising again, Enda Kenny visits his home town - and calls the locals 'whingers'. And apologises... eventually.

Election Daily #13: All Guns Blazing

2016-02-19--:--

With a week to go to polling it's all back to square one. When in doubt: attack. Gavan Reilly brings you up to speed...

Election Daily #12: The Gloves Are Off

2016-02-18--:--

With just over a week until polling, the three largest parties come out fighting... over the same stuff they were fighting about last week. Plus, which one is Zayn again?

Election Daily #11: Fight For Your Right

2016-02-17--:--

The campaign is shaken by a poll suggesting FG's lead over its rivals has halved in under a fortnight. Coalitions are thrown back onto the agenda...

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