That Was The Week with Gavan Reilly

Join Gavan Reilly for a weekly look back at the stories that dominated the previous seven days - and catch up on what you might have missed.

TWTW Special: Long Live the Leader

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.

06-02
32:54

That Was The Week: May 27th, 2017

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.

05-26
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That Was The Week: May 19th, 2017

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.

05-19
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That Was The Week: May 13th, 2017

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

05-12
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That Was The Week: May 6th, 2017

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...

05-05
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That Was The Week: April 29th, 2017

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.

04-28
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TWTW-end: April 24th, 2017... After the Assembly

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?

04-24
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That Was The Week: March 25th, 2017

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.

03-24
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That Was The Week: March 20th, 2017

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.

03-20
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That Was The Week: March 11th, 2017

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

03-10
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That Was The Week: March 4th, 2017

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.

03-03
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That Was The Week: February 25th, 2017

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.

02-24
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That Was The Week: February 18th, 2017

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.

02-23
43:47

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

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

02-26
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Election Daily #16: The Ghost of Scandals Past

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?

02-24
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Election Daily #15: The Final Countdown

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?

02-23
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Election Daily #14: Winging it and Whingeing it

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.

02-22
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Election Daily #13: All Guns Blazing

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...

02-19
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Election Daily #12: The Gloves Are Off

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?

02-18
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Election Daily #11: Fight For Your Right

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...

02-17
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