Not another week of RTEgate, summer statement, hate bill queasiness
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On today\\u2019s Inside Politics podcast Hugh Linehan is joined by Pat Leahy and Jennifer Bray to discuss the week in politics:
- The crisis at RT\\xc9 is entering its third week but, with appearances by Ryan Tubridy and Noel Kelly before an Oireachtas committee and the takeover by Kevin Bakhurst as Director General all happening next week, the story is not going away, much as weary RT\\xc9 executives and politicians might want it to.
- The Summer Economic Statement prompted some criticism from economists opposed to excessive spending - but little from opposition politicians. Why?
- Opposition to hate speech legislation currently making its way through the Seanad is filling up the inboxes of politicians like Fianna Fail\\u2019s Lisa Chambers. But do people\\u2019s concerns have much to do with what\\u2019s actually in the bill?
Plus the panel recommend their Irish Times articles of the week:
- Newton Emerson on the complexities of talking about how a United Ireland would actually work
- John Fitzgerald on whether the IDA\\u2019s current strategy is right for an Ireland of inflation, full employment and overstretched services.
- Patrick Freyne\\u2019s guide to the year\\u2019s best TV
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