All eyes are on the Green party this week as the three parties hoping to form a government consult internally on whether or not to go for it.
The smart money says Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil will ratify the proposed programme for government, but Green party leader Eamon Ryan has a much more difficult task.
Dr Theresa Reidy, political scientist at UCC was this week’s guest on the podcast to discuss that, the wider political climate and where exactly politics is going today.