Know your Constituency
by RTÉ Radio 1
Latest episode
Updates after close of nominations | Know Your Constituency
Updates after close of nominations | Know Your Constituency
About this podcast
RTÉ Radio 1's podcast map of the 43 constituencies that will make up the 34th Dáil. In 43 separate episodes, Barry Lenihan brings us through all the essentials: the seats, the geography, the boundary changes, plus the inside story on party strategies, turf-wars and political dynasties. With contributions from Cuan Ó Seireadáin, Gary Murphy, Theresa Reidy, Áine Ní Bhreisleáin, Cathal Mullaney and Sarah McGuinness. Presented by Claire Byrne, Colm Ó Mongáin, Sarah McInerney, Cormac Ó hEadhra and Rachael English.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 44 episodes
- Updates after close of nominations | Know Your Constituency · 2 minJoin Barry Lenihan on the Know Your Constituency podcast as he updates all 43 episodes with the latest from the General Election campaign. With 686 candidates now confirmed…
- Carlow-Kilkenny | Know Your Constituency · 19 min*UPDATED - Listen from 14:39 for Barry's mid-campaign update* | One candidate is tipped to "cling to their seat like a limpet", but it's all to play for here. RTÉ Radio's Barry…
- Clare | Know Your Constituency · 22 min*UPDATED - Listen from 16:29 for Barry's mid-campaign update* | "Ennis is now the largest town outside of Leinster - which, when you say that to people, always surprises them!"…
- Cavan-Monaghan | Know Your Constituency · 20 min*UPDATED - Listen from 16:38 for Barry's mid-campaign update* | Can Fine Gael find a strategy to replace Heather Humphreys' polling power? Or will other parties capitalise on her…
- Cork East | Know Your Constituency · 15 min*UPDATED - Listen from 12:43 for Barry's mid-campaign update* | "Possibly the most significant changes in the entire boundary review". RTÉ Radio's Barry Lenihan and Professor…
- Cork North-Central | Know Your Constituency · 20 min*UPDATED - Listen from 15:13 for Barry's mid-campaign update* | Boundary changes have created a "Frankenstein" constituency, according to one observer, as Cork North-Central…
- Cork South-West | Know Your Constituency · 18 min*UPDATED - Listen from 14:38 for Barry's mid-campaign update* This constituency saw the return of the longest-priced winner of a seat in the 2020 election, so nothing can be…
- Dublin Bay North | Know Your Constituency · 23 min*UPDATED - Listen from 19:14 for Barry's mid-campaign update* | "A Grand National Field" battles for 5 seats, with just two incumbents returning & several candidates in the…
- Cork South-Central | Know Your Constituency · 19 min*UPDATED - Listen from 14:49 for Barry's mid-campaign update* | "They like their political rockstars in Cork South Central". So says one party source, in Barry Lenihan's preview…
- Cork North-West | Know Your Constituency · 16 min*UPDATED - Listen from 12:18 for Barry's mid-campaign update* | "This is an old-style shoot-out between the Civil War parties, ever since the creation of the constituency in…
- Donegal | Know Your Constituency · 23 min*UPDATED - Listen from 18:36 for Barry's mid-campaign update* | "It's a canvasser's nightmare!" RTÉ Radio's Barry Lenihan previews the vast Donegal 5-seat constituency, with…
- Dublin Bay South | Know Your Constituency · 23 min*UPDATED - Listen from 17:55 for Barry's mid-campaign update* "This is a cage-fight of a constituency". RTÉ Radio's Barry Lenihan and Cuan Ó Seireadáin, Political Correspondent…
- Dublin Fingal West | Know Your Constituency · 19 min*UPDATED - Listen from 15:21 for Barry's mid-campaign update* | A 5-seater splits in two, and two incumbents stand their ground in Dublin Fingal West, while the boundary changes…
- Dublin Mid-West | Know Your Constituency · 19 min*UPDATED - Listen from 15:32 for Barry's mid-campaign update* | Can Sinn Féin hold two seats in Dublin Mid-West? Is a Fine Gael Minister happy with her running mate? Will Fianna…
- Dublin Central | Know Your Constituency · 24 min*UPDATED - Listen from 18:36 for Barry's mid-campaign update* Political heavyweights, party rivalries, and high-profile Independents mean Dublin Central becomes a 'bear-pit' of a…
- Dublin Fingal East | Know Your Constituency · 21 min*UPDATED - Listen from 16:25 for Barry's mid-campaign update* | A newly-created 3-seater, with housing front-and-centre of the issues as the Housing Minister stands in Dublin…
- Dublin South-West | Know Your Constituency · 18 min*UPDATED - Listen from 15:25 for Barry's mid-campaign update* From witchcraft to 'the Hooligan', and even mention of a 'ménage à trois' - things go down different in Dublin South…
- Dublin North-West | Know Your Constituency · 21 min*UPDATED - Listen from 17:16 for Barry's mid-campaign update* Amid a welcome return for Fine Gael, the Social Democrats push to keep a seat in an area where they were founded. A…
- Dublin Rathdown | Know Your Constituency · 24 min*UPDATED - Listen from 19:58 for Barry's mid-campaign update* | One of the so-called 'crown jewels' for Fine Gael, but news reaching the studio during recording means this takes…
- Dublin South-Central | Know Your Constituency · 20 min*UPDATED - Listen from 16:14 for Barry's mid-campaign update* | "It's often been called the Peoples' Republic of Dublin South Central", but will previous patterns continue in…
