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Left or Right politics - why do we have to pick a side?

There’s lots of discussion around left-wing and right-wing politics, but what about those voter...

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18.24 5 Nov 2025


Left or Right politics - why do we have to pick a side?


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18.24 5 Nov 2025


There’s lots of discussion around left-wing and right-wing politics, but what about those voters in the middle, who don’t identify with either view? To chat about the growing popularity of left and right discourse in Irish society, Ciara Doherty is joined by Kevin Cunningham, Lecturer in Politics at TU Dublin, and Dr Graham Finlay, Assistant Professor in the School of Politics and International Relations UCD.

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