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The back-stop鈥檚 here? Bad puns with top political coverage from Northern Ireland. Red Lines brings you essential analysis and commentary by 大象传媒 NI鈥檚 politics team.

Updated: weekly
Episodes available: indefinitely

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    How to make capital on the Hill

    Wed 9 Jun 2021

    "It's a contact sport over here."

  • I'm a Politician... Get Me Out of Here!

    Wed 2 Jun 2021

    What will Arlene Foster do next? Mark and guests discuss the former DUP leader's options

  • Poll Position

    Wed 26 May 2021

    If the latest poll is right - the political landscape here is in for quite a shake-up.

  • Unpicking the Poots Putsch

    Wed 19 May 2021

    What will a Poots-led DUP look like - and how will we measure success or not?

  • Ruffling feathers in Foyle

    Wed 12 May 2021

    Mark & guests discuss Sinn F茅in's problems in the Foyle constituency.

  • A reformation for Protestants?

    Wed 5 May 2021

    "When Unionism is challenged it looks for the Lundy."

  • Over & Oust

    Wed 28 Apr 2021

    Mark Devenport & Ken Reid join Mark to assess Arlene Foster's leadership of the DUP.

  • Bengoa Calling

    Wed 21 Apr 2021

    Can you ever take the politics out of health?

  • Royals, republicans and rancour

    Wed 14 Apr 2021

    Could coming together to pay tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh reset the mood at Stormont?

  • Funeral fallout

    Wed 31 Mar 2021

    "We're in some political version of WWE Royal Rumble - you're not sure where to look."

  • Uniting Ireland? Views from the Republic.

    Wed 24 Mar 2021

    Assessing the debate around a united Ireland & a border poll - from the Republic.

  • C茅ad M铆le Zooms

    Tue 16 Mar 2021

    Enda Kenny & Sir Christopher Meyer reminisce about US St Patrick's Day celebrations.

  • The Impartial Reporter

    Wed 10 Mar 2021

    Bias, balance and big media.

  • Making a drama out of a crisis

    Wed 3 Mar 2021

    What makes a good Troubles drama?

  • Lifting lockdown

    Wed 24 Feb 2021

    Rating different roadmaps to recovery

  • Red herrings & Swiss cheese

    Wed 17 Feb 2021

    Time to catch our political breath...?

  • 'United Kingdom, disunited message'

    Wed 10 Feb 2021

    Does four still go into one?

  • EU-turn if you want to.

    Wed 3 Feb 2021

    Mark & guests discuss the fallout from the EU's decision to trigger Article 16

  • Brake for the border...

    Wed 27 Jan 2021

    How has the relationship between Stormont & Dublin impacted on the battle with covid19?

  • Make America relate again

    Wed 20 Jan 2021

    How to top Trump's Presidency?

  • Zooming into Stormont

    Wed 13 Jan 2021

    How has the first year in the Assembly been for three of the newest MLAs?

  • Union flak?

    Wed 6 Jan 2021

    Has the DUP fired the starting gun on its 2022 election campaign?

  • Covid-19 in 2020

    Wed 16 Dec 2020

    "As many twists and turns as Bill Bailey on Strictly."

  • Talks, deals and a 'forty foot barge pole'

    Wed 9 Dec 2020

    "I feel I don't have another one in me."

  • Legacy troubles

    Wed 2 Dec 2020

    "I think we are at a tipping point."

  • Centenary Sensitivities

    Wed 25 Nov 2020

    "Do you mark the centenary or celebrate it?"

  • Mandatory collision

    Wed 18 Nov 2020

    "It just doesn't work."

  • The Biden Identity

    Wed 11 Nov 2020

    Will Joe Biden's Irish heritage influence his Presidency?

  • Union flagging?

    Wed 4 Nov 2020

    Could coronavirus kill the Union?

  • Polls: Leaders, parties & the border

    Wed 28 Oct 2020

    Mark Carruthers chats to Suzanne Breen, Chris Donnelly and Newton Emerson.

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