It's All Politics is hosted by Ursula Savage as she takes a look at political stories of the day in Ireland, north and south, and further afield.
With a blend of guest interviews and free-flowing discussions, the It's All Politics podcast discusses the political stories of the day and why they are important.
Formerly known as The Personal Politics Podcast.
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Interview with Irish Language Commissioner Pól Deeds
Host Ursula Savage interviews Irish Language Commissioner Pól Deeds about his plans for the role, discussing challenges and balancing the needs of the Irish language community.
9 Dec 2025
Supreme Court ruling on religious education & taking a look at the budget
Host Ursula and Aoife analyze the Supreme Court's religious education ruling and dissect recent budget announcements, exploring the financial challenges faced by Stormont politicians in this interview.
14 Nov 2025
Ursula & Aoife: Invitations accepted and declined, the DUP's recent actions
Ursula and Aoife analyze Deputy First Minister Emma Little Pengelly's absence at Catherine Connolly's inauguration and DUP Minister Paul Givan's Israel trip, questioning their dedication to power-sharing in this interview episode.
31 Oct 2025
Landslide victory, spoiled votes, and future elections.
Ursula and Aoife analyze Catherine Connolly's presidential election victory, explore spoiled votes, and examine efforts to expand voting access for Irish citizens abroad in this interview.
23 Oct 2025
Interview with Jemma Dolan MLA
Ursula Savage interviews Jemma Dolan, Sinn Féin MLA, who discusses her path to politics, her focus as an MLA, and how a united Ireland could help border communities.
16 Oct 2025
The Presidential Election: The campaign so far
Hosts Ursula Savage and Aoife Clements examine the Irish Presidential campaign, contrasting Catherine Connolly's and Heather Humphreys' strategies while questioning motivations for seeking the role in this interview episode.
8 May 2025
Interview: Robbie Butler MLA, Deputy Leader of the UUP
In this episode we have an interview with Robbie Butler, MLA for Lagan Valley and Deputy Leader of the UUP.
During our conversation we discuss how Robbie first became involved in elected politics, his varied career before then. Robbie chats about faith, fostering and the future.
1 May 2025
Co-host episode: Presidential possibilities & interpretation of gender in legislation
Personal Politics is growing! In this episode host Ursula Savage is joined by Aoife Clements, founder of 50:50NI, as her co-host as they discuss some current political issues of the day.
With the Irish Presidential Election coming up, Ursula and Aoife discuss the potential candidates for the November poll, the nature of the role of President and why this campaign is guaranteed to be an interesting one.
Following this Aoife leads the discussion on the recent Supreme Court decision on the interpretation of gender in equality legislation and they discuss where the motivations for the case came from and what it could mean for the wider gender discussion.
Subscribe and stay tuned for more one-on-one interviews with political figures and more joint episodes taking a broader look at the political landscape.
20 Feb 2025
Aoife Clements, Founder of 50:50 NI
Today's guest is Aoife Clements, PhD student and founder of the 50:50 NI organisation which works to encourage more women to get involved in politics. We discussed everything from why we have so few women in political life, how to change that and why that is for the better, and what she thinks of gender quotas.
You can find more information on the work of 50:50 here: https://5050ni.com/
13 Feb 2025
David Mc Cann, Deputy Editor, Commentator & Lecturer
In this week’s episode, I chat with Dr David McCann, Deputy Editor of Slugger O’Toole, political commentator and lecturer.
We discussed his early memories of politics, why he finds the field so interesting and which politicians are best at standing out from the crowd at a time when politicians are under scrutiny more than ever.
27 Nov 2024
Claire Hanna MP, Leader of the SDLP
In this week’s episode, we chat to Claire Hanna about her early years in politics, her opinions on the current state of our politics and her hopes for the SDLP now that she has become party leader.
19 Nov 2024
Eoghan Murphy, former TD & Minister of Housing
Our guest today is Eoghan Murphy, former Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South and the Minister of Housing Planning and Local Government between 2017 and 2020.
We discussed his new book, Running from Office, written based on his experience in Irish politics before his surprise resignation in 2021.
13 Nov 2024
Brian Mahon, Political Correspondent with the Irish Daily Mail
I first met Brian over 12 years ago when we both did the Legislative Studies and Practice Masters Course in Queen’s University, Belfast. Brian is originally from Longford and studied a degree in History, Politics and International Relations in UCD. Following the Masters in Belfast he spent several years working as a lobbyist in London, before returning to UCD to do a Masters in Journalism. After spending several years with The Times Ireland, he now works as a political correspondent with the Irish Daily Mail.
Brian spoke to us about working in political media, the impact of social media, and advice for his 16 year old self.
11 Nov 2024
Chris Hazzard, South Down MP
Today's guest is Chris Hazzard, MP for South Down. First co-opted as an MLA to the Stormont Assembly in April 2012 at the age of 26, Chris was the youngest MLA in the Assembly at that time. He went on to become Minister for Infrastructure in May 2016 until the institutions collapsed the following year. He then became MP for his home constituency of South Down in the 2017 Westminster election, becoming the first Sinn Féin MP to hold the seat and has held the seat ever since.
9 Nov 2024
Personal Politics Intro Ep
This is Personal Politics with Ursula Savage.
Join me as I speak to politicians, policy-makers, journalists, campaigners and many others as we hear what motivated them to become involved in political life, to listen to their stories, find out what they’ve learnt so far and discover what they would like to see come next.
It’s easier to understand the politics, when we get to know the people. This is personal politics.
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