Pact Hunch

<p>Mark and guests digest the Chancellor's budget and the implications for Northern Ireland. With Secretary of State Hilary Benn, Prof Jodie Carson, Caroline Keenan &amp; Andrew Webb.</p> 

Mark Carruthers asks Dr Sean Haughey, Professor Duncan Morrow, Chris Donnelly and Tim Cairns if Stormont must reform to survive. 

Mark Carruthers discusses the state of the Alliance Party with David Ford, Jayne McCormack, David McCann and Jon Tonge. 

The negotiations end and the deal is done. Declan and Tara learn about Ulster Month, during which the Northern government could opt in to a 32-county Ireland. And they ask whether the Treaty really is the document which signs and seals the creation of Northern Ireland. 

The Democratic Unionist Party has agreed to end its boycott of Northern Ireland's power-sharing assembly, concluding two years of post-Brexit paralysis. Our reporter Olivia Fletcher joins us from Belfast on the latest deliberations. Plus: Reg Empey, former leader of the Ulster Un ... Show More

Host Ailbhe Rea hits the campaign trail in the greater Glasgow constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West, where a high-profile by-election battle between Labour and the ruling Scottish National Party looks very much like next year's general election in Scotland in microcosm. A ... Show More

Will changes to post-Brexit trading rules for Northern Ireland be enough to keep both hardline Brexiteer Tory MPs and the Democratic Unionist Party onside? Lizzy Burden joins us from Westminster with the latest. Bloomberg's Yuan Potts and Stephen Carroll discuss the impact of a d ... Show More

<p>Pour la première fois depuis la partition de l’île en&nbsp;1921, l’Irlande du Nord sera dirigée par le Sinn fein, parti qui est favorable à l’unification de l’île. Pour «&nbsp;La Story&nbsp;», le podcast d’actualité des «&nbsp;Echos&nbsp;», Michèle Warnet et son invitée revien ... Show More