Parts of Dublin will come to a near standstill this week as security ramps up for two major EU summits in the city centre on Thursday and Friday.
On today’s Inside Politics podcast our Europe correspondent in Brussels, Jack Power, and our political editor Pat Leahy explain what is at stake.
News of a breakthrough in talks between unions and the government over a public sector pay deal may have averted a ‘work to rule’ strike by Gardaí on Thursday which would have hampered security during the event.
Host Hugh Linehan also asks Pat and Jack to reflect on the prospect of eurosceptic far-right leaders being elected in France, Germany and Poland next year.
And Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Trinity College Dublin on Tuesday.
Presented by Hugh Linehan. Produced by Andrew McNair.
