Brigid Laffan

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206 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 20 Sep

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Brendan O'Connor · Newspaper Panel · 28 Jun 2026 podcast

but the polarisation is here.

But on the SOC Dems, if we think back to the spring tide, I mean, Labour was that strong at one stage and Labour has now be calmed at about 4%.

So the SOC Dems also, there is a vote there for them.

Exactly.

If you think back to, if you think back.

So what's very clear is fragmentation, polarisation and much more difficult government formation.

So we have no idea what government emerges from this.

It is.

I think what we clearly see from O'Callaghan and also from the fact that 17 Fianna Fáil TDs and Senators signed this letter on the triple lock is that there's a phony war going on as to who will lead Fianna Fáil into the next election.

And what I would read from this is it's not just unlikely to be Micheál Martin, it won't be.

I think I'd be that determined.

Well, I don't think Trump can go back to full-scale war because he has the midterms coming up and it has cost the US.

Both Putin's war and Trump's war in Iran have shown us that overwhelming military power has limited effectiveness.

All that we've got in Iran is the closure of the Straits of Hormuz, which any strategist would have said would be the likely outcome.

So he can't afford, Trump can't afford...

to go back.

So I would expect there to be, to continue to be some uncertainty on the Straits of Hormuz.

But of course, the Iranians have now learned that they have the, they've discovered the Achilles heel of US power against them.

And they're going to use it and going to continue to use it.

But the relaunch of a full-scale war, I just can't see it.

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