Irish Examiner Politics

Party Leaders ep2: Richard Boyd Barrett on why Ireland needs a left leaning government

Irish Examiner Politics

Show Notes

People Before Profit leader Richard Boyd Barrett speaks to the Irish Examiner's Paul Hosford ahead of the general election

In the latest of the Irish Examiner interviews with party leaders deputy political editor Paul Hosford spoke to Richard Boyd Barrett.

In a wide ranging conversation the People Before Profit leader laments the fact that all of Ireland's left leaning parties have not presented a unified and agreed left leaning alternative to the electorate.

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