Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

On this episode of Talking History, Patrick Geoghegan looks at the political life and legacy of Charles Haughey with Vincent Browne, Journalist and author of Charles Haughey: Glory, Greed and Guns. Patrick will also be joined by Stephen Collins, columnist with and former political editor of The Irish Times and Shane Coleman co-presenter on Newstalk of The Hard Shoulder, weekdays from 4-7pm.

On this episode of Talking History, Patrick Geoghegan will be speaking to the Taoiseach Micheál Martin about the importance of history, and how it has shaped him as a politician.
In part two, Patrick looks at the history of the ghost story with Darryl Jones, Professor of Modern British Literature and Culture and author of ‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of MR James’, as well as Dr Jack Fennell, writer and Researcher who lectures at the University of Limerick.

This week on Talking History, Patrick Geoghegan looks at two books, Historian, Colin Barr's, "The Irish Pope: Paul Cullen, 1803-1878" and Michael Barry's book called Catalpa: The epic story of the greatest prison break in Irish History.

This week on Talking History, Patrick explores the relationship Ireland has with the United States as the country marks 250 years of independence.

This week on Talking History, Patrick discusses Brian Cowen's rise to the office of Taoiseach, the financial crisis that overwhelmed his government, and how he will be remembered in history.