After the umpteenth ECB rates rise, we could potentially see the reintroduction of mortgage interest relief to take some of the pressure off homeowners - that was the first point of discussion on the Inside Politics podcast round-up this week.
The panel also gave their two cents on President Higgins’ recent speech at a reception for think tank Tasc, in which he condemned the “obsession” with achieving economic growth at the expense of “ecology and ethics”.
There was also a noted lack of enthusiasm at the prospect of sitting through live coverage of King Charles the III’s coronation.
And the team talk about some of the best Irish Times content of the week, including:
Ten of the best new shows to watch in October on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and Apple TV
Who owns Galway’s Eyre Square? The billionaires, hoteliers and publicans running the central plaza
What will €685,000 buy in Donegal, Italy, Denmark, France and Wales?
James Marriott’s The New Dark Ages: A lucid, well-written antidote for the distracted public
· Fintan O’Toole’s brilliant piece on the fanatical racism of John Mitchell
· Jack Horgan-Jones’s account of Donald Trump’s Doonbeg visit
· Pat Leahy writing about Ireland’s approach to relations with China
