Our political experts look back on the political season

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A shortage of housing and accommodation has been a defining issue once again this year. Photograph: Government Information Service.
A shortage of housing and accommodation has been a defining issue once again this year. Photograph: Government Information Service.

The Dáil summer recess has arrived and our political experts Pat Leahy, Jennifer Bray and Cormac McQuinn have convened to look back on the political season:

  • The relative political fortunes of Micheál Martin and Leo Varadkar.
  • Do polls suggest Sinn Féin has hit a ceiling of support?
  • Did the Government get a handle on the migrant accommodation crisis? Or can it claim real progress on broader issue of a lack of housing?
  • How has the huge budget surplus perturbed politics?

Plus, Jennifer reveals what the Leinster House gossip is saying about the timing of the next election.