Pat Leahy and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan on this week’s Inside Politics podcast

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, alongside the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, (centre right) holds his first Cabinet meeting on October 26, 2022 in London, England. Rishi Sunak's newly formed cabinet featured ministers from both his predecessors' governments. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/WPA Pool/Getty Images
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, alongside the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, (centre right) holds his first Cabinet meeting on October 26, 2022 in London, England. Rishi Sunak's newly formed cabinet featured ministers from both his predecessors' governments. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/WPA Pool/Getty Images

“Time to look at the big picture. What does it mean for me?”

Pat Leahy and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan on this week’s Inside Politics to discuss Rishi Sunak’s elevation to PM, his appointments to cabinet and what the changes might mean for relations with Ireland.

This week saw another heated row between Sinn Fein’s Mary Lou McDonald and the Taoiseach in the Dáil, this time over the Ukrainian accommodation crisis.

Plus, after Ms McDonald’s husband Martin Lanigan threatened legal proceedings against Shane Ross over his new book, we ask how far should the scrutiny of politicians’ assets extend?