
The Irish Taoiseach is a series of 15 podcasts about each of the 15 men who have served as Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of the Republic of Ireland since 1922. Political broadcaster Iain Dale interviews Irish historians, academics and journalists about each Taoiseach in sequence, starting off with W T Cosgrave and Eamon de Valera and concluding with Leo Varadkar and Micheal Martin. This podcast serie... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 16 | Founded | 3 years ago |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Categories | PoliticsGovernmentNews | ||||

Iain Dale talks to Gavan Reilly, political correspondent for Virgin Media News and a presenter on Newstalk about the life and career of Ireland’s 15th Taoiseach, Micheál Martin who for two and a half years from June 2020 until December 2022, and is ... more
Iain Dale discusses the life and career of Ireland’s 14th, and youngest, Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, with the Group Political Editor of Independent Newspapers in Dublin, and Varadkar’s biographer, Philip Ryan. Leo Varadkar served as Taoiseach from 2017 ... more
Iain Dale talks to John Downing columnist for the Irish Independent about the life and career of Enda Kenny, Ireland’s 13th Taoiseach, who served from 2011-2017. John Downing’s biography of him is titled Enda Kenny: The Unlikely Taoiseach.
Iain Dale talks about the life and career of Ireland’s twelfth Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, with Theresa Reidy, lecturer in politics at University College Cork.
People also subscribe to these shows.




As a student of UK politics, I am ashamed to think that I thought I had a reasonable understanding of Irish history. Not only did this series shatter that illusion it’s also illuminating and the choice of knowledgeable academics from the multiple strands of Irish opinion really makes this series a painless and fun guide to Irish history. It’s fair to say that some of the experts aren’t natural broadcasters, but Iain really draws them out and, a bit like a sheepdog points them in the general dire... more
A very interesting series and perspectives on Taoiseachs of Ireland. A varied series of contributions and some unusual views- very few people in Ireland would put Charlie Haughey in the top four given his acknowledged corruption but a well argued perspective by the contributor. A well put together series- highly recommended
Brilliant podcast. A peek behind the curtain we all need. Both sides of the Irish Sea.
Such a great listen, each episode fascinating
Credit to British broadcaster to take the time to document Irish leaders. Very interesting and insightful
How this podcast ranks in the Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube charts.
Apple Podcasts | #86 |
Listeners, social reach, demographics and more for this podcast.
| Gender Skew | Location | Interests | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professions | Age Range | Household Income | |||
| Social Media Reach | |||||
Rephonic provides a wide range of podcast stats for The Irish Taoiseach Podcast. We scanned the web and collated all of the information that we could find in our comprehensive podcast database. See how many people listen to The Irish Taoiseach Podcast and access YouTube viewership numbers, download stats, audience demographics, chart rankings, ratings, reviews and more.
Rephonic provides a full set of podcast information for three million podcasts, including the number of listeners. View further listenership figures for The Irish Taoiseach Podcast, including podcast download numbers and subscriber numbers, so you can make better decisions about which podcasts to sponsor or be a guest on. You will need to upgrade your account to access this premium data.
Rephonic provides comprehensive predictive audience data for The Irish Taoiseach Podcast, including gender skew, age, country, political leaning, income, professions, education level, and interests. You can access these listener demographics by upgrading your account.
To see how many followers or subscribers The Irish Taoiseach Podcast has on Spotify and other platforms such as Castbox and Podcast Addict, simply upgrade your account. You'll also find viewership figures for their YouTube channel if they have one.
These podcasts share a similar audience with The Irish Taoiseach Podcast:
1. Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
2. The Indo Daily
3. Callan's Kicks
4. The Irish Passport
5. The Rest Is Politics
The Irish Taoiseach Podcast launched 3 years ago and published 16 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.
Our systems regularly scour the web to find email addresses and social media links for this podcast. We scanned the web and collated all of the contact information that we could find in our podcast database. But in the unlikely event that you can't find what you're looking for, our concierge service lets you request our research team to source better contacts for you.
Rephonic pulls ratings and reviews for The Irish Taoiseach Podcast from multiple sources, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, and Podcast Addict.
View all the reviews in one place instead of visiting each platform individually and use this information to decide if a show is worth pitching or not.
Rephonic provides full transcripts for episodes of The Irish Taoiseach Podcast. Search within each transcript for your keywords, whether they be topics, brands or people, and figure out if it's worth pitching as a guest or sponsor. You can even set-up alerts to get notified when your keywords are mentioned.