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With the revelations about Ryan Tubridy's pay deal making headlines nationwide, Aine and the team look at the latest developments, and cast an eye over the week's other big stories.
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With Micheál Martin decrying the abhorrent jack boots of a member of the Opposition - before finally withdrawing the remark - the debate on neutrality is getting ugly. The Govt insists its roadshow offers a balanced slate, but sounded defensive in heated exchanges in the House. Áine and the team get stuck into an eventful week.
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What do the Green's have against gardaí using facial recognition tech? And was that Budget fracca just FG trying to grab credit for tax cuts the Coalition partners are likely to agree upon? The team also ask, with investigations into Siteserv costing an eye-watering €19m, whether it's time for a permanent structure to handle these controversies.
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Coalition concerns that they'll soon be fishing for the same votes are boiling over, with FF taking umbrage at a very, very early FG kite. High expectations of a giveaway have guaranteed Michael McGrath's maiden budget will be a serious headache. He vows he won't be bullied. And a fifth FG TD won't run again; is all the fun gone out of politics?
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Should social media firms take down footage of the Navan attack? As protests intensify, is Roderic O'Gorman being thrown under the bus? Áine and the team reflect on a violent and traumatic week, before considering other matters. Such as, what do you get when you cross a Health Minister trained in Taekwondo, John Travolta and a photo op?
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A cheaper loaf of generic white is nowhere near the sort of result the Govt needs amid public clamours for supermarkets to step up. Food, a bit of GAA and a holiday is all people want, said Charlie McCreevy back in the day. With the row over GAAGO, that means double trouble for the Government.
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Áine Lawlor is joined by David Murphy, Sandra Hurley and Paul Cunningham as the government returns after the May Day Bank Holiday. The price of a pint (of milk) is a hot topic and the Taoiseach has a robust exchange with Paul Murphy in the Dáil
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Has Niall Collins done enough? Áine Lawlor talks to Sandra Hurley, David Murphy and Micheál Lehane
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John Paul Phelan underscores the sense that FG need to put in the hard yards to establish candidates ahead of the next general election. (And just how invested is Leo in the political project?) Áine Lawlor acknowledges George Mitchell's (latest) heroic turn in Belfast. And stay tuned for some bizarre calls TDs get on Christmas Day...
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In this third installment of our series marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement Áine Lawlor talks to former Ambassador and Irish Government negotiator David Donoghue and Former advisor to Senator Edward Kennedy and President of the US/Ireland Alliance Trina Vargo.
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Plenty of vitriol in the House, prompting the Ceann Comhairle to condemn the ructions. After a week where heat trumped light, Áine Lawlor is joined by Sorcha Ní Riada, Micheál Lehane and Sandra Hurley to reflect on the fireworks, and ask what they might promise, as Taoiseach Leo Varadkar vows that this is administration that is "built to last".
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For the second of our podcasts to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, Áine Lawlor is joined by activist and writer Danny Morrison, former UUP leader Mike Nesbitt, Irish Times columnist Justine Mc Carthy and Stephen Grimason, former Political Editor with BBC Northern Ireland.
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The lifting of the eviction ban continued to dominate the Dáil. Host Sandra Hurley is joined by Paul Cunningham, Sorcha Ní Riada and Micheál Lehane to discuss a hectic week in which Green TD Neasa Hourigan lost the whip. All eyes are on next week's no confidence motion by Labour.
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There was no kicking the can down the road - the no-fault eviction ban is being axed. But at what cost? Áine Lawlor is joined by Sandra Hurley, Paul Cunningham and David Murphy to examine the issue, which Sinn Féin will ensure comes to a vote after the recess. All eyes will be on the Green dissident duo.
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Minister Niall Collins effectively tells the Dáil there's 'nothing to see here', but will that appease the Opposition? Fine Gael try to turn up the heat on Sinn Féin over party finances, but really, is that going anywhere? Host Áine Lawlor is joined by Sorcha Ní Riada, Micheál Lehane and David Murphy to ponder the prospects of a left-wing alliance.
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Minister of State Neale Richmond and People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett join host Áine Lawlor for a wide-ranging live debate, with questions from UCD students on housing, student fees, emigration and the potential of a left wing alliance
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The Social Democrats take centre stage to consider who should take the reigns, as Fine Gael top brass reveal that they took drugs. The Ceann Comhairle exhorts Russian MPs to stand up to Putin and end his year-long Ukrainian rampage. What happened to all the pro-Protocol choreography. Did Rishi bottle it? And the expenses grudge-match rumbles on.
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The solidarity across the House on the Patient Safety Bill was a fitting tribute to Vicky Phelan. Áine Lawlor is joined by Sorcha Ní Riada, Micheál Lehane and Paul Cunningham to ask how the citizens' assembly might tackle the endemic scourge of heroin, what we can expect on cost-of-living supports, and the political perils posed by wine bars.
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"We've got to cop ourselves on", Senator Michael McDowell insists. The former Minister for Justice tells Your Politics that the Irish system is the "least capable" of assessing applications, which is "manna from Heaven" for right-wing extremists, He dismisses the so-called "whole of Government" approach, saying that it does not actually exist.
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Independent Senator Eileen Flynn is an activist who values her faith. She speaks of her admiration for St. Brigid, who chose her spiritual truth over a forced marriage, explains how she tries to use the Seanad to speak the truth from her own lived experience, and warns of the dangers of oppressed people on the margins becoming oppressors.
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