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Ahead of her performance at the Glucksman Gallery in Cork as part of the Cork Midsummer Festival, artist and sign language interpreter Amanda Coogan spoke to Matt about her cultural influences.
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Richard Satchwell, who was found guilty of the murder of his wife Tina last Friday by unanimous verdict, was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday.
Ms. Satchwell’s sister Lorraine Howard told the court that Mr. Satchwell “put us as a family though the ultimate hell of not knowing what had happened to Tina for years”.
Jamie O’Hara, Today FM’s Court Reporter, spoke to Matt on Wednesday’s programme.
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Elon Musk has denied that he engaged in heavy ketamine consumption while working as one of Donald Trump’s advisers on the presidential campaign last year, following a report in the New York Times in recent days.
Marion McKeone and Larry Donnelly, Law Lecturer at University of Galway & Columnist with TheJournal.ie, spoke to Matt on Tuesday’s US slot.
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The Nakba, also known as 'Catastrophe', occurred between 1947 and 1949, and saw 15,000 Palestinians killed and more than 700,000 displaced from their homes by Israel.
On Tuesday, Matt was joined by author Fintan Drury to discuss his new book ‘Catastrophe: Nakba II’.
The book is an analysis of the oppression that Palestinians have faced for decades, and argues that Israel’s retaliation to the Hamas attack in October 2023 has been disproportionate.
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An Irish MEP used AI to write a letter about Gaza which quoted Swedish House Mafia. Why are we seeing more bad behaviour at airports? Should smoking be banned in parks and on beaches?
Sarah McGuinness, political correspondent with the Irish Daily Mail, and Dave Hanratty, host of the No Encore podcast, join The Last Word to discuss the week's trending stories.
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On Friday, Richard Satchwell was found guilty of the murder of his wife Tina Satchwell in 2017.
Ms. Satchwell’s skeletal remains were found in their home in October 2023. Mr. Satchwell had pleaded not guilty to murdering her at Grattan Street, Youghal, Co. Cork in March 2017.
Jamie O’Hara, Today FM Court Reporter and Brenda Power, columnist with the Irish Daily Mail and the Sunday Times, spoke to Matt after the verdict.
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Irish company Brightflag, which uses artificial intelligence to help legal firms manage their finances, has been sold.
Founded by Ian Nolan and Alex Kelly, it has been sold for €425m cash.
Ian Guider, columnist with the Business Post, joined Matt on The Last Word.
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Environmental groups have raised concerns about plans to lower the environmental standards of hundreds of rivers across Ireland.
This would mean that over 400 stretches of water would be classified as “heavily modified water bodies”
John Gibbons explained the significance of this on Thursday.
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Writer Andrew Meehan, author of Best Friends, joins The Last Word for the Culture Club.
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The Trump administration has suspended new visa applications for foreign students to give US embassies around the world more time to vet applicants and also prepare to carry out deeper checks on their social media history.
Larry Donnelly, law lecturer at the University of Galway, and Chris Clifford, president of AMLÉ, the union of students in Ireland, join The Last Word to discuss this latest news and what it could mean for Irish students heading to the US.
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Donald Trump is considering imposing further sanctions on Russia as it continues its large scale attack on Ukraine.
The US President's relationship with Russian leader Vladimir Putin appears to have soured with Trump saying that the Russian president has 'gone absolutely crazy'.
Cal Thomas and Marion McKeone join The Last Word to discuss Trump's changing attitude toward Putin and more of the latest news from the United States.
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Lorraine Keane was one of the first women to break the taboo around discussing perimenopause and menopause in Ireland.
She joins The Last Word to discuss why she feels it is so important for women to talk to their family and friends about the changes they are going through.
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The Premier League season concluded on Sunday amid huge celebrations at Anfield after Liverpool were crowned champions.
With Arsenal securing their place in next year’s Champions League last weekend, several teams were battling it out to make the final 3 spots.
In the end, there were few surprises as Man City, Chelsea and Newcastle all qualified for Europe’s biggest competition for 2025/2026.
Miguel Delaney, Chief Football Writer with The Independent and Off The Ball’s Will O’Callaghan spoke to Matt on The Last Word.
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Sarah Slattery from the travelexpert.ie joins The Last Word to chat about all of the best things to see and do in Las Vegas.
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Bono: Stories Of Surrender is set for release on Apple TV+ this Friday, May 30th. Directed by Andrew Dominik, the documentary received a seven-minute long standing ovation at the Cannes film festival.
Joe O’Shea and Elaine Burke talked to Matt on The Last Word on TV & Streaming.
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'La-Z-Boy' recliner among requests for TD's Leinster House office; controversial robot trees are removed from Cork City; and Government signs off on plans to celebrate Ireland's Norman history.
Lorcan Nyhan, head of training at the Communications Clinic, and Laura Byrne, voices editor and podcast producer with The Journal.ie, join The Last Word to discuss all of the week's trending stories.
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The latest cost estimate for building Dublin’s Metrolink was approximately €23 billion. However, could that figure now be too low?
Work is set to start in 2026, with its completion estimated to be in the mid-2030s.
Dr. Sean Sweeney, Programme Director of Metrolink spoke to Matt on The Last Word.
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On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump accused South Africa of committing white genocide as the country’s president Cyril Ramaphosa visited the White House.
Meanwhile, two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC on Wednesday night.
Marion McKeone and Larry Donnelly, Law Lecturer at University of Galway & Columnist with TheJournal.ie, spoke to Matt on Thursday.
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