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Trevor Birney, journalist, documentary maker and producer of the Kneecap movie, joins The Last Word for the the Culture Club.
He discusses his favourite cultural choices as well as the success of Kneecap and working on the upcoming Saipan movie.
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Robert F Kennedy Jnr, Donald Trump's pick for health secretary, has said he is "not anti-vaccine" and has defended the President's anti-abortion policy during his confirmation hearing at the US Senate.
Marion McKeone, US based journalist joins The Last Word to discuss RFK Jnr's appearance at the tense hearing.
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On Monday, Lady Gaga announced that her new album “Mayhem” will be released on March 7th.
Meanwhile, Forbidden Fruit and Longitude have both revealed the first wave of artists that will play the festivals this summer.
John Caddell & Dee Reddy joined Matt to run through the week's music news.
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The Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration has hit major cities across the US and led to mass arrests.
Cal Thomas, nationally syndicated US columnist, and Marion McKeone, US correspondent with the Business Post, join The Last Word to discuss what US President Donald Trump has been doing in his first week back in office.
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Diageo has said it has “no intention” of selling the Guinness brand, following reports last week that it was considering doing so.
Bloomberg News first reported that Diageo was exploring options for Guinness and that its value could be more than $10m.
Ian Guider, Columnist with the Business Post, joined Matt for Monday’s business slot.
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The Allianz National Football League returned this weekend, and it was the first time fans got to see the new rules created by the FRC in an attempt to improve the state of the game.
Which rules were a success, and will teams become more attack-focused because of them?
Matt spoke to former Mayo footballer David Brady and Will O’Callaghan from Off The Ball about what we learned from the weekend’s fixtures.
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Conor Gallagher, Crime and Security Correspondent with the Irish Times, explained that an extensive file regarding alleged garda corruption has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Organised crime and corruption charges are being considered against a former garda superintendent, Mr Hutch and two serving gardaí.
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Sarah Slattery from travelexpert.ie joins The Last Word for her weekly travel slot and this time she's got all the best things to do and see when visiting Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia.
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It's been a big week for politics on both sides of the Atlantic, Roe McDermot, advice columnist with The Irish Times, and Larry Donnelly, law lecturer at the University of Galway and political columnist with TheJournal.ie, join The Last Word to discuss the week's trending stories.
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In the Last Word on Business, Ian Guider, columnist with the Business Post, outlined the latest figures on house completion from the Central Statistics Office, which showed a decrease of 6.7% on 2023.
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Micheál Martin Receives Seal Of Office
Following yesterday’s historic Dáil row and suspension, Micheál Martin has been elected Taoiseach.
Louise Burne, Political Correspondent of the Irish Mirror and Danny McConnell of the Business Post outlined the political landscape of the new Dail and the emerging picture of the Cabinet appointees.
Matt Carthy, Sinn Féin TD for Cavan-Monaghan and Séamus McGrath, Fianna Fáil TD for Cork South-Central debated the issues over speaking rights that had help up yesterday’s proceedings.
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The 34th Dáil met today for the first sitting since the general election but a massive row over opposition speaking time meant there was no vote to appoint a Taoiseach and form a new government.
Tabitha Monahan, Irish Independent political reporter, Daniel McConnell, Business Post editor, and Sarah Carey, columnist with the Irish Independent join The Last Word to recap on a day of chaos in Dáil Éireann.
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2025 is shaping up to be a great year for gigs in Ireland. John Caddell and Dee Reddy join The Last Word to take a look at the best concerts and festival lineups including Lana Del Rey, Charli XCX and many more.
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Sinead Kennedy, host of wellness activity breaks & travel expert joined Matt for The Last Word on Travel to talk about her recent once in a lifetime trip to Antarctica.
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US President Donald Trump wasted no time after his inauguration on Monday, as he issued a full pardon for January 6th rioters and withdrew the US from the World Health Organisation and the Paris climate agreement in a slew of executive orders.
Cal Thomas, nationally syndicated US columnist, and Marion McKeone, US correspondent with the Business Post, join The Last Word to discuss what Trump has done in his first 24 hours back in office.
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Darwin Nunez scored two injury time goals against Brentford as Liverpool stretched their lead at the top of the Premier League table.
Meanwhile, Man United suffered a 3-1 home defeat to Brighton on Sunday, leaving Ruben Amorim’s side in 13th place and leading him to say that this side is possibly the worst in the club’s history.
Miguel Delaney, Chief Football Writer with the Independent and Will O’Callaghan from Off The Ball joined Matt to discuss the weekend’s results.
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On Monday, Donald Trump became the 47th US President.
In his speech, President Trump criticised Joe Biden’s presidency, declared a national emergency at the US-Mexico border and said that as of Monday, it will be official policy of the US government that there are only two genders – male and female.
Cal Thomas & Marion McKeone joined Matt on The Last Word to give their reaction to his speech.
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What's going to happen with the US TikTok ban, why did cherry tomatoes on a Dublin bridge send social media into a frenzy, and who's going (or more importantly, who isn't going) to Donald Trump's inauguration?
Aoife Barry, journalist, and Russell Alford, 98FM producer and food critic for Sunday Times as one half of GastroGays, join The Last Word to discuss the week's trending stories.
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The Department of Education has contacted several schools In Ireland to say that they can’t award exemptions for studying Irish based on psychological reports alone.
This decision comes as the number of students receiving exemptions issued by school principals has risen.
Carl O’Brien, Education Editor at the Irish Times and Séaghan Ó Suilleabheán, Irish language presenter and content creator, joined Will O’Callaghan on Friday’s The Last Word to discuss the issue.
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The next government will consist of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, the Regional Independent Group and Independent TDs Michael and Danny Healy-Rae.
How does their programme for government impact climate change?
Environment commentator John Gibbons spoke to Matt on Thursday’s The Last Word.
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