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Feb 28, 2025 • 6min
Ukraine President Zelensky to meet President Trump
Ukraine President Zelensky is in the US to meet President Trump and sign a minerals deal. How significant is this meeting and will it be the end of the war? How significant is this meeting and will it be the end of the war? Speaking to Ciara to discuss this meeting was Donnacha Ó Beacháin, Professor of Politics at DCU and author of forthcoming book "Unfinished Empire: Russian Imperialism in Ukraine and the Near Abroad".
Feb 27, 2025 • 4min
Legendary Hollywood star Gene Hackman has died
Legendary Hollywood star Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa have been found dead in their Santa Fe home. We get the latest on this breaking news with Film Critic Brian Lloyd.
Feb 27, 2025 • 5min
The legendary Irish football team are back together!
Italia 90 heroes are set for a stage show honouring 35 years after the iconic World Cup. Italia 90: An Evening With The Greatest Football Team will take place in the RDS on Friday, March 14 and the Cork Opera House on Sunday, March 16. Shane spoke to Ireland football legend Ray Houghton who was on the iconic football team.
Feb 27, 2025 • 4min
ATC: List of convicted sex offenders to be published publicly
List of convicted sex offenders to be published publicly like tax offenders list. Shane and Ciara discussed this on the show this morning.
Feb 27, 2025 • 6min
Latest on the Dáil speaking rights
The Government's move to allocate Dáil speaking time to the Regional Independent TDs who support it. Along with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael backbenchers, has been voted through by the Dáil Reform Committee on a margin of 10 votes to 8. We speak to Sinn Féin Chief Whip and Spokesperson on Fisheries and the Marine, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn.
Feb 27, 2025 • 8min
Trump signals tariffs are on the way for goods from the EU
President Donald Trump has said that the US will impose a 25% tariff on goods from the EU ‘very soon’. Shane discusses this further with David Smith, Washington Bureau Chief of The Guardian and also John Fitzgerald, Economist at Trinity College.
Feb 27, 2025 • 6min
Will women ever be treated equally in sport?
The Australian women’s international football team Matilda's have joined in the heavy criticism of a commercial radio host’s comments, comparing the behaviour of the team to highschoolers and asking them if there were any men’s sports to talk about. It raises the question will women ever be treated equally in sport? We discuss this with Méabh De Búrca, Former Ireland football player and sports pundit.
Feb 27, 2025 • 5min
Four more Israeli hostages released by Hamas overnight
Hamas has handed the bodies of the last four Israeli hostages that were included in the first phase of the ceasefire deal to the Red Cross. The remains of the four men were exchanged for the release of more than 600 Palestinian prisoners. We get the latest on this with Alistair Bunkall, Sky News Middle East Correspondent.
Feb 27, 2025 • 6min
Is Donald Trump bullying world leaders into submission?
Are politicians too quick to appease Trump and are we in a new era of diplomacy. All to discuss with Ted Smyth, former diplomat and chair of the Clinton Institute for American Studies UCD.
Feb 27, 2025 • 3min
Gardaí carry out search of Drogheda house over Kyran Durnin’s murder
A Garda search at a property and its adjoining garden in Drogheda relating to the disappearance and murder of Kyran Durnin will enter its second day today. We get the latest on this with Security and Crime Editor with the Irish Times, Conor Lally.
