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Feb 18, 2025 • 7min
Senior American and Russian officials will hold talks in Saudi Arabia
Senior American and Russian officials will hold talks in Saudi Arabia today on improving their ties and negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine, but Kyiv has not been invited to participate in the talks. We discuss this and more with Bobby McDonagh, Former Irish Ambassador to the UK and EU.
Feb 18, 2025 • 4min
All Things Considered: Has Irish neutrality passed its sell by date?
Has Irish neutrality passed its sell by date? Shane and Jonathan discussed and debated this morning on the show.
Feb 18, 2025 • 7min
Should we retrofit our streets?
We should retrofit our streets in the interest of road safety. That’s the call from Dr. Catherine Conlon, Public Health Doctor and former director of human health and nutrition with safe food. Dr Conlon discussed this further with Shane this morning on the show.
Feb 18, 2025 • 5min
Should you be a stay-at-home dad?
Being a house husband is much more tiring than being a mechanic. So wrote Stay at Home Dad David Hitchcock in the Daily Telegraph and David explained why to Jonathan this morning on the show.
Feb 18, 2025 • 6min
Are leaving cert reforms happening too slowly?
Any further delays to Leaving Cert reform would put children in a position to miss out on the best possible opportunities. That’s according to the Ombudsman for Children. For more on this Jonathan spoke to Michael Gillespie, General Secretary of Teachers Union of Ireland.
Feb 18, 2025 • 5min
Ukraine not invited to peace talks
Negotiations between US and Russian officials to end the war in Ukraine get underway in Saudi Arabia today although no officials from Kyiv have been invited to peace talks.Shane discussed this further with Sean Bell, Former Fighter Pilot, Military Analyst and Co-Host of the Red Matrix Podcast.
Feb 17, 2025 • 6min
Henry McKean at the BAFTA's 2025
We get all the news from last night's BAFTA awards. Henry McKean was on the red carpet and he told us about the winners, losers and surprises from the awards evening.
Feb 17, 2025 • 7min
EU leaders to meet for an emergency summit today
French President Emmanuel Macron will host European leaders today for an emergency summit on the Ukraine war after U.S. officials suggested Europe would have no role in any talks on ending the conflict. We discuss further with Patrick Bury, Senior Security lecturer at the University of Bath, Former NATO Analyst and Army officer.
Feb 17, 2025 • 11min
Is enough being done to police our capital?
The killing of 34-year-old Quam Babatunde last Friday on South Anne Street in Dublin city centre has come a huge shock and has raised already present concerns over the safety and security of our capital. But is enough being done to police our capital? Shane discusses this with Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Labour MEP and Dublin Spokesperson and also Trina O’Connor, Criminologist and Lecturer in Criminology.
Feb 17, 2025 • 7min
Calls to address the “serious vulnerability” of Ireland’s narrow tax base
Officials at the Department of Finance have warned the Minister for Finance that major structural changes to the tax system will be required to support growing spending pressures on the state and to address the “serious vulnerability” of Ireland’s narrow tax base. To discuss further Shane spoke to Seamus Coffey, Chair of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Lecturer in Economics in UCC.
