Hugh Linehan is joined by Pat Leahy and Cormac McQuinn to discuss the week in politics:
· Rishi Sunak’s decision on Wednesday to announce a snap election for July 4th, four months earlier than predicted, caught everyone off guard. Will it prove to be a gamble worth taking?
· Cormac was present at Fianna Fáil’s European election launch this morning where tensions boiled over as Senator Niall Blaney got into a public disagreement with Fianna Fáil leader, Tánaiste Micheál Martin, over the level of support he was getting from the party amid their three-candidate strategy in the Midlands North-West constituency.
· And on Friday, June 7th – the same day voters across the country will elect representatives to local councils and the European Parliament – the people of Limerick will decide who will be the country’s first directly elected mayor. But what powers will the successful candidate have to go with their €154,000 salary?
With a glut of electric cars on sale for under €30,000, will Irish people make the switch?
STIs on the rise: ‘It’s seen as something shameful or dirty, or they’re embarrassed to be going to a clinic’
‘I learned to hide my Irish accent, or at least to feel deeply ashamed of it’
David W. Higgins: Moving to Australia? Beware, their economic fairytale won’t last forever
And the panel pick their favourite Irish Times pieces of the week:
· Laura Slattery writes about “king of the airwaves” Pat Kenny.
· The passing of Ireland’s first business superstar, Tony O’Reilly.
· Pedestrians best be on their guard against the quiet threat of electric vehicles as outlined by Shauna Bowers.
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