Will the by-elections ever take place?

Hugh Linehan is joined by Pat Leahy and Harry McGee to look back at the week in politics:

• With the local and European elections winding down, the panel look at the week’s Dáil debates and at the “guillotining through” to its final stage of the Planning Bill, a massive piece of legislation.
• Will Dáil vacancies arising as a result of TDs becoming MEPs ever be filled in the lifetime of this Government?

Plus the panel pick their favourite Irish Times pieces of the week:

• Newton Emerson on Sinn Féin’s election post-mortem.
• The discovery of the wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s ship reminds us of the Irish explorer’s incredible story.
• Daring or daft? Janan Ganesh weighs up Emmanuel Macron’s snap election.
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