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A look at events making the news in Ireland over the last week, presented by Justin McCarthy. Listen live every Sunday at 1pm on RTÉ Radio 1.

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This Week

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Episodes (421)

Should we have a digital euro?

Taoiseach visits White House for St. Patrick's Day as Middle East crisis deepens

Iran Crisis continues to widen with over 600,000 displaced in Lebanon

Dramatic increase in dog attacks according to warden

Concerns over the treatment of applications from Iranian PhD students

Will energy prices continue to rise?

Govt has broken the 'social contract', says Aontú leader

Iran Crisis - Strikes continue across Middle East as Tehran names successor to K...

Mother of child killed during Lord Mountbatten assassination speaks to This Week

At least 58 ghost estates remain throughout the country

Leader Interviews: Roderic O'Gorman of the Green Party

McEntee on the Irish citizens stranded in the Middle East

Khamenei confirmed dead as Iran conflict engulfs region

Trump roils global trade again with more tariffs

Leader Interviews: Mary Lou McDonald of Sinn Féin

Guardians of vulnerable children in court cases threaten High Court action

Spring is on the way

Taoiseach names Freddie Scappaticci as former British agent Stakeknife

Master at the Rotunda on the rejection of a critical-care wing for the hospital

Further talks to take place over Ukraine-Russia conflict this week

Leader Interviews: Simon Harris of Fine Gael

XL Bully Ban

Washington Post starts massive layoffs, gutting sports and foreign coverage

US-Iran Tensions

Leader Interviews: Holly Cairns of the Social Democrats

Kenny Jacobs stands down as DAA CEO

Dubliner Colm Byrne and the next Gaza Flotilla

One in Four on Pope Leo's meeting with Irish abuse survivor

Patrick Honohan on the nomination of Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair

Leader Interviews: Ruth Coppinger of People Before Profit - Solidarity

Kurdish forces agree to integrate with Syrian state

Leader Interviews: Michael Collins of Independent Ireland

Irish Red Cross administers grants to businesses and organisations hit by Storm...

Nurse shot in Minneapolis by ICE agents

Taoiseach and Tánaiste attend the Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration

As peace negotiations progress, Russia continues its offensive on Ukraine

Six Irish people received Oscar nominations this week

Leaders Interview: Ivana Bacik

Salt marshes are in decline all over the world and Ireland is no exception

Leaders Interview: Micheál Martin

Iran's crackdown appears to have crushed nationwide protests

Emergency meeting of EU Ambassadors on Trump's threat of sanctions

New protests hit Iran as alarm grows over 'massacre'

Leaders: Peadar Tóibín

500+ university students caught cheating with AI

Greenland united in opposition to US takeover bid

European Parliament to weigh ratifying Mercosur deal

Dáil returns from the Christmas Break

2025 'a devastating' year on Irish roads as 190 people killed

Will the government finally hit its housing targets in 2026?