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Tánaiste, Minister for Finance and Fine Gael leader, Simon Harris joins Paul to defend calling out the long-term unemployed in his Ard Fheis speech last night. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shona Murray, Europe Correspondent with Euronews joins Paul from Brussels. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kerry McLaverty, Chief Executive of Laura Lynn joins Paul to discuss Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill's comments on Friday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paul is joined by our Clarity Correspondent, Ken Donnelly to discuss the attacks on supermarket fridges and freezers, cold storage rooms at French blood banks and hoax bomb alerts on airlines and media outlets across Europe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh Lovatt, Senior Policy Fellow with The Think-Tank, the European Council on Foreign Relations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tessa Ndjonkou reports on retrofitting progress. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Author, journalist and broadcaster Misha Glenny spoke to Paul about the historic victory of the student-led movement.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

RTÉ reporter Eithne Dodd on the new enforcement measures that Dublin City Council are putting in-place today. She was joined by Green Party Councillor Feljin Jose.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bob Schmuhl, Author and Emeritus Professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame offers his analysis on how the mid-term elections will play out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Housing Minister James Browne on the positive data on new housing completions, but what are the problems that remain? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

RTÉ sports broadcaster Greg Allen who followed Ciara Mageean throughout her career, on her life and legacy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paul is joined by our Washington Correspondent Jackie Fox who has been testing the temperature this week in Florida, Texas and Iowa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paul speaks to Minister Helen McEntee about the Triple Lock Dáil debate why the Government curtailed it to just four hours, leading to Opposition claims that a vital debate on a key national issue was being stiffled. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Labour's Foreign Affairs and Defence Spokesperson Duncan Smith speaks to Paul about the Triple Lock. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our reporter Eithne Dodd looks into how in Ireland, anyone can call themselves as 'psychotherapist' and charge people for mental health services and how CORU, the regulator for health and social care professions, is changing this. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.