Europe's dissonant coronavirus response - with Naomi O'Leary

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The spiralling projected cost of the Metrolink brings the NCH to mind

Ellen Coyne and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:It was revealed this week that the planned Dublin Metrolink could cost up to €19 billion. The last Metrolink estimates from 2022 suggested €9.5 billion as the midpoint of a “credible” cost ra ...  Show more

Could India’s ‘Gen Z’ protests bring down Narendra Modi?

Narendra Modi’s 12 year rule of India has never looked so fragile.Weeks of protests have engulfed the country following the leak of a medical entrance exam paper, which forced nearly two million students to resit the test. Protestors hailed victory from the resignation of the edu ...  Show more

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