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

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Taoiseach doing some ‘deep thinking’ about Irish unity with creation of new Government body

Pat Leahy and Naomi O’Leary join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:A new Government body is to be tasked with scoping out the models and challenges for different potential “constitutional futures” for the island, including a 32-county united Ireland. Is this proac ...  Show more

Can Israel’s opposition parties oust Netanyahu?

As the day drew to a close in Israel on Tuesday, exit polls in the Knesset election suggested a lead for the bloc of parties opposing prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu.As the sun rose and official counts were declared a very different picture emerged showing a slender lead for Ne ...  Show more

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