The heartbreaking targeted murder of journalists in Gaza and the tone deaf tweets by UEFA following the murder of a Palestinian footballer while waiting for aid has Aoife struggling with despair this week.

The two discuss the rise of racist attacks on the Indian community in Dublin and Colm offers his a nuanced take on criminal justice and overcrowding in Irish prisons which can be summarised as "Anyone with a quick answer knows nothing."

The presidential race is heating up with established politicans like Catherine Connolly and Mairead McGuinness and civilian figures like Conor McGregor and Michael Flatley, now facing pharmaceutical millionaire Gareth Sheridan.

And as ever there's good news too of living longer and the Irish players making it big in the NFL.

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