Hugh Linehan is joined by Cormac McQuinn and Jennifer Bray to discuss the week in politics:
· The last fortnight has seen several incidents of councillors being verbally and physically attacked while out canvassing for the forthcoming local elections. A disturbing trend that hasn’t been a feature of previous elections.
· The panel dig into what the Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll results say about the volatility of public opinion right now.
· And neither current First Minister of Northern Ireland, Michelle O’Neill, or former First Minister of Northern Ireland, Arlene Foster, came away from the UK Covid-19 inquiry unscathed.
Four new films to see this week: The Summer Book, Have You Never Heard of Bill Fuller?, Nimrods: A Green Day Comedy and Queens of the Dead
Irish people are drinking less alcohol than ever. But there is one drink on the rise
Tullamore Show: More than 70,000 flock to agricultural spectacular as it celebrates 35 years
Should I weed my garden in a heatwave?
And the panel pick their favourite Irish Times pieces of the week:
· Ronan McGreevey writing 50 years on from the Dublin-Monaghan bombings.
· Laura Kennedy does the arithmetic of emigration.
· Stephen Collins writes of Micheál Martin’s political enemies postponing their big move.
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