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Breakthrough in Aer Lingus talks

Kieran Mulvey, LRC Chairman, says the commission has issued a set of proposals to both management & pilot unions

Ingrid Miley, Industry & Employment Correspondent, reports that the agreement is a compromise on both sides

Dermot Mannion, Aer Lingus Chief Executive, says the threat to passenger services on Tuesday is now lifted

Michael Landers, Assistant General Secretary of IMPACT, says he is happy to have a deal to recommend to members

Cian McCormack reports that Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O'Leary believes a strike at Aer Lingus was needed

David Murphy, Business Correspondent, and Martin Wall, The Irish Times, discuss outstanding pay freeze issues at Aer Lingus

China plans massive output increase

Margaret Ward, Foreign Editor, say the Chinese President has acknowledged serious problems with corruption and pollution

Other airlines interested in Shannon

Noel Dempsey, Minister for Transport, speaking on The Week in Politics, says airlines are talking to the Shannon Airport Authority

John Brasil of The Atlantic Connectivity Alliance says they have applied for slots at Shannon to Heathrow

Dublin pharmacies to stop supplying methadone

Tony Geoghegan, Merchant's Quay Project, says the group affected are vulnerable former heroin addicts just starting to get back into rehabilitation

Vatican official suspended for gay comment

Paddy Agnew, The Irish Times, reports that the priest was caught on camera saying he was gay & that gay sex was not sinful

Susie Long dies after long battle with cancer

Susie Long tells Liveline she is dying with bowel cancer because of her seven-month wait on a public hospital list

Joe Duffy discusses if Susie's public words changed anything