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Abuse victims say Cardinal Brady must resign

Eleanor Burnhill speaks to mass goers at the Mary Immaculate Church in Rathmines about Cardinal Seán Brady's handling of allegations against Fr Brendan Smyth

Fr Kevin Hegarty, former editor of Intercom magazine, says Cardinal Brady should reflect on his position

Catholic Primate of All-Ireland Dr Seán Brady defends his role in the church's handling of child sex abuse allegations against Brendan Smyth

Cardinal Brady says he was not the designated person responsible for contacting gardaí

Andrew Madden, abuse victim, says Cardinal Brady was conducting the investigation and not just taking notes at the meeting

Joe Little, Religious & Social Affairs Correspondent, discusses the reaction to the Cardinal's conduct

Fine Gael proposing electoral & political reform

Brian Dowling and Professor Richard Sinnott, UCD School of Politics and International Relations, discuss Fine Gael's 'New Politics' document

Donegal aims to harness wind power

Colman O'Sullivan reports that the number of wind farms in Donegal is expected to double in the next few years

Thai PM rejects protestors' ultimatum

Nelson Rand, Global Radio News, says tens of thousands of Thai opposition supporters have rallied in Bangkok to press the government to step down

Southeast search & rescue service reduced

Damien Tiernan, South-East Correspondent, reports that the southeast is to lose its full-time search and rescue helicopter service

Cowen hopeful for pay talks

Taoiseach Brian Cowen tells Washington Correspondent Charlie Bird he is hopeful that the talks at the LRC will be successful

ESB to unveil electric car charging points

Michael McAleer, The Irish Times Motoring Editor, says the current generation of electric cars take up to eight hours to charge the batteries