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Debate on Social Welfare Bill starts today

Micheál Lehane reports on the opening of Dáil debates on controversial social welfare measures in Budget 2013

Fianna Fáil ramps up pressure on Govt over Budget 2013

Micheal Martin, Fianna Fáil leader, calls on Government backbench TDs to vote against measures such as the cut in the respite care grant

Gold discovered in the southeast

Neil Ring, Director of IMC Exploration Groups, explains why the gold find on the Wicklow/Wexford border could be the biggest in Ireland. (Clarificaiton from Dept of Communications, Energy and Natural resources: Corporation tax from mining profits is 25 percent and not 12.5 percent as stated)

Two ancient swords found in River Shannon

Ciaran Mullooly, RTÉ Midlands Correspondent, reports that two swords, both over 1,000 years old, were found in the River Shannon

Repossession of homes to become easier

David Murphy, RTÉ Business Editor, reports on the lifting of a legal impediment to repossessions of homes by banks, and also discusses a letter written by the IBRC chairman to the Finance Minister asking him to express confidence in its management

Rival protests take place in Cairo

Sahimaa Khalil, BBC correspondent in Cairo, reports that protesters in support of, and against, the Morsi regime have taken place on the streets of the Egyptian capital

Wallace calls for public inquiry into scrapping of penalty points

Mick Wallace, Independent TD for Wexford, raises his concerns about motorists' penalty points allegedly being inappropriately struck off

Peace process must be 'reinvigorated'

Billy Hutchinson, leader of the Progressive Unionist Party, discusses the causes of unrest in the North

Row over salmon farm in Galway

Donal Maguire, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, and Tony Lowe, Friends of the Irish Environment, discuss proposals for the large salmon farm in Galway Bay

Twelfth of the twelfth of the twelfth

Conor Powderly and Tara Farnan, students who are in the same class in County Meath, are both celebrating their 12th birthday today, the 12th day of the 12th month, 2012

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