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Irish nanny in Boston charged over death of baby

Deb Becker, reporter with WBUR Radio in Boston, discusses the case of Aisling McCarthy Brady, who has been arrested on a charge of assault and battery of a child who later died

Moves to weed out criminals from taxi industry

Alan Kelly, Minister of State at the Dept of Transport, discusses the Taxi Regulation Bill 2013 which will make it more difficult for people with a criminal conviction to get a taxi licence

British PM has difficult balancing act to perform in EU speech

George Parker, Financial Times Political Editor, previews David Cameron's speech on Britain's relationship with the EU

Cameron pledges referendum on EU membership

Tim Loughtan, former Tory minister, discusses Britain's relationship with the EU

Plans for targeted public sector voluntary redundancies

Gerald Flynn, employment specialist with Align Management Solutions, says the plan is a new departure

Campaign for Dublin second-level Educate Together school

Nuala Finnegan, Dublin City Second-level Action Group, and Paul Rowe, Educate Together, discuss the campaign for a new multi-denominational school

Call for consistency in sentences for rapists

Fiona Neary, Executive Director at the Rape Crisis Network, calls for sentencing guidelines for judges

Bertie Ahern reverses decision to return part of pension

Michael Brennan, Irish Independent, says the former Taoiseach and others have decided to continue claiming their full pensions

Court orders garlic tax sentence to be set aside

Barrister Tony McGillicuddy examines the Court of Criminal Appeal's decision to set aside the six-year sentence imposed on Paul Begley for failing to pay €1.6m in garlic import tax

New laws will allow marriages to be legally performed by non-religious bodies

Samantha Libreri has been finding out what the new wedding laws mean for brides- and grooms-to-be

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