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Taoiseach continues search for deal on EU budget and promissory note

Brian Dowling, Political Reporter and Paul Cunningham, European Correspondent, discuss negotiations on the promissory notes and the Taoiseach's meeting in Brussels on the EU multi-annual budget

So will the Government have to pay the promissory note?

Donal Donovan, former Deputy Director of the IMF, forecasts that Ireland won't have to pay the pay €3.1bn promissory note in March, but cautions the Government against making an unsatisfactory deal

Questions persist over contamination of horse meat

Andrew Doyle, Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, discusses the likely invitation to ABP to appear before them, Polish-Irish contradiction on source of horse-meat, and finding of pork in Halal products in Northern Ireland

Consumption of pork by Muslims is a 'catastrophe'

Dr Ali Saleem, of the Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland, says Muslims here are very concerned about news that traces of pork have been found in Halal foods produced in Co Tyrone

Fianna Fáil demands explanation of upgrading of hospital

Billy Kelleher, Fianna Fáil Health spokesperson, is calling on the Minister for Health to explain why Wexford General Hospital was granted an upgrade - despite it not being listed as a priority in the HSE Capital Plan

'Extraordinary' rise in number of Irish people seeking UK bankruptcy

Steve Thatcher, who specialises in helping Irish people go bankrupt in the UK, says Irish legislation still has some way to go before the UK becomes a less attractive place to go through the painful process of bankruptcy

Lowest number of houses built since records began

Hubert Fitzpatrick, Director of the Construction Industry Federation, says 2012 was a record low for house building and 2013 is expected to be lower again.

Europol to investigate match-fixing

Paddy Agnew, Irish Times Rome Correspondent, reports that the European Union's law enforcement agency, Europol, will announce the results of a joint investigation on match-fixing in football, which includes top international games

Nursing homes appeal for graduate nurses

Tadhg Daly, CEO of Nursing Homes Ireland, is calling on graduate nurses to look to the nursing home sector for career opportunities.

Berlusconi vows to refund money in bid for election

David Wiley, BBC Rome Correspondent, reports on a promise by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to abolish a local property tax and reimburse those who've already paid it

Money runs out for repair of accident blackspots

Conor Faughnan, AA Roadwatch, says it's disappointing that only 30 of the 60 deadliest accident blackspots in the country will be fixed

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