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Fianna Fáil defends its call for Magdalene apology

Dara Calleary, Fianna Fáil TD for Mayo, says his party's motion for a full Government apology to the residents of the Magdalene Laundries is not hypocritical

HSE continues efforts to balance its books

Tony O'Brien, HSE Director General Designate, talks about the drive to rebalance its budgets, ahead of today's National Health Summit in Croke Park

What is a National Spatial Strategy and why is there a new one?

Rob Kitchin, Director of the National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis, says any new strategy needs to be put on a statutory footing

Obama delivers wide-ranging State of the Union address

Richard Downes, Washington Correspondent, discusses Barack Obama's State of the Union address and the latest travails of property developer Seán Dunne and his wife Gayle Killilea

GAA works to tackle rural isolation

Conor McMorrow reports on the GAA social initiative to stop older men living in rural areas feeling lonely

Five people banned from entering parts of Dublin city centre

Richard Guiney, Dublin City Business Improvement District, welcomes the granting of Anti Social Behaviour Orders banning five persistent troublemakers from in and around O'Connell Street

Few changes in property tax strategy

Arthur Beesley, Political News Editor, reports that the Government will change elements of the tax but there will be no fundamental review

Largest canine rescue in Irish history

Conor Dowling, ISPCA Chief Inspector, describes the rescue of 140 dogs which were being kept in "deplorable conditions" at a Co. Leitrim property

Controversial history book makes a comeback

Hiram Morgan, historian on the project to translate "Great Deeds in Ireland: Richard Stanihursts De Rebus in Hibernia," says the English translation of the 1584 book is 12 years in the making

Gardaí find Cork 'pothole diver' did nothing wrong

Liam Keane, star of a viral video in which he went for a swim in a Cork pothole, says a Garda investigation following a complaint from the Council found he has no case to answer

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