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Cypriots wonder what next after rejection of bailout deal

Pavlos Loizou, of the Leaf Research banking and real estate advisory firm in Cyprus, said he is proud that his parliament rejected the bailout deal

MPs in Cyprus meet to try to work out new bailout plan

Marios Mavrides, Member of the Cypriot Parliament and Associate Professor of Economics at European University Cyprus, says a solution to the crisis may involve Russia

Farmers react to new CAP proposals

Henry Burns, Chairman of the Irish Farmers' Association's National Livestock Committee, says decisions reached on Common Agriculture Policy reform provide important flexibilities for Ireland

New CAP reforms represent 'watershed moment'

Simon Coveney, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, discusses the deal on reform of the Common Agricultural Policy

TD says pay of senior bankers is 'staggering and obscene'

Independent TD Shane Ross says bankers' pay packets cannot be justified

ECB to police European banks: good or bad idea?

Megan Greene, Chief Economist at Maverick Intelligence, says the deal just finalised by Finance Minister Michael Noonan is not good for Europe

Bleak British budget expected today

Will Hutton, economist and principal of the Hertford College in Oxford, says the British government is set to announce another round of painful spending cuts in its annual budget

Claim and counterclaim over chemical weapons in Syria

Professor Alastair Hay, expert on chemical weapons and professor of environmental toxicology at the University of Leeds, says the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria marks a dangerous turning point in the two-year conflict

Manslaughter sentences more lenient if drink or drugs involved

Tom O'Malley, senior lecturer in Law at NUI Galway and member of the Irish Sentencing Information System steering committee, discusses a new report into manslaughter sentencing and the Courts Bill 2013

Miners rescued and brought to safety in Poland

Rafel Kiepuszewski, deputy head of the Polish Radio External Service, reports that 19 miners have been rescued from a mine southwest of Warsaw after becoming trapped following an earthquake

Obama travels to Middle East as gun control measure falls

Richard Downes, RTÉ Washington Correspondent, reports that President Obama undertakes his first trip to Israel as news emerges that one of his key gun control proposals has been dropped from proposed legislation

Former Waterford Crystal master engraver makes shamrock bowl for Obama

Sean Egan, former Waterford Crystal master engraver, talks about the Shamrock Bowl presented by Taoiseach Enda Kenny to President Obama last night

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First Hour Podcast: Wed 20 March, 2013

Second Hour Podcast: Wed 20 March, 2013