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Egypt

As the recriminations over the riot which led to the deaths of 74 people in last Wednesday’s violence in Port Said continue, the violence, which has taken a political dimension, has taken to the streets. Angry crowds converged on the northern end of Cairo's Tahrir Square to attack riot police and the interior ministry, which they accuse of being complicit in the events at the stadium.

Pat was joined from Cairo by Ahdaf Soueif, Journalist and Author: 'Cairo: My City, Our Revolution and a writer for The Guardian.

TD’s Expenses

At a time when constituents are tightening their belts and battling austerity the fact that some TD’s are claiming as much as €50,000 in expenses on top of their €92,000 a year salaries may not go down well.

Yesterday, the Irish Times reported that TD’s had clocked up six million in expenses since March and today the paper goes a step further and lists the expenses claimed by each individual TD. The exception to the rule seems to be Labour TD Eamon Maloney who has claimed no expenses at all.

Mary Minihan from the political staff of the Irish Times has been looking into all of this and was with pat this morning.

Road Trip with a Trucker

Marie Louise O’Donnell spent a day on the road with some of the country’s truckers.

Burma

From 1962 until 2011 Burma (also known as Myanmar) was ruled by a military junta with absolute power. In 1990 the regime held elections only to infamously nullify the results after the electorate voted for party of Aung San Suu Kyi. However in recent times the regime has decided to implement substantial reform in order to engage with the international community. Last week a mass release of political prisoners prompted the United States to normalise diplomatic relations with Burma.

Simon Roughneen is an Irish freelance journalist based in South East Asia who joined Pat on the line from Burma.

Pooper Scoopers

The mystery of Wicklow Town's pooper scooper continued this week when councillors were told that yes - the new machine has been out and about - but nobody's seen it. Valerie Cox went along to the town council meeting.

Mary Berry’s Complete Cookbook

By Mary Berry (Dorling Kindersly)

Mary Berry is known to many listeners as the kind but tough judge on The Great British Bake-Off. Author of over 70 books, she is a guru to the amateur baker, the queen of the Victoria Sponge and an expert on all things Aga…

Mary’s classic book Mary Berry’s Cookbook has been re-issued with new recipes and new photographs and Mary joins me now from London.

See here for recipes...

Friday Gathering

Joining Pat for this morning’s Gathering were Michael O’Regan, Richard Boyd Barrett, Laura Noonan and Tony Foley.