The proposed removal of the 'triple lock' has moved back into the spotlight following Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill's reference to it during the speech at the Béal na Bláth commemoration this weekend.
"We cannot be held by others. We must remove the triple lock and take charge of our own affairs and be held to account for own decisions," she told a crowd gathered to mark the 103rd anniversary of the ambush and shooting dead of Michael Collins.
Katie, David and Fran take a look at the future of Ireland’s triple lock, as well as the question mark hanging over the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon for Irish troops.
The future of the UN-backed force is in doubt after US and Israeli opposition to the deployment.
Read more: UN Security Council vote on Lebanon peacekeepers delayed
A vote on the UNIFIL mandate is due to take place at the United Nations in the coming days.
The presenters also take a look at the story of so-called ‘Agent Cobalt’ as reported in The Sunday Times yesterday.
The paper reports that Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan is awaiting a report into an investigation by gardaí into alleged Russian influence and links with an Irish politician.
The trio also discuss the case of Harvey Morrison Sherratt, a nine-year-old boy who died last month and was subject to delays in accessing urgent scoliosis surgery.
Large crowds turned out for a march in Dublin at the weekend where his parents called for a change in children's healthcare - specifically in relation to children with Spina bifida and Scoliosis.
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