Sunday Newspaper Panel

Today's newspaper included Seamus Coffey, Chair of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, Dr. Niamh Hourigan, Sociologist, Eddie Molloy, Management Consultant and Member of Slaintecare Implementation Advisory Council, Denis Staunton, London Editor with The Irish Times, and Irene Sands, Barrister.                                               

 

Protests in France

It’s the fourth weekend of protests across France in the worst unrest to hit the country in decades. Sophie Pedder, Paris Bureau Chief of The Economist gave an update on the situation. 

    

Referendums 2019

There are more Constitutional changes in the coming year, with the government planning a divorce referendum in May next year, and a few others yet to be decided. Dr David Kenny, Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law at Trinity College Dublin, discussed what we can expect in 2019.

Black & White Films

TV producer Bill Hughes, has a long list of black and white films to revisit over the Christmas holidays.

Bill’s list of recommendations:

Sunset Boulevard – 1950

All About Eve – 1950

Some Like It Hot – 1959

Casablanca – 1942

The Women – 1939

Young Frankenstein – 1974

A Streetcar Named Desire – 1951

Raging Bull – 1980

The Last Picture Show –1971

The Apartment- 1960 –

Rebecca - 1940 –

What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? - 1962

Great Expectations – 1946

To Kill A Mockingbird – 1962

Separate Tables – 1958

High Noon – 1952