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Jun 25, 2025 • 11min

Did the US Strike All of Iran's Nuclear Sites?

Gregg Carlstom, Middle East Correspondent for The Economist joins Pat as US media quoted people associated with the defence intelligence agency findings as saying the US strikes did not fully eliminate Iran's nuclear bases. Iran's nuclear programme would just be set back a couple of months, according to the report.   US President Donald Trump denies the US media reports. Listen here.
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Jun 24, 2025 • 10min

Can your social media presence affect your US visa application?

With news that US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' on new visa applications. The move has been heavily criticized by Taoiseach Micheál Martin who described it as “excessive”. So how can you prepare before heading to the US? Jess Kelly, Technology Correspondent with Newstalk tells us all. 
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Jun 24, 2025 • 8min

Venice locals protests over Jeff Bezos opulent three-day wedding

Billionaire tech tycoon Jeff Bezos and Laura Sanchez are set to hold an opulent three-day wedding in Venice this week. However the wedding is being met with protests from locals. Nick Pisa, Senior Global Reporter with the Daily Mail tells us more.
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Jun 24, 2025 • 21min

Natasha O’Brien on the powerful new documentary

After a brutal assault by a serving soldier and a court ruling that favours her attacker’s career over her trauma. Limerick woman Natasha O’Brien becomes the face of a national reckoning. This documentary tells her story confronting a broken justice system and uniting with fellow survivors to demand change. Natasha O'Brien joined Pat in studio this morning.
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Jun 24, 2025 • 10min

What is going to Cabinet today?

Going to cabinet this morning, there is a new bill to expand HIQA’s authority over public and private hospitals, the Occupied Territories Bill that will ban the importation of west bank goods and Minister Jack Chambers is set to warn his cabinet colleagues that they’re responsible for ensuring value for money in their departments.  Pat was joined on the show by Sean Defoe, Newstalk's Political Correspondent to give us the latest. 
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Jun 24, 2025 • 12min

Surge in care homes using forged documentation to enroll unqualified individuals

Following on from the RTÉ Investigates programme that discovered the alleged abuse and neglect in nursing homes run by Emeis Ireland, over 230 allegations of abuse were made against the two nursing homes featured in the programme.Lisa O'Connell is a Founder and Managing Director of Forus training and she has seen a surge in care homes using forged documentation to enroll unqualified individuals. Lisa joined Pat this morning on the show.
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Jun 24, 2025 • 10min

Israel accuses Iran of violating the ceasefire agreement

As Israel accuses Iran of violating the ceasefire agreement announced overnight, both countries are still recovering after the overnight attacks before the ceasefire was announced. The latest from Tel Aviv with Journalist Paul Kearns. 
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Jun 24, 2025 • 10min

Healthcare staff will be set to work weekends

A new HSE deal has been made where healthcare staff will be set to work weekends to reduce pressure on hospital trolleys and beds.  We get reaction to this with Dr Chris Luke, Retired Consultant in emergency medicine and host of the Irish Medical Lives Podcast.
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Jun 24, 2025 • 14min

Staying safe on sixth year holidays

The leaving cert holiday, a word that parents fear the most. After a stressful few weeks of exams for sixth-year students, they can finally start to relax. and one-way students like to destress after exams is by going on their ‘sixth year holiday’, a rite of passage for most students.Travel expert Sarah Slattery and Jen Hogan Irish Times Journalist and mother of seven to talk about the worries and stress that comes with their child going on their leaving cert holiday and also the tips everyone going abroad should be aware of. 
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Jun 24, 2025 • 19min

Israel has not publicly accepted the ceasefire proposal

Donald Trump has just said in a post on Truth Social: "The ceasefire is now in effect. Please do not violate it! As a reminder, Israel has not publicly accepted the ceasefire proposal. Iran state TV announced earlier that a ceasefire had been "imposed" on Israel.All to discuss with Scott Lucas, Professor and Political analyst at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin.

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