Behind the Story

Greyhound racing will receive €20 million in public funding next year despite a decline in the numbers attending race meets. There are significant concerns also around animal welfare. Sport correspondent with the Irish Times, Gavin Cooney joins Karen Creed to discuss a new report from the Parliamentary Budget Office.
Later, Sam Wolfson of the Guardian outlines how the manosphere and bro-casters have lost interest in Trump.
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How do our security forces manage the murky cyber threats that have dominated the headlines as we approach the largest gathering of world leaders Ireland has ever hosted?
On this episode, we talk to former chief of staff of the Defence Mark Mellett on the spate of recent cyber threats and the scale of the security operation involved in hosting two major EU summits on Thursday and Friday.
And those pay talks that finally ended overnight with a deal- our work and technology correspondent Brian O'Donovan goes through what has been agreed and what happens next.
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Arrests were made after a brawl broke out at an influencer organised boxing event in Kilkenny at the weekend. Far right activist Tommy Robinson attended the event which led to a fight breaking out outside the ring. Reporter Christopher Dunne with the Kilkenny People joins Karen Creed to explain what happened.
Later, business reporter with The Currency, Tom Lyons outlines what is known about Nvidia's boss Jensen Huang and his affair with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy.

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Several Irish media outlets received bomb threats on Friday which coincided with more aviation threats. Media correspondent Evelyn O'Rourke joins Fran and Eamon to explain what happened at the Donnybrook site.
Later, Charlie Taylor, Technology Editor with the Business Post discusses the fall in tech stocks and how the Tech Bros may need to broaden their political allegiences following the Democrats win in the US mid terms.

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Democrats are celebrating massive wins in the US mid term elections while Trump and the Republic Party reel from the size of the losses. Justin McCarthy joins Paul from Washington to talk about election night and how things unfolded.
Later, Michael Ricci, Prof of Public Policy at Georgetown University analyses the results, what this win means and whether the MAGA movement is in decline.

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