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• BONUS - The Budget - will you have more or less money?

  Ministers Donohue and Chambers outlined Budget 26 this afternoon in the Dáil. Katie and Fran are joined by Kate English, Chief Economist with Deloitte to analyse whether or not this means you will have more or less money in your pocket. Gone are the one-off payments and instead the government focused on longer term spending. Katie and Fran also discuss the continuing fallout from the withdrawal of Fianna Fáil's candidate Jim Gavin from the Presidential race. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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• Gavin pulls out of Pres campaign: the blame game begins!

  'Fiasco' just one of the words used by Fianna Fáil politicians to describe the Presidential campaign for the party now. This follows the sudden withdrawal of FF's candidate, Jim Gavin over a dispute with a tenant dating back to 2009. Fran, Katie and David examine the timeline of the story over this weekend culminating in Gavin's decision to withdraw on Sunday night. Several senior Fianna Fáil politicians are calling for a review of the selection of Jim Gavin and many are questioning what this means for party leader Micheál Martin who chose Gavin as a candidate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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• Government spending and what do we think of Taylor Swift?

  With the budget approaching, David, Fran and Katie look at how much the government has to spend. They are joined by Albert Dolan, Fianna Fail TD who has just released a public payments tracker that he and a friend created. Albert explains how the tracker works and why it's handy to see who is getting by which department. Later, the trio discuss Taylor Swift's new album "The Life of a Showgirl" and if happy albums are as good as tortured ones! Link to the public payments tracker: [best on a laptop/PC]https://bit.ly/Publicspendtracker See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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• Social media scrutiny - how are tech giants responding to complaints?

  Katie and Fran discuss how drone footage has flown one presidential candidate into stormy skies. They also ask Brian O'Donovan if the Appeals Centre Europe is doing enough to take on the social media giants? And Adam Maguire talks about his new book and the insights it provides into a generation he calls "The Bailout Babies"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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• Bitch and putt: verbal abuse at Ryder Cup as Irish golfers swing it for Europe

  After one of the most gripping final rounds in Ryder Cup history, Katie, Fran and David tee off a discussion with golf commentator Greg Allen about the highs and lows of the tournament - from Offaly man Shane Lowry's joy after his final putt won it for Europe to the shocking verbal abuse from some American supporters.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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