This week, Jonathan Healy was joined by Ralph Riegel, author and Southern Correspondent with the Irish Independent and Jennifer Horgan, Irish Examiner Columnist to look back on the week that was, but with a few twists…
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You Are What You Eat: Dried Fruit
Aisling Larkin, Mindful Eating Coach and TV Chef joins Jonathan Healy to discuss dried fruit - their benefits, and how you can use them!
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Sport with Mick McCarthy
Off The Ball's Mick McCarthy joined Jonathan Healy on The Hard Shoulder to review the week in sport and look ahead to the weekend action…
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Should single parents get the same amount of parental leave as two?
Calls are ongoing for measures to ensure that children in single-parent families have access to the same amount of parental leave as those in two-parent families.To chat more about this, Jonathan Healy is joined by Carly Bailey from One Family.
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Trump orders Epstein investigation on everyone (but himself)
US President Donald Trump has been responding today to the latest trove of emails by Jeffrey Epstein with a Truth Social post calling it “THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN HOAX”. He has asked the FBI, Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice to launch an investigation into those Epstein reportedly had a relationship with. This includes, as listed in Trump’s social media post: “Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman, J.P. Morgan, Chase, and many other people and institutions”.For more on this, Jonathan Healy is joined by BBC News’ North American Correspondent, Anthony Zurcher.Image: Reuters
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