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A historic meeting between President Zelensky and President Donald Trump
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington today to sign an agreement on sharing his country's mineral resources. Zelensky has described the bilateral deal as preliminary, and said he wants further agreements which include US security guarantees to deter renewed Russian aggression. We get reaction to this historical meeting taking place later today with Lesia Vasylenko Ukrainian MP.
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Is the e-bike a plausible car replacement
A University of Limerick research project examining e-bike usage has shown how they could change transport behaviours, improve health, reduce environmental impact and be “a plausible car replacement.” We discuss further with Professor James Green, lead investigator at I-Cycle at UL’s School of Allied Health and Health Research Institute.
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What’s behind the surge in ADHD prescriptions in Ireland?
ADHD prescriptions have seen an 87 per cent surge in the last five years as a ‘tsunami’ of demand is overwhelming services, according to the HSE. Speaking Ciara this morning was Dr Patricia Byrne, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist.
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Is Ireland too Dublin-centric?
People often fall into the trap that news that happens outside Dublin is no news at all. That’s according to Irish Examiner Columnist and Cork native Michael Moynihan who spoke to Shane this morning.
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Taoiseach formally invited to the White House
The Taoiseach has been formally invited to the White House for the annual St Patrick's Day bilateral meeting. US President Donald Trump has written to Micheál Martin, inviting him for a meeting in the Oval Office on March 12th. We get reaction to the invite with Ray Bassett, Former Senior Irish Diplomat.
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