Washington Correspondent with the Financial Times, Myles McCormick. Dr. Graham Finlay from the School of Politics and International Relations in UCD and still with us is former RTE Washington Correspondent and now Work and Technology Correspondent Brian O'Donovan and Lucinda Crighton, CEO Vulcan consulting former Minister European Affairs.

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Indigenous Mayans in Guatemala have called for a halt on multinational companies coming to their communities and extracting resources. As more of their people are being deported from the US under the Trump administration, they have said they will particularly resist US companies in their area. Una Kelly was in Guatamala.

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Autism diagnoses in Ireland have tripled in less than a decade, putting growing pressure on schools and health services. But what's behind the increase and is misinformation around autism a factor? For more on this Adam Harris, Founder and CEO of AsIAm.

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There are no plans "at this time" to introduce charges for excessive water use by households, the Department of Housing has said. To discuss this Assistant Professor in Bioprocess Engineering, DCU Water Insitute, Dr Jenny Lawler and Sinn Fein TD and Spokesperson on Housing, Eoin O Broin

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US and Ukrainian officials are meeting today in Saudi Arabia for talks about a ceasefire with Russia. To discuss the prospects for peace, Ukranian MP Kira Rudik, Samuel Ramani, Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and BBC's James Waterhouse.

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The day attracts over 100,000 overseas visitors to the island of Ireland, and it is also the time of year when ‘holidays in Ireland’ are most researched online. It's Tourism Ireland's job to promote the island of Ireland as a holiday destination, and Alice Mansergh Chief Executive of Tourism Ireland joined Sarah and Cormac in studio.

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A Fair Deal-style scheme giving people a legal entitlement to home care will be delivered in the lifetime of the Government, and it is the "Number one priority" according to Minister of State at the Department of Health with special responsibility for Older People, Kieran O'Donnell.

Indigenous Mayans community in Guatemala have said they do not have enough to feed their children. Guatemala has one of the highest rates of malnutrition in the world. Longer dry seasons and more severe storms have resulted in crop failures in rural villages such as La Paz. Our reporter Una Kelly has been to La Paz in Guatemala.

This week marks the fifth anniversary of that first lockdown during the Covid 19 pandemic. a new study from the Mary Immaculate College on the emotional and behavioural effects of the pandemic on young school children has been lauched today. To tell us more about the report, one of its authors Dr. Suzanne Egan from Mary Immaculate College.

We've been hearing on Drivetime recently - many native Irish speakers are voicing frustration at being refused planning permission in their local communities - so Drivetime's John Cooke followed their campaign to council headquarters in Galway today.