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A new report reveals the number of children in consistent poverty has soared to over 100,000, with a staggering 4,775 children now without a home. The Children's Rights Alliance warns urgent action is needed to break this devastating cycle. To discuss this Tanya Ward, Chief Executive of the Children’s Rights Alliance.

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Announcement today on new rental measures for more Mary Conway, Chairperson of the irish Property Owners Association, Faye Ní Dhomhnaill, President of University of Galway Students Union, Sean Moynihan, Chief Executive of ALONE, John Cummins, Minister of State in the Department of Housing & Conor Sheehan, Labour Party Housing Spokesperson.

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Proposed changes to Rent Pressure Zones will be discussed tonight between Government Coalition party leaders, and the ministers for Housing, Finance and Public Expenditure. We hear from Sean O'Neill McPartlin, Director of Housing Policy at Progress Ireland and Ber Grogan, Executive Director of Simon Communities of Ireland.

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An Irish Times column over the weekend by freelance journalist Paul Kearns pointed out the disconnect between those sunbathing on beaches in Tel Aviv, with the horror and starvation occurring just an hour away in Gaza.

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Gardai in Limerick have warned that “nobody is untouchable” as they respond to ongoing feud-related violence in the city including drive-by shootings and petrol bomb attacks. John Cooke reports.

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Alice Chau - clinical animal behavourist, explains what cats understand about their owners and how they communicate with us

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John Walsh, Dublin West Labour councillor and, Bobby Healy CEO of Manna Air Delivery discuss the issues surrounding the use of drones for delivery

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Lawyer Peter Griffin on Robert Pether's release on bail from an Iraqi jail.

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RTÉ reporter Una Kelly on Sligo Rovers new programme of football coaching sessions for prisoners

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Questions are mounting this evening for the lucrative private nursing home sector, its regulator and the Minister for Older People after last nights expose on Em-ease nursing homes. RTE Investigates revealed how residents at two privately-run homes were left to sit in their own urine and subjected to manhandling by staff. Reporter Barry Lenihan.

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