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A US trade court yesterday blocked Donald Trump from imposing sweeping global tariffs on imports. For more Law professor at the University of Minnesota Richard Painter- who also served as chief White House ethics lawyer in the George W. Bush administration and Peter Burke the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment.

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Single-use vapes will be banned in Northern Ireland and the UK from this coming Sunday and the Irish Heart Foundation are calling for legislation to be fast-tracked here. To tell us more Mark Murphy is Senior Policy Manager with the Irish Heart Foundation

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Hen parties are facing a backlash, not over bad behaviour but burnout. The modern hen do is fast becoming a "hen don't" for many women who are put off by the price, the travel and the organisational chaos. Jessica O'Sullivan Editor of One Fab Day tells us more.

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Locals in a Co. Tipperary village are vowing to continue their protest outside a former hotel housing International Protection Applicants – a year after their demonstration first began. Drivetime’s John Cooke has been back to the Tipperary Village of Dundrum

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A record number of people were treated for drug use in Ireland last year, with cocaine the most common drug outside of alcohol. To discuss this Jo-Hanna Ivors, Associate Professor in Addiction from the school of medicine in Trinity College Dublin.

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The Russian government said this afternoon that it had proposed another round of talks with Ukraine to be held in istanbul which would start on June 2nd. For more on this Maria Mezentseva Member of Ukranian Parilament

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Alan Kelly, Labour Party TD for Tipperary North and chair of the Oireachtas Media Committee and Malcolm Byrne, Fianna Fail TD for Wicklow Wexford and member of the Oireachtas Media Committee.

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Imagine a school where students get to design their own class, focused on learning about the important issues that matter to them. First Year Pupils at a number of Secondary Schools in Limerick, Galway and Kerry have been doing as part of a Junior Cycle pilot project called Needs. John Cooke has been speaking to some of those involved.

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Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has said that three members of the board of Children's Health Ireland have resigned this morning, and a fourth resigned in the last week. For more on this Padraig Rice, Social Democrat TD for Cork South Central and Anthony Staines, Professor of Health Systems at Dublin City University.

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The ESRI have said they are forecasting only 34,000 homes will be delivered this year and only 37,000 next year. Cormac spoke to John Cummins, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

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