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Figures from the Central Statistics Office, on the number of tourists arriving into the country, have been showing some significant drops which started last September. But the tourism industry itself has been claiming they haven't seen that decline in their business. CSO's expert on this, Senior Statistician Sam Scriven explained this.

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Donald Trump's latest threat of a 50% tariff on EU imports to the US, starting on the 1st of June. For reaction to this Dr Nora Strecker is Assistant Professor in the School of Economics at UCD and Neale Richmond, Minister of State in the Department of Foreign Affairs.

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Flights could be kitted out with new "standing seats" as soon as next year, according to reports. These upright seats would allow passengers to lean at an angle without completely sitting down while in-flight. Retired lieutenant colonel Kevin Byrne, airport safety and security auditor, gives us his verdict.

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The new National Children's Hospital in Dublin will not receive its first patients until at least June of next year, the Dáil Public Accounts Committee has heard. John Brady, Sinn Féin TD and Chairperson of the PAC, and Paul McCauliffe, Fianna Fáil TD and member of the PAC, react to the latest delay.

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Following a tense meeting at the White House, South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa has rejected US president Donald Trump’s claims of a "white genocide". Kate Bartlett, a South African freelance journalist, gives us the view from the country.

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The Government is working to establish the exact chain of events in relation to a flight carrying deportees from the US, which is understood to have stopped in Shannon Airport this week. John Cooke reports from Shannon Airport, and then we hear reaction from Labour Party leader Ivana Bacik.

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Should communities boycott the owners of holiday homes, to pressure them into selling? That was the proposal from Tom Gilligan at Mayo County Council today. For reaction Máire Ní Mhurchú, CEO of the Irish Self-Catering Federation & Peter Flynn, Fine Gael Councillor for Westport, and chairman of Mayo County Council’s strategic housing policy group.

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The supervised injection centre in Merchants Quay in Dublin opened last December has seen over 4,000 people come through it's doors which allows them to take drugs in a safe, supervised facility. There have been calls for more centres to be rolled out across the country. For more on this Eddie Mullins, Chief Executive of Merchants Quay Ireland.

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To discuss lowering the voting age we're joined now by Social Care Ireland's Noel Howard and The Social Democrats TD Aidan Farrelly who introduced the "Reduction of the Voting Age to Sixteen Years Bill 2025" in the Dail today.

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The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said while progress has been made, it is concerning that measures to identify victims of trafficking are not being implemented quickly enough, and there are not enough services to support victims. Reporter Una Kelly tells us more.

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