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Vincent McAviney, London based Journalist, reports that the British Home Secretary Priti Patel is likely to face calls to explain the actions of the police at a vigil in memory of murder victim Sarah Everard at the weekend.

Alan Corr reports on last night's Grammy Award winners

Marking the anniversary of the first lockdown in Ireland in response to the pandemic, Drama On One presents a selection from its ongoing season of new Irish writing.

Read by Eileen Walsh. The Silver Coast is a story about what it is people owe each other, and the interplay between the human impulse to escape or transcend the world and give yourself over to it. It is set in the kitchen of Lorna's house between the burial and the meal in the Silver Coast Hotel on the funeral day of a neighbour.

This week, Stephen chats to Grace Chatto from Clean Bandit ahead of their third album, Tim Chadwick talks about his latest single and album and Tom Grennan tells Stephen all about his new music.

This Week Editor Diarmaid Fleming talks to Co Clare fiddler Martin Hayes about the pandemic's impact on the traditional Irish music world.

Victor Bayda, Irish language officer with Comhchoiste Ghaeltacht Uíbh Ráthaigh, discusses the state of the Irish language.

Brendan Leahy, Bishop of Limerick, dicusses what the future holds for the Catholic Chruch in Ireland.

Sarah Keane, CEO of Swim Ireland and the President of the Olympic Federation of Ireland, discusses the reopening of indoor swimming pools.