MEP Barry Andrews is beginning a four day visit to Ukraine with the HALO Trust

The HALO Trust charity that clears and manages explosives around the world.

Barry Andrews joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this.

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"You can't let your guard down," says Andrew Boylan, whose poultry farm is only 16km from the latest outbreak of bird flu in Co Monaghan.

The latest cases were detected in a flock near Clontibret, close to the border with Northern Ireland. It is the third confirmed outbreak in less than a week.

Andrew Boylan joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this.

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Weather events similar to Storm Éowyn could become more common in future, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

The Joint Committees on Climate, Environment and Energy, and Housing, Local Government and Heritage met on Wednesday to review Storm Éowyn and storm preparedness.

Climate Committee member & Social Democrats TD for Wicklow, Jennifer Whitmore, joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this.

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Senior Ministers will sign off on the Government's long awaited housing plan this morning.

Its' understood it will be called 'Delivering Homes, Building Communities.'

There will be a commitment to fund 12,000 social homes a year in a bid to tackle the homeless crisis.

While an expanded use of compulsory purchase orders by the Government is also likely to feature.

Ber Grogan from the Simon Community doesn't feel it will be that radical, and Ger spoke to us about all of this this morning on The Agenda.

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A new national study by Amárach Research and AI Consultant Karen Howleyfinds that 42% of Irish employees now use AI for work, a 15-point increase since May, but most are doing so with limited oversight or formal governance.

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Alcohol Action Ireland (AAI), the national independent advocate for reducing alcohol harm, announceD the launch of End the Silence 2025 – a series of three events that take place on Tuesday 11 November, Wednesday 12 November and Saturday 15 November. End the Silence forms part of Alcohol Action Ireland’s initiative Silent Voices, which seeks to raise awareness of the issues arising from growing up with alcohol harm in the home and put forward policy solutions to address these issues.

CEO of Alcohol Action Ireland, Sheila Gilheany, joined us on The Agenda this morning to tell us more about this.

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This week more than 20,000 students from over 200 schools across Ireland took part in #Gaeilge24, a national challenge that encourages young people to speak only Irish for 24 hours - at home, at school, in shops, at sports clubs, and with friends.

Now in its thirteenth year, Gaeilge24 continues to grow as one of the most dynamic school events in the country, inspiring students to bring the Irish language beyond the classroom and into their daily lives.

This year’s theme is ‘The Future of the Irish Language’, encouraged young people to think about how they can help keep the language alive in their own communities and in their futures.

Aodhán Ó Deá, Gaeilge24 Manager, joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us about this.

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Market rents in the year to September have risen by 4.3%, according to the latest rental report by Daft.ie.

In the third quarter of this year market rents went up by an average of 1.7%, the 18th consecutive quarter of rising rents.

This means they are now one third higher than their pre-Covid levels, and two thirds higher than their Celtic Tiger peak in late 2007.

Author of the report, Ronan Lyons, joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us about all of this.

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We need to treat catfishing with the seriousness it deserves according to a Fianna Fail Senator.

Fiona O’Loughlin has renewed her call for the swift passage of her Bill that would make catfishing a standalone criminal offence.

It would also provide legal recourse for victims whose identities have been stolen by giving them the right to access data from dating apps or social media platforms.

Senator O'Loughlin says it's time to put those victims first, and Senator O'Loughlin joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this.

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