Shop owners push back against outdoor drinking on a popular Dublin city street, record-high house prices push young people to ditch their dream of owning a home, and could pets be bad for the environment?

Sarah McGuinness, political correspondent with the Irish Daily Mail, and Ben Finnegan, Today FM news anchor, join The Last Word to discuss the week's trending stories.

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Pat Marry and Robin Schiller, authors of The Ice House Murder, detail the investigation into the murder of mother of three Irene White, at Ice House in Dundalk.

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As the United States and China continue to exchange tariff jibes, what will happen to the Chinese owned social media platform TikTok, which was already facing a US ban, and how expensive could Apple's iPhone become?

Andy O'Donoghue joins The Last Word to discuss the impact that US President Donald Trump's escalating trade war is having on tech.

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A study released by DCU has found that teachers at both primary and secondary level in Ireland are experiencing burnout and poor mental health.

The report says that better support is needed to help teachers who face serious challenges in their jobs.

Dr. Pia O’Farrell, from the School of Policy and Practice in DCU and co-author of this report and Jennifer Horgan, Irish Examiner columnist & secondary school teacher, spoke to Matt about the findings on Thursday’s programme.

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On Wednesday, Donald Trump announced he would be pausing plans to introduce tariffs on goods from most countries for 90 days.

Explaining why he did so, the US President said “People were jumping a little bit out of line. They were getting yippy”.

Cal Thomas and Marion McKeone spoke to Matt about this on Thursday’s The Last Word.

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To celebrate the release of his eighth novel “The Bureau”, author Eoin McNamee joined Matt for this week’s Culture Club.

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RTÉ staff have been told that the organisation's redundancy scheme will open later this month with payments capped at €300,000.

Ian Guider, columnist with The Business Post, joins The Last Word to discuss this and more of the latest business news.

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Rory McIlroy is once again looking to complete a career Grand Slam at The Masters, but can he finally pull it off?

Lawrence Donegan, founder and editor of McKellar Magazine, joins The Last Word to discuss McIlroy's chances of winning the 2025 Masters.

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Charlie Weston, Personal Finance Editor, Irish Independent, discussed where tariffs might hit consumers in terms of fuel prices, pensions and energy prices.

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On the Easter bank holiday weekend, Today FM will be counting down the best 500 songs of the last 25 years, and you the listeners can get involved by voting for your favourites via https://vote.todayfm.com/big500.

Matt, Dee Reddy and John Caddell got involved on Tuesday’s music slot by picking some of their standout tracks.

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