US President Donald Trump has said that "the day of reckoning and retribution is coming" for Minnesota as the state is suing his administration over its immigration crackdown following the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good.

Cal Thomas and Marion McKeone join The Last Word to discuss this and more of the latest news from the United States.

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On Tuesday, Diageo confirmed that it will increase the price of its pints from February 2nd.

The cost will increase by 7 cent per pint (excluding VAT), which is the 5th time the company has done so in three years.

Pat Crotty, CEO Vintners Federation expressed his disappointment to Matt on The Last Word, saying that publicans are “being hit from all sides” and that they “cannot continue to absorb these hits year after year”.

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Judge James O’Donohoe reduced a €50,000 damages award by 80% to a cyclist who suffered a brain injury when he collided with a motorbike, saying that cyclists in Dublin have become a “nightmare”.

Dr Damien O’Tuama, National Cycling Co-Ordinator at the Irish Cycling Campaign and Tony Toner, freelance motoring journalist and advanced driving instructor, reacted to these comments on Tuesday’s The Last Word.

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Brighton’s 2-1 defeat of Manchester United in Sunday’s FA Cup third round fixture at Old Trafford means United will play just 40 games in the 2025-26 campaign. It will be their shortest season since 1914-15.

Miguel Delaney, Chief Football Writer with The Independent and former Ireland International Tony Cascarino speak to Matt about the weekend’s results.

Plus, they reacted to the news that Real Madrid parted ways with manager Xabi Alonso after they lost to Barcelona in Sunday’s Supercopa de Espana final.

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Douglas Farah, President of IBI Consultants, a national security consulting firm based in Washington DC and former Washington Post journalist, was a participant in US war games in the Pentagon for the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations.

Having worked in South America as a Washington Post reporter for many years, he was asked to take part with other experts to 'game out' how the end of the Maduro regime might come about and what would happen in the aftermath. A 2019 Pentagon report concluded that all scenarios would end in chaos. So why did the US intervene in Venezuela?

Douglas Farah joins Matt to outline how war games are carried out and how the second Trump administration seems to be doing things very differently.

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The Traitors Ireland stormed into the top 10 most-watched TV shows in Ireland last year, with The Late Late Toy Show once again claiming top spot with an audience of over 1.5m people.

Elsewhere, Jessie Buckley picked up the Best Actress award at the Golden Globes on Sunday night for her performance in the widely acclaimed Hamnet. On Monday’s The Last Word, Joe O’Shea and Elaine Burke look at Buckley’s TV career, which included roles in Chernobyl and Taboo.

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Sarah Slattery from thetravelexpert.ie joins The Last Word to run through some of the best travel deals to be found in the January sales.

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This week on The Week Trending Matt is joined by Broadcaster and Author Aoife Barry and Sports Broadcaster Cathal Mullaney to discuss the week's biggest trending stories.

This week they discuss controversy over AI 'Nudification' tools, Scotland getting a new bank holiday for their World Cup campaign and more

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Ireland has a great reputation for its hospitality both at home and abroad, and part of it is built on the appeal of the Irish pub.

So, what appeals to us the most about going to the pub? Is the future of the pub – particularly in rural Ireland – under threat due to the increase in the cost of a drink?

Donal Fallon, Historian, Presenter of the Three Castles Burning podcast & author of ‘The Dublin Pub’ and Dr. Perry Share, Head of the School of Business and Social Sciences at Atlantic Technological University, and Co-editor of ‘The Irish Pub’ speak to Matt on The Last Word.

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This week on The Last Word on the Environment John Gibbons joins Matt to discuss Ireland's decision not to back the EU's Mercosur trade deal with South America.

They also discuss the Taoiseach's promise to remove the passenger cap at Dublin Airport

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