Nick Ferrari, presenter of Nick Ferrari at Breakfast on LBC, outlined the response from UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to Elon Musk's attacks on Safeguarding Minister Jess Philips.

Nick also explained the war of words that has broken out between Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and Elon Musk.

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Russell Alford, food critic for The Sunday Times and one half of the GastroGays, joins The Last Word to discuss another of his favourite foodie travel destinations.

This time he has chosen Lisbon in Portugal, a hugely popular destination for Irish tourists.

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Former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg is to step down from his role at Meta.

He is due to be replaced by former Republican White House deputy chief of staff Joel Kaplan, who served under George W Bush from 2006-2009.

Ian Guider joined Will O’Callaghan for Friday’s business slot.

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Helen Vaughan, Psychotherapist with Maynooth Counselling & The Coast Counselling in Malahide, spoke to Will O'Callaghan about the importance of self care and she outlined 10 ways to be kinder to yourself in 2025.

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Helen Vaughan, Psychotherapist with Maynooth Counselling & The Coast Counselling in Malahide, outlines eight strategies to help to de-stress in 2025.

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Have you noticed that your phone’s performance has worsened recently, or are you struggling to free up some space in its memory?

Tech Journalist Andy O’Donoghue joined Will O’Callaghan on The Last Word to explain the most effective methods of clearing space on your devices.

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Matt was joined by Will O'Callaghan from Off The Ball and Gavin Cooney from The42.ie as they looked back on all the highlights from the soccer year.

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John Caddell and Dee Reddy join The Last Word to look back on the last year in music and give their picks for the best music of 2024.

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Tabitha Monahan, political reporter with the Independent, journalist Lise Hand, Dave Hanratty, host of the No Encore podcast, and Eoghan Tomás McDermott, MD of the Communications Clinic, all join The Last Word to look back on the biggest news stories of 2024.

Stories include:

• Donald Trump's return to the White House

• General Election 2024

• Nikita Hand’s civil rape case against Conor McGregor

• Cillian Murphy's Best Actor win at the Oscars

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The Last Word remembers some of the famous people who passed away in the last year.

Journalist and broadcaster Tommie Gorman

Jim Beard, keyboardist with Steely Dan

John Savident, who played Fred from Coronation street

Tito Jackson from the Jackson 5

Actor James Earl Jones

Musician and producer Quincy Jones

Former Minister and TD Mary O’Rourke

Singer Marlena Shaw

Actor Dame Maggie Smith

Paul Di’Anno from Iron Maiden

Journalist and activist Nell McCafferty

Writer Edna O’Brien

Actor and musician Kris Kristopherson

Actor Donald Sutherland

Actor Shelly Duval

Philip Dadae Harvey from Soul II Soul

Actor Shannen Doherty

Actor and singer David Soul

Singer Liam Payne

Journalist Charlie Bird

Singer Dickie Rock

Comedian Jon Kenny

Commentator and national treasure Micheal O'Muircheartaigh

Musician Eoin French known as Talos