This Week

The 88-year old pontiff, who has been discharged from hospital today, appeared at the window of the Gemelli hospital in Rome offering a blessing to the people who gathered outside to see him. Elise Allen is senior correspondent with the Catholic News Organisation Crux.

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President Michael D. Higgins will vacate the office later this year. So who are the likely candidates running to replace him? Sarah McGuinness, Political Correspondent for the Irish Daily Mail, and John Downing, Irish Independent Political Columnist give their predictions.

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Ireland is renowned for its warm welcome for visitors, but is that really the experience? Our reporter Gavin O'Callaghan has been to meet some people who have moved to Ireland to get their opinions.

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President Donald Trump's escalating tariff war could particularly impact Ireland. Brad Setser, Senior Fellow on the Council on Foreign Relations and former Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US Treasury Department, explains.

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Fire ripped through a packed nightclub early in the North Macedonian town of Kocani, killing 59 people and injuring more than 155, after sparks ignited the roof over a live band. We hear the latest from Xhelal Neziri, a journalist based in North Macedonia.

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It's almost four years since Robert Pether, an Australian national who had been living in Roscommon, was arrested in Iraq and jailed in what the UN has described as an arbitrary detention. Sinéad Hussey, Midlands Correspondent, reports.

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New CSO figures show that planning permissions for apartments fell last year despite the need to increase housing supply. Orla Hegarty, architect and Assitant Professor at the School of Architecture and Planning at UCD, and Ian Lawlor, Managing Director at Roundtower Capital, discuss.

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While traditionally there is a focus on the first 100 days of a US Presidency, Donald Trump has already made a substantial impact on global affairs in half that time. John King, CNN anchor and Chief National Correspondent, gives his analysis.

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A solicitor for the second Sinn Féin elected representative, arrested by gardaí in relation to alleged financial irregularities at a company, has said he denies the allegations. Fiachra O'Cionnaith reports.

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This week, Taoiseach Micheál Martin will travel to Washington to meet President Trump as part of the St. Patrick's Day celebrations. We hear from former Chief of Staff to the Taoiseach, Brian Murphy, after a report from Jackie Fox.

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