As Chair of the Climate Committee, Brian Leddin has strong views on hitting carbon reduction targets. But the Green TD warns Your Politics that it is an "absolute Herculean task", which demands no flip-flopping on carbon taxes. And he says there's a "serious question" over the secondment of Tony Holohan to TCD.

Fianna Fáil's James O'Connor, Dr Theresa Reidy of UCC and Sinn Féin's Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire join hosts Sandra Hurley and David Murphy for a wide-ranging live debate on pressing issues with students at UCC. The cost of living crisis, war in Ukraine, carbon tax and electoral prospects are among the many topics tackled.

Constituents in Dublin South-Central are telling People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Bríd Smith that they're struggling with rising rents and "drowning in debt". She joins the Your Politics team and warns of mass protests, discusses the crisis in agriculture and recalls when one politician tried to get the pig-friendly film "Babe" banned.

Sandra Hurley is at Versailles, as the Taoiseach pushes EU leaders to allow further cuts in fuel taxes. At home, Sinn Féin keeps the pressure on as TD Louise O'Reilly warns of peoples' desolation and fear, the urgent need to get those fuel costs down, and calls on the Government "to stretch themselves" to deliver a satisfactory war-time response.

Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, tells the Your Politics team that he does not support a European Army, but believes that "we can do more". Pointing to Ireland's many friends in Washington, he tackles the Taoiseach's "Jesuitical distinction" on fuel aid, and explains why the Left gets neutrality wrong.

The Russian army - the fourth largest in the world - rolls into Ukraine, riding roughshod over international law. After repeated promises that he would not invade, the Russian President makes his move with inflation rocketing and energy supplies squeezed - meaning sanctions will cut both ways. The Your Politics team assess the latest developments.

Fianna Fáil's Mark Daly, Cathaoirleach of the Seanad, joins the Your Politics team to discuss the "true meaning" of the tricolour, how the UK has upped its game in Washington post-Brexit and why "diplomacy is a contact sport".

As the Government agrees a €290 million plan to combat the rising cost of living, the Your Politics team asks how far it will go in tackling the crisis.

Catherine Murphy, co-leader of the Social Democrats, joins the Your Politics team to discuss the escalating cost of living crisis, remote working in the commuter belt, how the lockdown hit women harder...and the appeal of bi-locating.

The Green Party has been in power for 18 months. So how is it going? Children and Equality Minister Roderic O'Gorman discusses direct provision, the climate agenda and Mother & Baby Homes. With Sinn Féin sure to target his seat in Dublin West, he says their objections to carbon tax would be a "deal-breaker" in any potential coalition talks.