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The lifting of the eviction ban continued to dominate the Dáil. Host Sandra Hurley is joined by Paul Cunningham, Sorcha Ní Riada and Micheál Lehane to discuss a hectic week in which Green TD Neasa Hourigan lost the whip. All eyes are on next week's no confidence motion by Labour.

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Áine Lawlor is joined by Emma DeSouza, Bríd Rodgers, Monica McWilliams and Liz O’Donnell to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. They pay tribute to Northern Secretary Mo Mowlam's defining role, but warn that sectarianism remains a daily reality in Northern Ireland, and is driving young people overseas.

There was no kicking the can down the road - the no-fault eviction ban is being axed. But at what cost? Áine Lawlor is joined by Sandra Hurley, Paul Cunningham and David Murphy to examine the issue, which Sinn Féin will ensure comes to a vote after the recess. All eyes will be on the Green dissident duo.

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Minister Niall Collins effectively tells the Dáil there's 'nothing to see here', but will that appease the Opposition? Fine Gael try to turn up the heat on Sinn Féin over party finances, but really, is that going anywhere? Host Áine Lawlor is joined by Sorcha Ní Riada, Micheál Lehane and David Murphy to ponder the prospects of a left-wing alliance.

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Minister of State Neale Richmond and People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett join host Áine Lawlor for a wide-ranging live debate, with questions from UCD students on housing, student fees, emigration and the potential of a left wing alliance

The Social Democrats take centre stage to consider who should take the reigns, as Fine Gael top brass reveal that they took drugs. The Ceann Comhairle exhorts Russian MPs to stand up to Putin and end his year-long Ukrainian rampage. What happened to all the pro-Protocol choreography. Did Rishi bottle it? And the expenses grudge-match rumbles on.

The solidarity across the House on the Patient Safety Bill was a fitting tribute to Vicky Phelan. Áine Lawlor is joined by Sorcha Ní Riada, Micheál Lehane and Paul Cunningham to ask how the citizens' assembly might tackle the endemic scourge of heroin, what we can expect on cost-of-living supports, and the political perils posed by wine bars.

"We've got to cop ourselves on", Senator Michael McDowell insists. The former Minister for Justice tells Your Politics that the Irish system is the "least capable" of assessing applications, which is "manna from Heaven" for right-wing extremists, He dismisses the so-called "whole of Government" approach, saying that it does not actually exist.

Independent Senator Eileen Flynn is an activist who values her faith. She speaks of her admiration for St. Brigid, who chose her spiritual truth over a forced marriage, explains how she tries to use the Seanad to speak the truth from her own lived experience, and warns of the dangers of oppressed people on the margins becoming oppressors.

We need a dedicated, stand-alone defence minister who can give hands-on supervision, insists Cathal Berry. The Independent TD joins host Áine Lawlor and Micheál Lehane to consider our not-so-neutrality (from WW2 to the War in Ukraine), and suggest that we would should let SIPO do its job rather than wasting time on political point-scoring.