On today’s podcast: Kathy speaks to the District Attorney of Suffolk County in Massachusetts, Rachael Rollins, who is the first woman to hold that particular office and also the first woman of colour to be appointed as a DA across the whole of Massachusetts Commonwealth. Rollins was in Dublin ahead of her appearance at the Kennedy Summer School in Co. Wexford this weekend. They talk about her landslide victory, her drive to reform criminal justice, Trump, and why she fears no man.Also today: Róisín talks to Rally for Choice activist Rosa Thompson about the 2019 march, which takes place this Saturday September 7th in Belfast.But before all of that: Irish Times senior features writer Deirdre Falvey chats to Róisín about what's coming up in the Dublin Fringe Festival, the Booker shortlist and Labour MP Jess Phillips's stunning take-down of Boris Johnson in the House of Commons.
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