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Aug 2023
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A look back on the stories of the week with our Friday Forum. Joining Anton today was Jack Power News Reporter at the Irish Times, Emer Currie Fine Gael Senator, and Jennifer Whitmore Social Democrats TD for Wicklow and Spokesperson on Climate.

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