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Mar 2025
53m 59s

The Newspaper Panel

RtÉ Radio 1
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On The Newspaper Panel this week, Brendan is joined by; Michael Kelly, Public Affairs Director with ‘Aid to the Church in Need’ and former Editor of The Irish Catholic, Dr Emma Howard, Economist at TU Dublin, Bobby McDonagh, Former Irish Ambassador to the UK and the EU and Alison O’Connor, Columnist with the Sunday Times.  
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