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A serving soldier who beat a woman unconscious in a random street attack, and boasted about it on social media, has walked free from court after being given a fully suspended sentence which the victim described as "not justice". To discuss this David Raleigh, Freelance journalist in Limerick and CEO of Women's Aid Sarah Benson.

With two weeks to polling, and several polls predicting electoral wipeout for the Tories, Conservative MPs in the North of England claim they're being abandoned by the party. Reporter Barry Lenihan is on the Road to Westminster and he is in the North West of England, in Burnley.

Dóchas, the Irish Network for Humanitarian Organisations has told the government that there is "no time to lose" in terms of action in the areas of conflict, climate and hunger. For more on this Dóchas CEO, Jane-Ann McKenna.

Irish consumers pay on average 42 per cent more for basic goods and services than their European Union counterparts. Eurostat’s latest price comparison survey says Ireland is the second most expensive state in the EU - behind only Denmark. Eoin Burke Kennedy, the economics correspiondent at The Irish Times, has more on these figures

The Oireachtas debate on the EU migrant and asylum pact has now been extended and the Dáil vote has been put back to next week. For more on this Fianna Fail TD, James Lawless and Peadar Tobin TD, Aontu Leader.

The latest report from the Growing up in Ireland study published today has found that today's teens smoke and drink less than their counterparts a decade ago but they are substantially more at risk of depressive symptoms. Today's study is tracking the opinions of 6,000 13 years olds. For reaction on this Mark Smyth, Chartered Clinical Psychologist