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Highlights from the daily news programme with Sarah McInerney and Cormac Ó hEadhra. Featuring all the latest stories, interviews and special reports. Listen live Monday to Friday at 4.30pm on RTÉ Radio 1.
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Dr. Juni Sultan, just back from Gaza tells us about the sheer horror of working at the last functioning hospital there
The European Hospital in Southern Gaza is the last major fully functioning hospital in the territory , Dr Juni Sultan, an NHS Consultant Vascular Surgeon has just retuned form operating there and details his experince.
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EP line up finally revealed, Kylie joins The Wolfe Tones for this years offering
Kylie Minogue, Kneecap and The Wolfe Tones are among the acts who will perform at the Electric Picnic music festival this August in Stradbally, Co Laois. It's the 20 anniversary of the event and the capacity has been increased to 75,000. Alan Corr, multi media journalist with RTE News gives his reaction to todays line up reveal.
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Latest homelessness figures show there are nearly 14,000 people in emergency accommodation
The latest data just published by the Department of Housing, shows that during the last week of March there were 13,866 people in emergency accommodation. Executive Director of the Simon Communities of Ireland, Wayne Stanley, CEO of Alone, Sean Moynihan and CEO of Nasc, the Migrant and Refugee Rights Centre, Fiona Hurley give there reaction.
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UN reaction to mass graves in Nassar
THE U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said he was "horrified" by the destruction of the Nasser and Al Shifa medical facilities in Gaza and reports of mass graves containing hundreds of bodies there. Ravina Shamdasani, the spokesperson for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights gives her reaction.
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Decline in mental health among LGBTQI+ people
Ireland's young LGBTQI+ population is experiencing significant mental health challenges according to new research published today. The findings show that mental health and wellbeing have declined amongst the community since 2016. The report was conducted by a team of researchers in Trinity College Dublin in association with Belong To. To discuss the findings Agnes Higgins, Professor In Mental Health in the School of Nursing & Midwifery in Trinity who led the team and by Monine Griffith CEO of Belong To.
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Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke on what he can do to help struggling businesses at risk of closure
The cost of doing business is top of the agenda for many retailers across the country many of whom want more supports. With the deadline to apply for the Increased Cost of Business Grant approaching there have been calls for an extension to allow more people to apply. For more on this Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment, Peter Burke .