State of Affairs

An old lady evicted on a stretcher

State of Affairs

Show Notes

Aine Lawlor & Chris Donoghue have teamed up to bring you 'State of Affairs' - It's politics inside and out.

On this episode Shona Murray of Euronews is on to talk cost of living in Brussels versus Ireland, the major politics across Europe from housing protests in Spain to student protests in France. We touch on the EU Presidency, migration, defence spending, abuse of animals in Ireland as well as curly blow drys and chit chat at Irish weddings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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