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RTÉ is back before PAC with clashing views on its financial performance and funding needs, Sinn Féin's Dáil push on reunification, international focus on Aughinish keeps pressure on Govt and the podcast says slán to...

And we're off...the EU presidency gets going with a Zelensky broadside, what exactly is happening over Aughinish, new guidelines to unfetter rural housing and the latest from Kerry.

The RTÉ politics team discuss this weeks political happenings...personal drug decriminalisation, the future of the excise cuts, the triple lock and savings with social influencers. Also, Jeffrey Donaldson is convicted...

The Dáil majority voted to end the 3 day wait, but a majority of Government TDs did not agree, the guillotine is wheeled out to push a glut of bills through the house, Fine Gael's unified island initiative, data centres...

The Common Travel Area and migration under the microscope, Ireland to spend €165m on hosting the EU presidency, that soccer fixture and alumina from Co Limerick ending up in Russia.

Could there be a way back for the Healy Raes? The latest on SNAs, a big Dáil week ahead over the Israel Ireland soccer match and the legislation formerly known as the Occupied Territories Bill finally for discussion in...

Planning changes to allow for one-off housing on the way, rambunctious exchanges as the Occupied Territories Bill moves centre stage again, ministerial backing for RTÉ management and Government reopens summer provision...

Progress of a sort on the Occupied Territories Bill after mistreatment of Irish flotilla activists, Taoiseach and Mary Lou exchanges in the Dáil, RTÉ pay blues and in the bye-elections voters finally get to choose.

Eviction rates soar with new rental rules, prompting calls for an eviction ban... A €7 billion budget looms but details are still scant, bye-elections and Fianna Fáil celebrating 100 years at this weekend's Ard Fheis.

Coalition tensions break through over third level fees, going nuclear in Fianna Fáil, the bye-election campaigns grind on, and the Dáil focuses again on the cost of energy.

The Goverment keeps some powder dry but the Opposition demands action now to reduce costs; cutbacks to Ukrainian accommodation as housing completions increase, plus more on the bye-elections and what the results will...

With two looming by-elections, pressure is building on the Government, as the cost-of-living crisis deepens and demands for more action grows. Tensions again rising as Iran pockets its first toll - a cool $2m - to pass...

The Dáil returned this week to a noticeably unsettled political landscape. The Government has been rattled by recent developments — and questions are now swirling around Fianna Fáil: is there a genuine leadership...

The fuel price protests continue as the pumps begin to run dry. Gardaí and the Government bring in the army, as protestors stance hardens. Is there an off-ramp and could the Government do anything more

Energy quivers as Donald Trump keeps the Government and the world guessing, an investment scheme for savers just when the markets turn shakey, new scrambler laws and clarity needed for that back garden emporium.