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Viral 'hugging grandparents' ad: did Jim O’Callaghan need to intervene?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 23, 202641 min
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Take our listener survey for access to a bonus episode. Go to irishtimes.com/insidepolitics. Pat Leahy and Sarah Burns join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: The Dail was dominated this week by debate over the Government’s proposal to end the Triple Lock. It’s a substantial political row with contradictions and ironies on both sides of the argument. The attention of terminally online people all over the world was drawn to Ireland this week when a video published by the Dublin Rape Cris...

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Hi, it's Hugh here. We are carrying out a short listener survey to better understand how people engage with Inside Politics. As a thank you for taking part, you will receive access to an exclusive Inside Politics bonus episode. Go to irishtimes.com slash Inside Politics to take part in the survey. It only takes two minutes to complete.

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You will find that link in the show notes of this episode that you're listening to now. You're listening to the Irish Times. It's Friday, October the 23rd, and you're very welcome to the Inside Politics podcast from The Irish Times, our wrap of the week with political editor Pat Leahey and reporter

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Sarah Burns. Hello to you both. Hello. Thank you.

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