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News Catch-Up: Iran, Athletes and St. Pat-thique

Ep. 415

This week Carl Kinsella and I have a lot of ground to cover, from the worrying expansion of bombing in the Middle East, to Ireland's new rent rules as well as the erection and removal of a giant statue of St. Patrick in Temple Bar.


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