Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Fein party leader and TD for Dublin Central, joined Gavan on the show today. Gavan asked her about the delay to the reopening and what she would do differently if her party was in power.

As well as that Gavan asked her about the new DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson, and his stance on the Northern Ireland protocol.

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