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Mass protests, Tories on the slide, and Ireland gets a new bank

Local elections over in the UK have led to a surprising conservative loss, with the Labour Party ...

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15.46 10 May 2024


Mass protests, Tories on the slide, and Ireland gets a new bank


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15.46 10 May 2024


Local elections over in the UK have led to a surprising conservative loss, with the Labour Party picking up the most council seats. With Tory plans to replace Prime Minister Rishi Sunak all but finished for the moment, what does this mean for the overall political landscape in the UK? Lucy Fisher, Correspondent with the Financial Times, fills us in on the details

 

News of Trinity students protesting and blocking access to the Book of Cells due to their college’s ties with Israeli investments make headlines this week. We’re joined now by journalist and author Vincent Bevins, to ask, “do mass protests actually work?”

 

And the arrival of Spanish bank, ‘Bankinter’ was heralded as a big win for the consumer but is that actually the case? Mandy was joined by Seán Keyes, Finance Correspondent with The Currency to discuss


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