Could print newspapers become a thing of the past sooner than we think? Mediahuis Ireland Publisher, Peter Vandermeersch joins Mandy to discuss the expansion into Northern Ireland, the future of print and digital journalism, and the current health of the newspaper industry in Ireland today.

Mandy, together with Michael Collins, Director General of the Irish Institute for European Affairs and a former Irish Ambassador for Germany, examines the economic and political landscape in Germany as rising Covid rates challenge the new three-party coalition and together discuss Angela Merkel's legacy after 15 years at the helm of German politics.

Mandy is also joined by Thomas Gryta, Wall Street Journal reporter and co-author of 'Lights Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric' to discuss the collapse of General Electic.

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