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Time for Ask the Expert and joining Ciara, filling in for Pat, this morning to answer your medical questions is Dr. Eleanor Galvin.

Owner of the Dublin Cookery School, Gerry Devlin joins Ciara, filling in for Pat, with some vibrant summer dishes to make us feel like it’s 25 degrees and sunny.

Reports suggest a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could be signed within days. We'll get the latest from Mark Weiss of The Irish Times.

Now, following the stabbing incident in Belfast and the subsequent disorder and far-right mobilization we’ve seen on the streets including here in Dublin, questions are being raised about how violence is amplified and turned into political flashpoints. To help us understand the dynamics at play, from a culture of violence to online escalation, Ciara, filling in for Pat, is joined by Gemma McSherry, a writer who has previously worked with Amnesty and The Guardian.

Miguel Delaney joins Ciara, filling in for Pat, to discuss the World Cup, and some of its shortcomings.

Dr Ken Ó Donnchú joins Ciara, filling in for Pat, to discuss his new book on Irish sayings dating back centuries.

It’s twenty years since the death of Charlie Haughey. We review his legacy with his biographer, Professor Gary Murphy.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Ireland this weekend as a major Canadian tech firm announces a €105 million investment and 400 new jobs here - so what does it all mean for Ireland's relationship with Canada and the US?Chief Reporter with Bauer Media Audio Ireland, Barry Whyte, joins Ciara, filling in for Pat, to discuss.

Are you one of those people who look forward to the annual release of the top ten things we searched Google for?Simon Rogers is Google’s data editor, and his new book what we ask google offers an insight into how good or bad humanity could be doing based on what it searches for, and he joined Pat to explain.

Pat was joined by one of the world’s prominent scholars of the holocaust. Born and raised in a kibutz, Omer Bartov also served as an officer in the Israeli army. His new book, Israel: What Went Wrong, focuses on the tragedy besetting Israel and Palestine. it pulls no punches as it sets out how Israeli actions can only be described as genocide.