The Last Word
@lstwrd
Today FM's The Last Word with Matt Cooper. Monday to Friday 4.30pm to 7. PODCASTS: http://todayfm.com/The-Last-Word-…
4.30 @cooper_m 🟡@IrishWater asks public to “really consider” their water usage 🔵If Ireland is so wealthy, why do so many feel the pinch? @CWeston_Indo 🟡Cancer delays “causing avoidable deaths” @averilpower 🔵Surge in big-money divorces 🟡Culture Club: Stuart Braithwaite

📻From 4.30 @cooper_m 🟡Motorists spend €10k a year to keep 🚗 on the road 🔵Starvation in Gaza @sallyhayd @JimClarken 🟡Hospitality VAT cut labelled 'economic vandalism' 🔵Drone deliveries @realBobbyHealy @rodericogorman 🟡Remembering Ozzy Osbourne 🔵Culture Club @rosnodaigh

4.30pm @cooper_m 🔵 Will €276bn 10yr NDP deliver? @jackfchambers 🟡 Colbert has choice words for Trump, @marionmckeone @CalThomas 🔵 Calls for renting pet owners protections 🐶 🟡 Would a 4-day week make you happier? 🔵 Cycling and addiction recovery 🟡 Fleetwood Mac reunion?

4.30 @cooper_m 🟡More potential candidates for the Presidential race @louiseburne_ 🔵Ryanair staff paid to identify oversized baggage @eoghancorry 🟡Mrs Brown’s Boys returns for season 5 🔵The risks of a workplace romance 🟡Tipp are All-Ireland champions @willocallaghan 🏆

4.30 @cooper_m 🟡New house starts lowest since lockdown 🔵Trump threatens to sue the Wall Street Journal @marionmckeone 🟡Michael D’s poetry, Kneecap’s latest win, Elmo racism row @liseinthecity @dionfanning 🔵🟡All Ireland SHC Final preview 🔴⚪️ 🟡#TheOpen day 2

4.30pm @cooper_m 🔵 'Perfect storm' of cocaine use 🟡 3 plead guilty to Tom Niland manslaughter 🔵 Smart luggage & steamers @ADODonoghue 🟡 @OliverDunne on restaurant closure 🔵 Genius myths @helenlewis 🟡 @gcooney93 Open Championship day 1 🔵 Green-light for night flights

📻From 4.30 @cooper_m 🟡Back-to-school costs push parents into debt @CWeston_Indo 🔵An Post CEO denies company is in crisis @DavidMcredmond 🟡Farmers concerned over EU proposal to change CAP funding 🔵Preview the Open Championship in Portrush ⛳️ 🟡Culture Club with Aoife Dunne

4.30 @cooper_m 🟡Is the Trump/Putin bromance over? 🔵Cost of living budget measures to be axed 🟡Would you listen to an AI band? 🔵First time TDs on their first six months 🟡Cabinet meets on tariffs 🔵Dublin hotel prices shoot up for All Ireland finals 🟡News, sport, business

4.30pm @cooper_m 🔵 1/4 of Irish pubs closed in 20 years @VFIpubs 🟡 Off beaten track Europe city breaks 🔵 How will EU respond to US tariff threat? 🟡 @lisatk on living with endometriosis 🔵 RTÉ weather re-vamp 🟡 Tuam excavation 🔵 Kerry & Donegal through to All Ireland final

4.30 @cooper_m 🔵"We're no gougers", say supermarkets, as grocery prices rise 4.6% @CWeston_Indo 🟡The jobs most at risk from AI @adrianweckler 🔵Trump's latest tariff tantrum 🟡Free sunscreen in Cork 🔵@officialgaa football semis 🟡Taylor v Serrano: Pt 3 🔵News, sport, business

This week’s @lstwrd on the environment with @cooper_m on @TodayFM is coming up shortly. We’ll be discussing heatwaves & killer flooding events. Plus: is #climate change likely to trigger a global financial crash?
On The @lstwrd with @cooper_m next: @Nothing have releases their new phone, (3) but is it really a flag-ship phone in a saturated market? Next, on @TodayFM :
📻From 4.30 @cooper_m 🟡George Gibney consents to extradition 🔵Race for the Áras - Sean Kelly is out but who is in? 🟡€50-100k savings from apartment rule changes don't add up @MitchMcDerm 🔵@GAA_Palestine denied Irish visas 🟡Climate change will spark next financial crisis

With @marionmckeone and @CalThomas podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the…
4.30 @cooper_m 🟡Should the GPO be redeveloped? @Toibin1 @jgeoghegantd 🔵Israel plans forced transfer of Palestinians @Hannahmc_carthy 🟡Musk's new political party 🔵Gardaí step up patrols after Joseph McEvoy death @conormlally 🟡40 years of Live Aid @Deebodee @HanrattyDave

4.30 @cooper_m 🟡More to be done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions @EPAIreland 🔵8 jailed for biggest cocaine seizure in Ireland’s history 🟡Dublin’s nee-naw service, Televising EP, & crying at work @HanrattyDave @allyhealy 🔵All-Ireland SHC semi-finals 🟡Georgia v Ireland

Do you want to encourage your kids to spend more time outdoors this summer? Or are you looking for ways to keep them learning over the break? I joined @cooper_m on The @lstwrd to run through the best tech to keep kids busy during the summer holidays... todayfm.com/podcasts/the-l…
📻From 4.30 @cooper_m 🟡Flight cancellations due to 🇫🇷 air-traffic strike @eoghancorry 🔵Free bets lure gamblers to spend more 🟡Ministers begin to set out Budget priorities @louiseburne_ 🔵Tech to keep kids busy this summer 🌦️ 🟡Europe's 'silent killer' heatwave @think_or_swim

4.30 @cooper_m 🟡George Gibney arrested in the US 🔵How expensive could your weekly food shop get? @CWeston_Indo 🟡DJ Carey pleads guilty to 10 charges of deception @FrankGreaney 🔵Will 10% tariffs become the "new normal"? @peterburkefg 🟡Culture Club: @ciarageraghty

Rising food prices are here to say, a leading farm organisation has warned. And why do so many people not understand basic financial concepts like the way inflation reduces what we can buy, and taxes on savings? Discussing with @cooper_m on @lstwrd.