“The heavy security and disruption will annoy Dubliners and visitors to the capital, and inconvenience businesses, but that should not drown out the reason why major European meetings are taking place in Dublin this week. Their purpose is to protect and promote the security and prosperity of Irish and European citizens.”

So wrote former Ambassador to London, Brussels and Rome, Bobby McDonagh, who joins Ciara to discuss.

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