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The Last Word with Matt Cooper

On Ireland's most cutting edge current affairs show, Matt and his guests provide a running stream of intelligent opinions and heated debates on the issues that matter most to Irish listeners. You might not always agree, but you'll never want to miss a Word.

Latest episodes

The Last Word On The US: Why Trump's Epstein Problem Just Won't Go Away

2 days ago - 12 mins

The Last Word with Matt Cooper

Why Have New Home Commencements Fallen Off A Cliff?

2 days ago - 11 mins

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The Salt Path: Journalist On Her Bombshell Investigation Into The Hit Memoir

2 days ago - 13 mins

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Is The Cost Of Living Contributing To Declining Numbers In Restaurants?

3 days ago - 12 mins

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Tech Thursday: Best Travel Tech To Have This Summer

3 days ago - 9 mins

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Culture Club: Aoife Dunne

3 days ago - 31 mins

The Last Word with Matt Cooper

How Celebrities Had Their Twitter Accounts Hacked In Bitcoin Scam

A number of billionaires and politicians have had their Twitter accounts hacked in a Bitcoin scam. Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West were just some of the high-profile figures affected by the hack, in which fake tweets were posted offering to send $2,000 for every $1,000 sent to a Bitcoin address. Twitter has described the incident as a "co-ordinated social engineering attack" targeting employees with access to the company's internal systems. Tech journalist Andy O'Donoghue joined us to explain how this has highlighted Twitter's vulnerabilities and what the company can do to prevent similar attacks happening in the future. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2020/07/16170212/LW-Twitter-Hack.mp3"][/audio]