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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 Week Trending: Pope Leo XIV, Israel At Eurovision & Calls For Social Media Ban For U-16s

13 hours ago - 24 mins

The Last Word with Matt Cooper

Lorcan Finnegan On Directing Nicolas Cage

14 hours ago - 11 mins

The Last Word with Matt Cooper

Tech Thursday: The Best E-Readers And Audiobook Apps

2 days ago - 10 mins

The Last Word with Matt Cooper

How We’ve Become Slaves To Our Mobile Phones

2 days ago - 9 mins

The Last Word with Matt Cooper

Personal Finance: Families Swapping Branded Groceries In Bid To Save Money

2 days ago - 9 mins

The Last Word with Matt Cooper

Culture Club: Mark McCabe

3 days ago - 33 mins

The Last Word with Matt Cooper

Culture Club - Saoirse McHugh

This week's Culture Club inductee is Saoirse McHugh, the Green Party candidate for the Midlands-North West constituency in the European Parliament elections this year. She impressed many when she challenged Peter Casey in a TV debate in the final days of the campaign, and came close to taking a seat. Saoirse joined us to talk about her favourite TV shows, movies, books, plays, music and podcasts. Favourite TV Show: Doctor Who, Embarassing Bodies Favourite Movies: Pride, I, Daniel Blake, Muriel's Wedding Favourite Play: Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett First Single: 'There's A Whole Lot Of Loving' by Six Favourite Albums: Lungs by Florence and the Machine, Songs of Love and Hate by Leonard Cohen Best Gigs: Metallica, Rodrigo y Gabriela Favourite Podcast: Weekly Economics by the New Economics Foundation Favourite Authors: John McGahern, John Steinbeck Listen to the interview in full by pressing the play button on this page.