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Tell Me Why

Why do we have accents? Why do we pee so much? Why are we superstitious? The Moncrieff team answers some of life's trickier questions. Listen and subscribe to Tell Me Why on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.   You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'

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Tell Me Why....We Protest

Sean was joined as always of a Tuesday by Dr. Graham Finlay from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin for his Tell Me Why slot. Today he answered the question... Why do we protest? So many of us take to the streets to fight for our rights be it Black Lives Matter, farmers and their costs, water charges. Was that always the way? Were protests always seen as a democratic right?