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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

Has The Housing Tsar Controversy Exposed A Rift In The Coalition?

2 days ago - 12 mins

The Last Word with Matt Cooper

Why Are So Many Young Women Emigrating?

3 days ago - 10 mins

The Last Word with Matt Cooper

How Extreme Panic Attacks And Anxiety Impacted A Sportswriter’s Career

3 days ago - 21 mins

The Last Word with Matt Cooper

Tech Thursday: Best New Cycling, Running & Hiking Tech

4 days ago - 14 mins

The Last Word with Matt Cooper

Culture Club: Louise Hegarty

4 days ago - 31 mins

The Last Word with Matt Cooper

The Last Word On Business: Government Defends Semi-State Executive Pay Plans

4 days ago - 7 mins

The Last Word with Matt Cooper

The Best Non-Fiction Books Of 2020

If you're a book lover and want some good non-fiction to read this Christmas, look no further than The Last Word's annual book review! Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe and journalist Lise Hand join Matt with their non-fiction choices for 2020. Here is the list in full: Promised Land by Barack Obama Rage by Bob Woodward Joe Biden by Evan Osnos Champagne Football by Mark Tighe and Paul Rowan One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time by Craig Brown More Than A Woman by Caitlin Moran Twilight of Democracy by Anne Applebaum Diary of an MP's Wife by Sasha Swire The Economics of Belonging by Martin Sandbu Thirty-Two Words for Field by Manchán Magan [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2020/12/08171929/LW-Book-Review.mp3"][/audio]