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Summary: Joe Duffy talks to the Irish public about affairs of the day.
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Frank's son is a drug addict. Frank says people should not give money to homeless people like his son because it just fuels their addiction.
Andrew Jordan's wife Liga has been missing in India for nearly 3 weeks. Andrew is appealing for help in his search. Lynda Spollen tells us about her son Jonathan who's missing in India since 2012.
Conor McGregor handed himself in for arrest in New York this morning, after seeming to throw a sack truck the window of a rival fighter's bus.
Callers spoke to Philip about what this means for the Mixed Martial Arts fighter and his sport. Conor's former boxing coach, Philip Sutcliffe, spoke about his qualities as a young fighter, and said he hoped the bus attack was just a publicity stunt.
Laura Hamilton and Paul McSherry married in Ireland, went to England and got divorced, but are now back together again here but can't get married. We heard from other callers in similar situations.
Following on from Tomas on yesterday's programme, we heard from Teresa Mary and Paul, all long term pain sufferers.
In the 70's Tony Daly left Derry and headed to London where, in order to survive, he was forced to work as a rent boy. He kept his secret for many decades before writing a book about it called Playland.
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Linda's 22 year old son has an intellectual disability and he suffers from anxiety. He went to a Sam Smith concert on Friday with his brother but he was asked by a security guard if he had been drinking. Linda says he was upset by the incident.
Brian had to take his son out of a boarding school recently because he was horrified at the amount of porn being shared around the dorms at night.
Kerrie's son and his friends were attacked by a gang of youths in Tallaght yesterday.
Lucy's daughter is in her first year in accomodation in Shanowen. But she's been told the rent will increase by 27% next year. Lucy thinks this is exorbitant.