Barbara caught up with Brian O'Boyle for a discussion about what a No.1 vote for his working class Socialist perspective would mean and why the EU is so lacking representation of ordinary people. Brian is the People Before Profit MEP candidate in the EU elections Mindlands North West constituency which includes Longford.

Today Barbara caught up with two candidates running in the local elections here in Longford Municipal District for a chat about their ideas and their plans if elected.

Sadia Athar is an Independent candidate and Dave Smyth is a People Before Profit candidate. Both have some brilliant approaches and great ideas. Enjoy.

This week Barbara is joined by Anne Wall who worked as an official at election count centres to discuss the often misunderstood complexities of our pretty unique PR-STV voting system and the importance of understanding how votes are actually counted. It's not as simple as you might have thought.

In this episode we speak with Parvez and Sadia Butt about the ongoing horrific situation in Palestine where apartheid Israel continues to commit genocide and murder innocent Palestinian people with seeming impunity.

Both Sadia and Parvez provide some very informative insights into the history as well as the present day and Barbara asks what can Longfordians do to show solidarity and help bring the misery to an early end.