This week, Ciara Doherty was joined by the presenter of Weekend Breakfast on Today FM, Alison Curtis and Off the Ball’s Ger Gilroy to look back on the week that was, but with a few twists…

US President Donald Trump withdrew his invitation for Canada to join his newly constituted Board of Peace.

Some 60 nations have been invited to join the board - at a cost of a billion dollars each if they want to be permanent members.

It’s as the US, Ukraine and Russia are set to hold talks in Abu Dhabi.

What is the stage of the global order right now?

Anthony Gardner is former US Ambassador to the EU, and joins Ciara to discuss.

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It’s time to talk Traitors, so beware of spoilers!

Tonight is the highly anticipated final and we were left on a cliffhanger last night.

Can the Traitors do it? Can they unite and work together to get to the end, or will one be knocked out, being a victim to chance?

Joining Ciara to discuss is Darren Stanton, former police officer, behaviour and body language expert and also known as TV’s Human Lie Detector.

According to the latest IFAC Farm Report, 2 in 5 farmers do not have a formal successor, which is fuelling fears of a succession crisis.

To discuss this issue, Ciara is joined by Limerick Dairy Farmer, Louise Crowley, and News Editor with the Irish Farmers Journal, Amy Forde.

Off The Ball's Mick McCarthy joined Ciara Doherty on The Hard Shoulder to review the week in sport and look ahead to the weekend action…

A pilot programme began a month ago, which armed Gardaí with tasers, and they haven’t yet fired them.

The programme was fast tracked because of fears over increased attacks on Gardaí and antisocial behaviour, and the pilot started with a view to a full roll out.

Jim Ryan is a retired Garda in Cork and Cathal Malone is Head of Research at Thomas Coughlan & Co Solicitors. They join Ciara to discuss.

Church authorities in Poland have banned the song Perfect by Ed Sheeran from being performed at wedding ceremonies, saying that it is not in keeping with the sanctity of the liturgy. So, should pop songs be banned from Irish churches?

Joining Ciara to discuss is Father Joe McGrath, Mullahoran Parish Priest, Co Cavan.

A Carlow mother has issued a stark warning to airline passengers that eating nuts during a flight could cost someone their life following her daughter suffering a life‑threatening anaphylaxis mid‑air.

Lisa Nolan, and her daughter Hallie join me now.