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The National Public Health Emergency Team will give advise to the government later on today if pubs that do not serve food should be allowed to open as planned as part of the easing of Covid-19 restrictions next Monday (Aug 10th) With the increase in new cases recently, there are doubts about what decision they will make. Pubs that have a restaurant licence have open since the 29th of June. However ‘wet pubs’, that do not serve food, have been closed since March and have been under orders to stay shut until at least August 10th which is next Monday. Adrian spoke to the owner of a pub that has yet to open, a

Donald Trump has doubled down on his support for alleged sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently awaiting trial. In an interview with Jonathan Swan on HBO's Axios, Trump once again wished Jeffrey Epstein's former associate well, having previously done so during a coronavirus briefing last month. When asked by Swan about those comments, Trump said: "She's now in jail, so yeah, I wish her well." Marion McKeone and Cal Thomas joined us for our weekly US slot to discuss this and the country's coronavirus rates. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2020/08/04180249/LW-Trump-Maxwell.mp3"][/audio]

This morning we were join by Prof Luke O'Neil with news and updates from the world of science.   Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google 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 adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Dermot & Dave's 'Ah Sure Lookit Wasn't That It' podcast is the perfect thing to keep you company over the weekend, whether you're out and about in the car, getting stuck into jobs at home or if you need to stick some earphones in for an hour to drown out the noise of your kids for some well deserved 'me time' (no judgement here!) Jam-packed full of all the bits you may have missed the Ah Sure Lookit Wasn't That It podcast is your one-stop shop for all things Dermot & Dave. This week Dermot & Dave spoke to a listener about their weight loss journey. Dermot & Dave show producer spoke to us on what was due to be her wedding day. While Dave had some bad jokes and Noni was on her holidays.

There was a story earlier this week speculating about what shows may or may not be coming back on RTÉ this autumn. Even if shows do come back it's unlikely that there will be live studio audiences (say goodbye to 'There's one for everyone in the audience"!) So without an audience to whoop and cheer where will RTE shows get their atmosphere from? Don't worry, Ray D'Arcy has a plan.... [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2020/07/31142840/GG-Ray-Noise.mp3"][/audio]