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Preparations to bring home some Irish people back from Middle East

Preparations are under way now to bring home some Irish people who have been stranded in the Middle East by the widespread cancellation of flights there. Graeme McQueen, DAA Media Relations Manager brought us the details.

Meanwhile, Israel has launched fresh strikes on Beirut this morning, Iranian drones are targeting the UAE states in the Gulf and in Iraq, and markets around the world are being hit as oil and gas prices spike upwards. Claire got the latest with Steven Erlanger is the Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe with the New York Times, and Channel 4 presenter, Matt Frei.

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