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b'At this YPN Christmas Special, the IIEA welcomes nationally renowned former RT\\xc9 News newscaster Eileen Dunne, and Donnacha \\xd3 Beach\\xe1in, Professor of Politics in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University (DCU),\\xa0Mark Tighe, Legal Correspondent of The Sunday Independent and co-author of the award-winning book, \\u2018Champagne Football\\u2019, and Patrick Costello TD, Green Party Spokesperson for Justice.\\n\\n\\nOn this occasion, Eileen Dunne, who recently retired following a distinguished 42-year career in RT\\xc9, provides her analysis of the events of the year and reflect on her career in RT\\xc9, which led to her becoming a familiar face in sitting rooms all across Ireland and a national treasure.\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\nProfessor Donnacha \\xd3 Beach\\xe1in, Professor of Politics at DCU, and one of Ireland\\u2019s leading experts on the geopolitics of Eastern Europe, provides his expert analysis of the event which became the most consequential development in international affairs of the year: Russia\\u2019s brutal invasion of Ukraine.\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\nMark Tighe, Legal Correspondent of The Sunday Independent, and co-author of the award-winning book \\u2018Champagne Football\\u2019, assesses the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, as well as the controversy caused by associated human rights issues within the country.\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\nPatrick Costello TD, Green Party Spokesperson for Justice, discusses his successful Supreme Court case taken in respect of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada, and reflects upon domestic political developments during the year.'