With a lot of households aware the cost of living is jumping up, the Taoiseach Micheal Martin has said he’ll have a plan ready by the end of the week. But what should the government be considering? 

For more on this, Anton was joined by Paul Murphy, People Before Profit TD and Edgar Morgenroth, Professor of Economics at DCU to discuss ways to tackle the rising cost of living...

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