Today on our Friday forum we had guest Steve Cummins, Comedian and Author, Derek Byrne, Journalist and Lecturer in Addiction Studies and Angela Long, Journalist and Media Consultant. Today we discussed, Christmas, A Political Year Ahead, Is the boom back? , Housing and Homelessness, Australian Bush Fires & Climate Change, Leo Varadkar backs pubs staying open later, Eir plans hi-tech phone boxes as numbers slump to just 456, What can we expect from 2020, Dry January and Doomed New Year Resolutions.