Simon Coveney said earlier in the week that restoring the Stormont Executive would be made more challenging if the elections there result in a Sinn Féin first minister. Joining Anton on the show to discuss the Northern Ireland Elections this morning was Mark Durkan, former SDLP leader, and deputy first minister and key member of the party's negotiating team of the Good Friday Agreement and Bethany Moore, Pro Choice Activist and Peace Baby.

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