Mark Carruthers

Was Dublin and Doonbeg just a dream or possibly a nightmare for some people? Does what Donald Trump had to say about Irish unity really matter? Did his comments move the dial at all on that conversation, or was it just a 72-hour wonder? I'm Mark Carruthers.

That's what we're discussing in this edition of Red Lines, and I'm pleased to say the man who asked the question that prompted the answer that made its way around the globe and back is with us today, David Young, head of the Press Association in Scotland and Ireland.

Also with us, Diarmuid Ferriter, professor of modern Irish history at University College Dublin, and a regular columnist for The Irish Times, and Ben Laury, former editor of The Newsletter.

But in the meantime, you can catch up with all our previous episodes on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts.

And don't forget to click on the subscribe button to be sure you don't miss any of our conversations in future.

For now, though, from me, Mark Carruthers, and from everyone in the team, thanks for listening.

Bye-bye.

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Hello, I'm Mark Carruthers, and in this programme I'm talking face-to-face with an actor who left his native Northern Ireland for London almost 50 years ago, but who finds the pool of home as strong today as ever.

He found success on the stage, on television and in film many years ago, but his portrayal of Superintendent Ted Hastings in the hit BBC drama Line of Duty took his fame to new heights, and he's been filming Series 7 in and around Belfast in recent months.

Adrian Dunbar, welcome to Redlines.

I'll be back with another Red Lines very soon.

In the meantime, all our previous episodes are available to listen to on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts.

For now, though, from me, Mark Carruthers, and from everyone in the team, bye-bye.

Hello, Greg Jenner here.

see yeah you enjoyed that as well but no it was it was a it was a i enjoyed it your first home game you got a clean sheet you win two nil um how

I read Mark, obviously a good friend of the podcast, Mark Carruthers' comments after the game.

And, you know, he was saying, you know, obviously there has been a lot of negativity and quite a bit of doom and gloom around.

Of course there has.

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Hello, I'm Mark Carruthers, and in this program, I'm talking face-to-face with a politician who's closely associated in the public mind with the city of Belfast.

She served a year as its Lord Mayor and now represents the south of the city in the assembly.

But she was born over 5,000 miles away in Zimbabwe.