Joining Hugh Linehan and Cormac McQuinn on today’s Inside Politics podcast is Ellen Coyne, the newest member of The Irish Times politics team.

Together they look back on the week in politics, in Ireland and beyond:

• The crisis at Children’s Hospital Ireland deepens
• Growing international disquiet over Israel’s conduct in Gaza
• Planning exemptions for “granny flats” - can such tinkering make a real difference to the housing crisis?
• The spectacular breakup of Donald Trump and Elon Musk

Plus the panel pick their favourite Irish Times articles on the week, including the impact of Airbnb in a rural town, the dreaded one-star review and a disappearing rainbow crossing.