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Women under more pressure than men to look good in the gym - Deise Today Wednesday 15th January

Women under more pressure than men to look good in the gym - Deise Today Wednesday 15th January

On today's programme Damien looks ahead to the next few weeks of campaigning after the general election date was officially announced yesterday as Saturday 8th February. Our political correspondent Sean Defoe discusses the issue with Damien.

There is also an update in the story of the discovery of body parts in Dublin yesterday with ex garda detective sergeant and former head of the garda cold case unit Alan Bailey who believes  whoever left body parts in a bag in north Dublin did it to send out a very clear message to others involved in the drug trade.

The gambling watchdog has announced a ban of credit card use on gambling websites, Damien gets reaction from Barry Grant from the Gambling Clinic.

And Graham Mulhearne from "besecureonline" has advice on how to combat cyber fraud following the downgrading of Windows 7.

In the second part of the show Jessica O Sullivan from Evoke.ie discusses new data which shows that women are under more pressure than men to look good at the gym. The research, conducted by EVOKE.ie, revealed that as a result, half of women surveyed would prefer to attend a female-only gym, if given the option.

Damien is also joined by Frank Kennedy, from the new community men's shed on Oznam street in the city centre which has been established for members of the refugee community. They teach skills such as woodwork and computer skills.

Eamon Quinlan has reaction to the announcement of new traveller accommodation.

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And Liam Corcoran from the AGSI discusses the issues locally.

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