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Nolan: How far should universities rank in the government's pecking order?
How far should universities rank in the government's pecking order? One of world's first penis transplant recipients talks to Stephen. Endangered gorilla shot after child falls into its enclosure.
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Tue 31 May 201609:03
BBC Radio Foyle & BBC Radio Ulster
How far should universities rank in Government's pecking order?

The new Stormont Executive is being urged to splash the cash on our universities.The head of Queen's University has warned of a brain drain in Northern Ireland unless there is more investment in higher education.Student leaders are also pushing for tuition fees to be axed.But how far should Stormont go when it comes to spending taxpayers' money?
One of world’s first penis transplant recipients talks to Stephen Nolan

It made headlines across the world last week - how a hospital in Boston became the first in the United States to perform a successful penis transplant. It's been called "a surgical milestone".
The patient, 64-year-old Thomas Manning, received the donated organ three years after his penis was amputated due to penile cancer.
He is the third man to have ever had the experimental surgery performed - but the first to talk openly about it.
The patient, 64-year-old Thomas Manning, received the donated organ three years after his penis was amputated due to penile cancer.
He is the third man to have ever had the experimental surgery performed - but the first to talk openly about it.
Zoo defends shooting gorilla dead to rescue child
DUP and Sinn Fein clash over plan to ban unwanted bonfires
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