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Breaking news and hard-hitting talk - Stephen Nolan gets you talking about the big stories of the day.

Breaking news and hard-hitting talk - Stephen Nolan gets you talking about the big stories of the day. Call Stephen on 03030 80 55 55 (standard geographic charges from landlines and mobiles will apply), text 81771 or email nolan@bbc.co.uk.

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New £90m Glider bus service becomes fully operational

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Will it encourage you to leave your car at home?

New £90m Glider bus service becomes fully operational - how has it affected your journey to work this morning? Will it encourage you to leave your car at home?

It's officially gone live - the Glider is up and running across Belfast this morning. But is the new rapid transit system the answer to the city's traffic problems? Or is it adding to them by causing long delays for motorists, particularly in East Belfast. Stephen got the views of former Conservative candidate Neil Wilson, and commentator Heidi McAlpin and Bumper Graham.

Also on the programme, a local woman was told she would lose her eye due to pressure on the NHS, her family have claimed. Jennifer Shirlow suffered a detached retina and was admitted to the Royal Victoria Hospital's eye casualty department on Friday. An operation was arranged for today, but was cancelled - as another patient with just one eye needed the same procedure. It was rescheduled for Thursday but by that time it was unlikely that her eye could be saved. Her daughter-in-law Sorcha Eastwood, who works for the Alliance Party, posted about the incident on Twitter. She spoke to Stephen this morning.

And, could Brexit dismantle the Union? The latest in a series of polls on Brexit and the Unions paints a dark picture for unionists. The poll co-commissioned by the Our Future Our Choice campaign has shown that leaving the EU, and a hard border, will lead to majority support for a United Ireland. But it suggests the opposite would happen if the UK remained in the EU - with a clear majority for NI staying in the UK. Stephen got the views of Tara Connolly from Our Future Our Choice in Northern Ireland and Christopher Montgomery - a Conservative party member, and formerly Westminster chief of staff for the DUP and a director at Vote Leave.

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