Brendan O'Connor

This morning Brendan catches up with comedian Pat Shortt. Dr Nina Byrnes and Dr Michael Mosley talk about Living with covid19. Derval O'Rourke joins Brendan from the Cork studio to give us some tips about exercising at home. And Rita Ann Higgins reads us her poem.

Kay Sheehy, producer of RTE Arena and Eoin Sweeney, TV and radio presenter joined Brendan on this.

Kate O'Connell, Businesswoman & pharmacist, Mick Molloy, Emergency & Disaster Medicine Specialist, Shona Murray, Europe Correspondent Euronews and from the studio in Limerick Stephen Kinsella, Associate Professor of Economics and Niamh Hourigan, Sociologist, Vice President Academic Affairs Mary Immaculate College Limerick.

John O’Keeffe, Criminologist and Editor of the Garda Review talked about crime rates in a lockdown. Also Brian Mooney editor for Education Matters, Irish Times education columnist and former guidance counsellor spoke about home-schooling abilities

Fr Simon Sleeman joined Brendan on the line this morning for a chat.

The Rolling Stones legend joined Brendan on the line for the UK.

Broadcaster Eoin Sweeney and Kay Sheehy from RTÉ’s Arena programme joined Brendan for a bit of nostalgia.

Brendan was joined by David Mc Williams, Economist, Susan Mitchell, Deputy Editor of the Business Post, Eoghan O’Naughton, Director Henaghan PR & Former Govt Press Secretary and joining in on the line John Crown, Consultant Oncologist and Senator and Prof Ronán Collins and Aine Kerr.

Brendan and the panel are joined by John Moran, former Secretary-General of the Department of Finance and current Chair of the Land Development Agency from our Limerick studio

Chief Clinical Officer, Health Service Executive, Ireland, Colm Henry joins Brendan to give some advice on social distancing.