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John Cooke and Barry Lenihan report and we hear from Cora Clarke, NUIG Students' Union Welfare and Equality Officer

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01.14.2022 Ashling Murphy Vigils John Cooke and Barry Lenihan report and we hear from Cora Clarke, NUIG Students' Union Welfare and Equality Officer
01.14.2022 The Dehumanisation of Attacks Ailbhe Griffith, Survivor and Advocate of Restorative Justice
01.14.2022 Online Hate for Public Figures Dr. Ian Richardson, Author and Data Scientist
01.14.2022 Moore Street Redevelopment Róisín Murphy, Architect
01.13.2022 The Death of Ashling Murphy John Cooke, RTÉ Reporter & Damian White, Principal of Killeigh National School & former Presidents of the Irish Primary Principals Network
01.13.2022 COVID Staffing Problems and New Regulations Fergal Keane, RTÉ Reporter & Agoritsa Baka, European Centre for Disease Prevention & Control
01.13.2022 Male Violence Towards Women Orla O'Connor, Director The National Women's Council of Ireland & Seán Cooke, CEO The Men's Development Network
01.13.2022 Domestic Abuse Pauline Tully, Domestic Abuse Survivor and Sinn Féin TD
01.12.2022 Boris Johnson Roger Gale, Conservative MP & John Rentoul, Chief Political Commentator at the London Independent
01.12.2022 Online Safety Catherine Martin, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, An Ghaeltacht, Sport and Media; Barry O'Sullivan, Director of the Insight Centre for Data Analytics at University College Cork; Tanya Ward, Chief Executive of the Children's Rights Alliance & Prof Matthew Feldman, from ...
01.12.2022 New Legislative Plans on Adoption Fergal Keane, RTÉ Reporter & Claire McGettrick, Co-Founder of the Adoption Rights Alliance and Co-Director of Clann
01.12.2022 20 Years of Guantanamo Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, UN's Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms While Countering Terrorism
01.11.2022 Púca Statue Refused by Locals in Ennistymon John Cooke, RTÉ Reporter - TieLine/Phone & Aidan Harte, Sculptor of the Púca Statue.
01.11.2022 Tips for Bringing Children to get Vaccinated Dr. Laura Lenihan, GP Based in Galway
01.11.2022 Herd Immunity Paul Moynagh, Professor of Immunology at Maynooth University
01.11.2022 Afghanistan Refugees Dr. Abdullah Afghan, Bettystown GP
01.11.2022 Novak Djokovic and Conspiracy Theories David Gilbert, Journalist with Vice.com who Specialises in Disinformation and QAnon
01.10.2022 Leaving Cert 2022 Michael Gillespie, General Secretary TUI & Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Labour TD for Dublin Bay North and Party Spokesperson on Education
01.10.2022 Grenfell Latest Niamh Campbell, Journalist from the Belfast Telegraph
01.10.2022 Compulsory Vaccinations Simon Mills, Senior Counsel, Doctor and Co-Author of the book Medical Law in Ireland
01.10.2022 Help to Buy Scheme Paul McAuliffe, Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin North West and Vice Chair of the Oireachtas Housing Committee & Pearse Doherty, Sinn Féin Finance Spokesperson and TD for Donegal
01.07.2022 College Admissions and Reopenings Deirdre Fitzgerald, Acting Principal at Mount Carmel Secondary School in Dublin 1; Brian Mooney, Guidance Counsellor and Irish Times Education Columnist & Simon Harris, Fine Gael TD and Minister for Further and Higher Education
01.07.2022 Nationalist and Unionist Jobs Debate Jim Wells, DUP MLA & Former Health Minister & Allison Morris, Belfast Telegraph Journalist
01.07.2022 The Cost of Retrofitting Ossian Smyth, Green Party TD and Minister of State at the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
01.07.2022 Novak Djokovic Latest Caitlin Thompson, Co-Founder of Racquet Magazine
01.06.2022 Wordle Mary O'Brien, Compiler of the Simplex Crossword in The Irish Times
01.06.2022 High Risk Children and Vaccines Anne Rabbitte, Fianna Fáil TD and Minister of State for Disability
01.06.2022 Golf Gate Trial John Cooke, RTÉ Reporter
01.06.2022 The Cost of Retrofitting Barry Cowen, Fianna Fáil TD
01.06.2022 The Pope's Comments on Children and Pets Father Michael Collins of the Dublin Diocese who has written two books about Pope Francis
01.05.2022 Only 1 in 4 People are Being Convicted for Driving and Using Their Phones Evan O'Dwyer, Solicitor & Susan Gray, Chairperson of PARC Road Safety
01.05.2022 TUI on Schools Reopening Martin Marjoram, President, TUI
01.05.2022 High Risk Children and Vaccines Maxine, Brian and Siobhán, Parents of High Risk Children
01.05.2022 New Series of The Apprentice Begins Tomorrow Night Dillon St. Paul, Former Apprentice Contestant
01.05.2022 Operation Transformation Paul Murphy, Former Operation Transformation Leader & Ellen Jennings, Communications Officer with Bodywhys
01.04.2022 Vulnerable Children and Vaccines Julie Sweeney, Mother of Conor who suffers from a syndrome that weakens his immune system & Lynn McDonald, Mother of Daisy who is High Risk.
01.04.2022 Bringing Children to Gigs Keith Walsh, Broadcaster and Writer
01.04.2022 The 'Fresh Start' Effect Professor Ian Robertson of Trinity College Dublin and author of 'How Confidence Works'
01.04.2022 2022 Movies Based on Real Life Events Gráinne Humphreys, Festival Director, Dublin International Film Festival
01.03.2022 Hospitals under pressure Dr. Fergal Hickey, Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Sligo University Hospital and President of the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine on the challenges faced by hospitals.
01.03.2022 Teenager assaulted in Dublin Teenager Alanna Quinn Idris was taken to St James's Hospital to be treated for her injuries after she was assaulted in Ballyfermot in Dublin on Thursday night. We hear from her mother Jamie Quinn.
01.03.2022 Investigations into shareholder payments by firms taking Covid supports Labour TD Ged Nash wrote to the Public Accounts Committee about companies that had taken State subsidies while also making payments to shareholders.
01.03.2022 Childcare reopening As thousands of people go back to work tomorrow there will be many crossing their fingers tonight that creches and childcare facilities will be opening their doors in the morning. We hear from Paula Donoghue, the owner of a creche ...
01.03.2022 Minimum pricing on alcohol The Government decision to introduce minimum unit pricing on alcohol kicks in tomorrow, as a measure to help reduce the harm caused by excessive alcohol consumption. We hear from Eunan McKinney, Head of Communications and Advocacy Alcohol Action Ireland, and ...
01.03.2022 Domestic abuse leave A number of third-level colleges commit to introducing a domestic violence leave policy for staff in 2022. UCC, Trinity College, UCD and DCU are expected to provide ten days leave this year, following the lead of NUI Galway which introduced ...
12.31.2021 Covid latest Daniel McConnell, Political Editor with the Irish Examiner, Duncan Smith, Labour's Spokesperson on Health, Transport and Communications, and Paul Moynagh, Professor of Immunology at Maynooth University on the latest advice by CMO Dr. Tony Holohan not to gather for New ...
12.31.2021 Schools to reopen as planned As primary and secondary schools are due to commence their new term next Thursday despite rising coronavirus infections, we hear from Aaron Wolfe, Secondary School Principal, Colaiste Eamon Ris in Cork city, and Simon Lewis, Principal of Carlow Educate Together.
12.31.2021 2021: A momentous year for climate change This year, a long list of destructive events influenced by rising temperatures was matched by unprecedented political engagement on the issue. With Philip Boucher-Hayes.
12.31.2021 NYE's TV preview Freelance pop culture journalist Jenn Gannon gives us her recommendations for what to watch this evening.
12.29.2021 COVID Latest Dr. Denis McCauley, Donegal-Based GP and Chair of the Irish Medical Organisation's GP Committee

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Drivetime episodes:

Ashling Murphy Vigils

The Dehumanisation of Attacks

Online Hate for Public Figures

Moore Street Redevelopment

The Death of Ashling Murphy

COVID Staffing Problems and New Regulations

Male Violence Towards Women

Domestic Abuse

Boris Johnson

Online Safety

New Legislative Plans on Adoption

20 Years of Guantanamo

Púca Statue Refused by Locals in Ennistymon

Tips for Bringing Children to get Vaccinated

Herd Immunity

Afghanistan Refugees

Novak Djokovic and Conspiracy Theories

Leaving Cert 2022

Grenfell Latest

Compulsory Vaccinations

Help to Buy Scheme

College Admissions and Reopenings

Nationalist and Unionist Jobs Debate

The Cost of Retrofitting

Novak Djokovic Latest

Wordle

High Risk Children and Vaccines

Golf Gate Trial

The Cost of Retrofitting

The Pope's Comments on Children and Pets

Only 1 in 4 People are Being Convicted for Driving and Using Their Phones

TUI on Schools Reopening

High Risk Children and Vaccines

New Series of The Apprentice Begins Tomorrow Night

Operation Transformation

Vulnerable Children and Vaccines

Bringing Children to Gigs

The 'Fresh Start' Effect

2022 Movies Based on Real Life Events

Hospitals under pressure

Teenager assaulted in Dublin

Investigations into shareholder payments by firms taking Covid supports

Childcare reopening

Minimum pricing on alcohol

Domestic abuse leave

Covid latest

Schools to reopen as planned

2021: A momentous year for climate change

NYE's TV preview

COVID Latest

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