The day attracts over 100,000 overseas visitors to the island of Ireland, and it is also the time of year when ‘holidays in Ireland’ are most researched online. It's Tourism Ireland's job to promote the island of Ireland as a holiday destination, and Alice Mansergh Chief Executive of Tourism Ireland joined Sarah and Cormac in studio.

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A Fair Deal-style scheme giving people a legal entitlement to home care will be delivered in the lifetime of the Government, and it is the "Number one priority" according to Minister of State at the Department of Health with special responsibility for Older People, Kieran O'Donnell.

Indigenous Mayans community in Guatemala have said they do not have enough to feed their children. Guatemala has one of the highest rates of malnutrition in the world. Longer dry seasons and more severe storms have resulted in crop failures in rural villages such as La Paz. Our reporter Una Kelly has been to La Paz in Guatemala.

This week marks the fifth anniversary of that first lockdown during the Covid 19 pandemic. a new study from the Mary Immaculate College on the emotional and behavioural effects of the pandemic on young school children has been lauched today. To tell us more about the report, one of its authors Dr. Suzanne Egan from Mary Immaculate College.

We've been hearing on Drivetime recently - many native Irish speakers are voicing frustration at being refused planning permission in their local communities - so Drivetime's John Cooke followed their campaign to council headquarters in Galway today.

To discuss this Ukranian MP Maria Mezentseva deputy chairperson of the Committee on Ukraine's Integration into the European Union and Geoffrey Roberts, an expert on Russian and Soviet foreign and military policy and Emeritus Professor of History at University College Cork.

This weekend members of the Roscrea Ramblers Club prepare to lead a “Sober Social Hike” in the Slieve Bloom Mountains on Sunday. It’s the first of many public events planned by two lifelong friends from the town who’ve been speaking out about their own experiences of addiction to help others. John Cooke was in County Tipperary to meet them.

A plan to allow primary teachers to work in second-level schools is under consideration as a way of tackling staff shortages in classrooms. For reaction to this Diarmaid de Paor, Deputy General Secretary of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland & John Boyle, General Secetary of the Irish National Teachers Organisation.

To discuss today's events at the EU summit in Brussels, we hear from Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko and Greg Swenson, Chair of US Republicans Overseas.

With fewer kids reading daily, World Book Day is an important day to impart the benefits of reading, and there are even positive health benefits this hobby can bring. Paddy Donnelly, a childrens author & illustrator, joined Sarah and Cormac.