Drivetime

Paraic McDonnchadha, son of resident in the Nightingale nursing home, and Mary Butler, Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People, discuss the Covid-19 outbreak in the Nightingale nursing home in Ahascragh.

RTE's Political Correspondent, Paul Cunningham, reports on the problems surrounding contact tracing in Ireland, and Dr Amy Morgan, GP in Drogheda, speaks to Cormac about the contact tracing system and the impact it is having on GP services.

Minister for Children, Equality, and Integration, Roderic O'Gorman, speaks to Sarah about a new report recommending a complete overhaul of the Direct Provision system.

Dr Anne Dee, consultant in public health, and David Cullinane, Sinn Fein TD spokesperson on health, discuss the problems facing the contact tracing system.

CNN's Korea Correspondent, Paula Hancocks, speaks to Cormac about the contact tracing system in South Korea.

Drivetime's Fergal Keane reports on the closure of gyms, and Prof. Niall Moyna, Preventive Medicine at Dublin City University, and Paul McAuliffe, Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin North West, discuss the campaign that has been launched to keep gyms open while the Covid-19 level 5 restrictions are in place.

Thomas Duffy, President of Macra na Feirme, and John Hyland, spokesperson for Greenpeace, discusses whether or not plant based products should be allowed use meat-related terms on their packaging.

Drivetime's John Cooke reports from Ennis on the impact of the level 5 Covid-19 restrictions on shops.

Adrian Cummins, chief executive of the Restaurant Association of Ireland, and Richard Guiney, Chief Executive of Dublin Town, discuss the impact of the level 5 restrictions on restaurants and pubs.

Brian Hayes, Chief Executive of the Banking and Payments Federation, talks to Sarah about mortgage repayments during the pandemic and his attendance at the controversial Oireachtas golf dinner in Galway in August.