Drivetime

Liam Geraghty explores the popularity of baseball in Ireland and meets enthusiasts around the country.

European Commissioner for Trade Phil Hogan breaks his silence and speaks to RTÉ Europe Editor Tony Connelly as the controversy surrounding the Oireachtas Golf Society Dinner in Clifden, Co. Galway last week carries on while Naomi O'Leary, Europe Correspondent with the Irish Times gives her reaction to the interview.

Fergal Keane reports on concerns that some teachers have in relation to returning to the classroom following schools being closed since March while Social Democrats TD and Spokesperson for Education Gary Gannon and Damian White, President of the IPPN outline what they feel should be done to secure the safe return of education.

Kildare County Coroner Denis Cusack, who's also a Professor Emeritus of Forensic Medicine at UCD, discusses the strikingly high number of deaths from Covid-19 in Kildare nursing homes and what might be behind this.

Professor of Biochemistry in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology at Trinity College, Dublin, Luke O'Neill discusses how reinfections of Covid-19 are being seen in different parts of the world and how this may be a positive thing.

Suzanne Lynch, The Irish Times Washington Correspondent, joins the programme with the latest from the ongoing US Republican National Convention, ahead of the Presidential Election in November.

Mike McCartney reports from a village in North Westmeath which thousands of visitors travel to every year to see the 'seven wonders of fore'.

Jennifer Bray of the Irish Times' political staff has the latest on the 'golfgate' scandal as pressure mounts on the EU Commissioner Phil Hogan following his attendance at the event in Clifden, Co. Galway.

John Cooke travels to Phil Hogan's home county of Kilkenny to see what the local reaction is to his attendance at the Oireachtas Golf Society Dinner in Clifden, Co. Galway last week while Brigid Laffan, Director of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies joins the programme to discuss how this controversy may affect Hogan’s future in Europe.

Fergal Barton, Owner of Barton Transport & Spokesperson for the Coach Tourism and Transport Council of Ireland joins the programme to discuss the fact that more school busses will be required for children to be transported while socially distancing when they return to education in the next week.