Drivetime

Bill Cashman, Council Member of The Veterinary Council of Ireland, gives advice on how to look after animals during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Paul Bell, SIPTU Health Division Organiser, and Amanda Phelan, Professor in Aging and Community Nursing in Trinity, discuss how Irish nursing homes are coping with the Covid-19 pandemic.

Priscilla Lynch, Clinical Editor, Medical Independent, Tadhg Daly, CEO, Nursing Homes Ireland, and Enda Egan, CEO, Inclusion Ireland, discuss the new Covid-19 figures.

Ian Kehoe, Editor of The Currency, reports on why FBD insurance are not covering pub closures during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Joe McConville, Tree Council of Ireland, speaks to Mary about how to identify different types of trees.

Joe McHugh, Minister for Education, talks to Mary about the postponement of the Leaving Cert.

Dr. Paul D'Alton, Associate Professor of Psychology at UCD and Principal Clinical Psychologist at St Vincent's University Hospital, speaks to Mary about how we can cope with the social distancing restrictions.

Operation Fanacht -John Cooke is on the roadside with Gardaí in Clare as they make sure people stay at home to flatten the curve this Easter

Barry Lenihan reports on concerns around contact tracing; with some patients not being told by public health officials they've tested positive for Covid 19, and civil servants still waiting to be redeployed to contact tracing

In her column this week, Olivia O'Leary remembers an old soldier.