Drivetime

Monica O'Gorman, a local resident of Pollagh, talks about why the Achill locals are protesting against the proposed emergency accommodation centre for asylum seekers.

Mike McCartney speaks to locals in Borrisokane about the new direct provision, and Pippa Woolhough, Communication & Advocacy Manager with the Immigrant Council of Ireland, talks to Mary about the direct provision system.

Catherine Murphy, Social Democrats TD for Kildare North, talks about the issues surrounding Dáil attendance and TD allowances.

Declan Brennan, journalist, reports on a rape trial currently underway in the Central Criminal Court in which a woman has alleged that two men raped her in a Donegal town in 2015.

Myles Dungan takes a look at how the Gaelic Athletic Association was founded in this week's Fake History.

Drivetime's Philip Boucher-Hayes reports on Dáil attendance and the financial allowances for politicians.

Lucky Kambole, Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland, reacts to the news that the Department of Justice has postponed plans to house 13 female asylum seekers on Achill Island in temporary emergency accommodation.

Cara Augustenborg, Senior Fellow in Environmental Policy at UCD, talks to Mary about the government's progress report on its climate change plan.

Drivetime's Barry Lenihan reports on the protests against Achill's proposed emergency short-term accommodation centre for asylum seekers, and Rose Conway Walsh, Sinn Fein Senator, reacts to the protests.

Orla Hegarty, Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture at UCD and Deirde Ni Fhloinn, specialist construction lawyer and Green Party councillor, discuss Irish building safety regulations.