Drivetime

In Ireland domestic violence support organisations say limited resources, isolation, and fewer transport links mean victims are being let down. This week Drivetime's Della Kilroy is bringing us a series reporting on her visits to services working in rural areas of the country. Della spoke to Sarah about her recent visit to Sligo.

A leading Irish Immigration lawyer says the rules to obtain Irish citizenship have been drastically altered and tightened following an unexpected High Court judgment delivered last week. For more on this Sarah spoke to Aoife Gillespie, Head of Immigration at law firm Philip Lee and Majo who is from Paraguay and applied for citizenship last year.

Controversy over six houses costing €2.3 million in Thurles looks set to drag on as Traveller Families refuse to leave a halting site across the road, despite a High Court Order. John Cooke joined Sarah from Thurles to tell her more.

A lack of funding, limited support workers and sparse refuge space are just some of the challenges for domestic violence support services operating in rural parts of the country. Della Kilroy visited West Cork last week and joined Sarah in studio to tell her more.

Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform spoke to Sarah about 'Home Building Finance Ireland' and the Tracker Mortgage scandal.

This day 50 years ago the Apollo 11 moon mission took off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. There have been celebrations of this amazing technological achievement and, as Philip Boucher-Hayes reports, NASA and the Trump Administration have been quick to harness the positive feeling of the anniversary.

Dozens of people made their way to a pier at Knockferry on the shores of Lough Corrib in County Galway on Saturday for the launch of a replica 2,400-year-old log boat. Lorna Siggins went along to find out what happened!

Hundreds of fans have lined the streets of the Liberties in Dublin cheering and applauding as Brendan Grace's coffin was carried into the Church of St Nicholas of Myra for his funeral mass this afternoon. Sarah spoke to Samantha Libreri who was at the funeral.

More than half of parents pursuing child maintenance payments must resort to court orders, while 42% of primary carers are raising children without a financial contribution from the other parent. That's according to a new national study published today by One Family, Ireland's organisation for people parenting alone.

The HSE has announced that there will be "an immediate rapid review" into the IT glitch that led to 800 women not receiving their smear test results. Sarah spoke to Lorraine Walsh, board member of 221+ group.