Drivetime

The lineup for Electric Picnic 2019 in Stradbally, County Laois, was announced today and Mary was joined in studio by 2fm's Aifric O'Connell to find out who'll be taking to the stage.

Mary was joined by Mairead McGuinness, Vice President of the European Parliament and Alastair Campbell, journalist and former Press Secretary for Tony Blair and Director of Communications for UK Labour ahead of the vote to offer MPs a chance to rule out a no- deal Brexit.

The 'My Voice Matters' report looks into the experiences of patients accessing HSE mental health services, finding that over 40% of patients had a poor experience while almost 20% said they didn't feel like they were treated with dignity or respect. Della Kilroy attended the report launch.

Most of us with social media accounts will have observed some instances of trolling or cyberbullying online. Today we're asking, does social media love hate? And what can be done to deal with hate online? Mary was joined by Dr. Tanya Lokot from the school of communications in DCU and expert on digital freedom of speech.

All this week Fergal Keane has been looking back at a week in Northern Ireland in March 1988, when the funerals of three IRA members killed in Gibraltar were taking place. Fergal was a young journalist with the Irish Press in Belfast at the time.

For a seventh day large part of the country are without electricity. Magnus Boding Hansen is Latin American Correspondent with Danish media and spoke to Mary about the current situation in Venezuela.

Last year Cork was voted the friendliest city in Europe in the Condé Nast Travel magazine's annual survey. This month the city's business community has launched a unique customer service charter to ensure that personal touch is maintained and built upon on Leeside. Drivetime's Graham Clifford reports from Cork on a first-of-its-kind city charter.

Dubliners on the social housing waiting list could be offered €1000 to move beyond the pale. Dublin City Council has voted in favour of reintroducing the Rural Resettlement Programme in yet another attempt to tackle the homelessness crisis. Mary was joined by Eilis Ryan, Workers Party Councillor, and CEO of Irish Rual Link Seamus Boland to discuss.

Mick Ryan was among the 157 people who died in Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines crash. Mick was an engineer working for the UN World Food Programme and was a native of Lahinch in Co. Clare. John Cooke joined Mary from Lahinch where he has been talking to the friends and family of the deceased.

The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that the Irish woman arrested in Syria and her two year old son have a right to return to Ireland. Mary was joined by Dr. Orla Lynch, Head of Criminology at UCC and a board member of the EU's Radical Awareness Network, to discuss the case.