Drivetime

Thirty one years ago, this week, was one of the worst ever weeks of violence in Northern Ireland. It began with the funerals of the three IRA members shot the previous week in Gibralter, went on to see the Milltown Cemetery attack and ended with the murder of two British Army Corporal. Fergal Keane has been looking back on those days.

'We are much more concerned with the falling in love than with the staying in love', that is according to Dr. Paul D'Alton, the Principal Clinical Psychologist at St Vincent's University Hospital and Associate Professor at UCD. He joined Mary in studio to tell us more.

Karen Bradley, the Northern Ireland Secretary, is facing mounting pressure to resign following her comments in the House of Commons on Wednesday. Mary spoke to Baroness Nuala O'Loan, former Police Ombudsman in Northern Ireland, to find out why she feels so strongly that Bradley needs to resign despite her offering an apology.

In a new report published by Rehab, people with disabilities reported being stranded on platforms by broken lifts, being unable to access a ramp to board trains, waiting hours for accessible taxis and being left at bus stops because a buggy is in the spot designated for a wheelchair. Mary spoke to Padraic Hannafin and Vicky Matthew to discuss.

TDs and Senators finally got their opportunity to grill the top civil servant for public spending, Robert Watt, over his role in the National Children's Hospital controversy. Mary was joined in studio by Barry Lenihan to discuss. And Raymond Poole joined Mary to talk about the management of large scale capital projects.

In Haiti the number of young women reporting sexual and gender based violence is on the the rise, and especially high in the capital city Port-au-Prince. This week our reporter Della Kilroy has been bringing us a series of reports looking at life for women in one of the world's poorest nations.

Mary spoke to Rachel Alter, a public health communicator who focuses on vaccine education, and was joined in studio by Professor Brian O'Neill, Director and Dean of the Graduate Research School, TU Dublin and Maitiu O Tuathail, President of the National Association of General Practitioners.

One Tree per Child is a global environmental movement which has seen a quarter of a million trees planted by school children in nine countries across four continents. Five hundred trees have been added to that tally by children in the West Clare Town of Kilrush and John Cooke joined them for their latest outdoor class.

Could convicted drink drivers return to driving under some form of limited license if it was needed for work? Mary spoke to solicitor Evan O'Dwyer, Fianna Fail's Spokesperson on Transport Robert Troy and Aisling Reid who is a member of PARC - Road Safety Group.

Are so-called 'log-cabins' in people's gardens one of the answers to the housing crisis? Mary was joined by architect, lecturer in planning, and Green Party Councillor, Ciaran Cuffe.